CHAPTER XII-FA
SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO BUSINESS TRUSTS
115UA. Tax on income of unit holder and business trust
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provisions of this Act, any incomedistributed by a business trust to its unit holders shall be deemed to be of the same nature and in thesame proportion in the hands of the unit holder as it had been received by, or accrued to, thebusiness trust.
(2) Subject to the provisions of 3[“sections 111A, 112 and 112A”], the total income of a business trustshall be charged to tax at the maximum marginal rate.
(3) If in any previous year, the distributed income or any part thereof, received by a unit holderfrom the business trust is of the nature as referred to in 1[sub-clause (a) of] clause (23FC) (The words brackets, figures and letters “ in clause (23FC) applicable upto 31st March, 2017) “or clause(23FCA) of section 10, then, suchdistributed income or part thereof shall be deemed to be income of such unit holder and shall becharged to tax as income of the previous year.
2[(3A) The provisions of sub- sections (1), (2) and (3) shall not apply in respect of any sum referred to in clause (xii) of sub-section (2) of section 56, received by a unit holder from a business trust.]
(4) Any person responsible for making payment of the income distributed on behalf of a businesstrust to a unit holder shall furnish a statement to the unit holder and the prescribed authority, withinsuch time and in such form and manner as may be prescribed, giving the details of the nature of theincome paid during the previous year and such other details as may be prescribed.
Note :
1. Omitted by Finance Act, 2020, Dated 01st February, 2020 Amendment Effective From 01st April,2021
2.Inserted by the Finance Act, 2023 dated 01.02.2023 w.e.f 01.04.2024.
3.Substituted by The Finance Act, 2025dated 29.03.2025 w.e.f.01.04.2026.
in sub-section (2), for the words,
section 111A and section 112,
shall be substituted namely:––
“sections 111A, 112 and 112A”