Note on section 206C(1H) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 – Tax Collection at Source (‘TCS’) on sale of goods Background: Finance Act 2020 has inserted new section 206C(1H), effective 1 Oct 2020, wherein TCS @ 0.1%1 of the sales consideration is required to be collected from a buyer, at the time of receipt of such consideration, if sale of goods exceeds INR 50 Lacs in the Previous Year. Relevant extract of the provision [Section 206C(1H)]: Every person, being a seller, who receives any amount as consideration for sale of any goods of the value or aggregate of such value exceeding fifty lakh rupees in any previous year, other than the goods covered in sub-section (1) or sub-section (1F) or sub-section (1G) shall, at the time of receipt of such amount,…