Section 223 — Tax on income of unit holder and business trust

(1) Irrespective of anything contained in any other provisions of this Act, any
income distributed by a business trust to its unit holders shall be deemed to
be of the same nature and in the same proportion in the hands of the unit holder
as it had been received by, or accrued to, the business trust.
(2) Subject to the provisions of sections 196, 197 and 198, the total income of a
business trust shall be charged to tax at the maximum marginal rate.
(3) If in any tax year, the distributed income or any part thereof, received by a unit
holder from the business trust is of the nature as referred to in Schedule V (Table:
Sl. No. 3) or (Table: Sl. No. 4), then, such distributed income or part thereof shall
be deemed to be income of such unit holder and shall be charged to tax as income
of the tax year.
(4) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall not apply in respect of any sum referred
to in section 92(2)(k) received by a unit holder from a business trust.
(5) Any person responsible for making payment of the income distributed on behalf
of a business trust to a unit holder, shall furnish a statement to the unit holder and
the prescribed authority, within such time and in such form and manner, as may be
prescribed, giving the details of the nature of the income paid during the tax year
and such other details, as may be prescribed.