Interest income from the deposits (InvITs) UPSC PRELIMS 2023 – The Core IAS

Interest income from the deposits (InvITs) UPSC PRELIMS 2023

Consider the following statements:

        Interest income from the deposits (InvITs) distributed to their investors is in Infrastructure Investment Trusts exempted from tax, but the dividend is taxable.

        Statement-II :

        InvITs are recognized as borrowers under the ‘Securitization and Recon- struction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002’.

        Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

        (a)   Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I

        (b)   Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I

        (c)   Statement-I is correct but Statement-II is incorrect

        (d)   Statement-I incorrect is but Statement-II is correct

ANS  D 

Statement I is incorrect: The dividend and Interest income from InvITs is completely taxable as per the slab rate of the investor