Inland Revenue Act 2006 · As enacted · Chapter XVII · Deduction of Income Tax from Specified Fees Paid by Specified Persons
154. Provisions of Chapter XVI to apply in relation to the deduction under this Chapter of income tax from specified fees
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The provisions of Chapter XVI relating to the deduction of income tax from interest paid by banks and financial institutions, credit for income tax so deducted, issue of directions, duties of banks and financial institutions, default in the deduction of income tax, issue of assessments on banks and financial institutions, appeals and penalty for default shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the deduction of income tax from specified fees by specified person, credit for income tax so deducted, issue of directions, duties of specified persons, default in the deduction of income tax, issue of assessments on specified persons, appeals and penalty for default under this Chapter, as if there were substituted in
Chapter XVI for the words “banks and financial institutions”, of the words “specified persons” and for the word “interest”, of the words “specified fee”, wherever they appear in that
Chapter, subject however to the modification, that credit for income tax deducted under the provisions of this Chapter by any specified person from any specified fee paid to any partnership shall, unless the partners of such partnership by mutual agreement determine otherwise, be distributed among such partners in the ratio in which such partners share the profits or losses of such partnership.
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Deduction of Income Tax from Any Annuity or Royalty Paid or Any Management Fee Paid or Similar Payment Made by Any Person or Partnership
Chapter XXI
Retention of Moneys in Certain Provident Funds
Chapter XXII
Assessments
Chapter XXIII
Appeals A-Appeals to the Commissioner-General
Chapter XXIV
Finality of Assessments and Penalty for Incorrect Returns
Chapter XXV
Tax in Default and Sums Added Thereto
Chapter XXVI
Recovery of Tax
Chapter XXVII
Miscellaneous
Chapter XXVIII
Repayment
Chapter XXIX
Penalties and Offences
Chapter XXX
Administration
Chapter XXXI
General
Chapter XXXII
Interpretation
Chapter XXXIII