Section 206A: Furnishing of quarterly return in respect of payment of interest to residents without deduction of tax

(1) Any banking company or co-operative society or public company referred to in the proviso to clause (i) of sub-section (3) of section 194A responsible for paying to a resident any income [not exceeding ten thousand rupees, where the payer is a banking company or a co-operative society, and five thousand rupees in any other case] by way of interest (other than interest on securities), shall prepare [such statements for such period as may be prescribed] and deliver or cause to be delivered to the prescribed income-tax authorityor the person authorised by such authority the quarterly returns as aforesaid, in the prescribed form, verified in such manner and within such time as may be prescribed, on a floppy, diskette, magnetic cartridge tape, CD-ROM or any other computer readable media.

(2) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, require any person other than a person mentioned in sub-section (1) responsible for paying to a resident any income liable for deduction of tax at source under Chapter XVII, to prepare and deliver or cause to be delivered [such statements] in the prescribed form and verified in such manner and within such time as may be prescribed, to the prescribed income-tax authority or the person authorised by such authority on a floppy, diskette, magnetic cartridge tape, CD-ROM or any other computer readable media.]