Form 77: Statement of income distributed by a business trust to a unit holder under section 223
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Purpose, person and period
Statement of income distributed by a business trust to a unit holder under section 223.
The business trust provides Form 77 to the unit holder, using the actual category split instead of describing the distribution as a single dividend.
Period gate: This numbered form belongs to the Income-tax Rules, 2026, effective 1 April 2026. The predecessor 64B is a concordance, not permission to change an earlier-year filing into a new-law form. For earlier periods, use the applicable 1961 Act form and saved procedure.
Controlling rule and source pages
Rule 145; Section 223. Physical PDF pp 531-532; printed Gazette pp 2063-2064.
Rule 145 — connected rule text
145. Statements under sections 221(4), 222(2), 223(5) and 224(9). — (1) The statement of income credited or paid or distributed by an entity as referred to in the column B of the following Table shall be furnished by the person responsible for crediting or paying or distributing such income on behalf of such entity to the Principal Commissioner or the Commissioner of Income -tax, within whose jurisdiction the principal office of such entity is situated, electronically in the Form No. mentioned in the column C, duly verified by an accountant, as defined in section 515(3)(b), in the manner indicated therein; and to the recipient of such income mentioned in column D in the Form No. mentioned in the column E of the said Table: [PDF PAGE 110] 1642 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)] Table Sl. No. Type of entity Form for furnishing statement to Principal Commissioner or Commissioner of Income-tax Person to whom statement is to be furnished Form for furnishing statement to recipient of income A B C D E 1. Venture Capital Company or the Venture Capital Fund. 74. The person who is liable to tax in respect of such income. 75. 2. Business trust. 76. Unit holder. 77. 3. Investment fund. 79. The person who is liable to tax in respect of such income. 78. 4. Securitisation trust. 72. The person who is liable to tax in respect of such income. 73. (2) The statement to the Principal Commissioner or the Commissioner of Income -tax shall be furnished by the 15 th June of the financial year succeeding the tax year during which the income is paid or credited or distributed and the statement to the recipient of income shall be furnished by the 30 th June of the financial year succeeding the tax year during which the income is paid or credited or distributed. (3) The statement to the recipient of income shall be furnished after generating and downloading the same from the web portal specified by the Director General of Income -tax (Systems) or the person authorised b y him and duly verified by the person paying or crediting or distributing the income in the manner indicated therein.
Completed field illustration
Fictional data, not for filing. The first unit holder receives the same five-category business-trust distribution shown in Form 76.
| Form field / block | Completed fictional entry |
|---|---|
| Unit holder / PAN / address / contact | Priya Arun Sharma / synthetic ZZZPS0000Z / 10 Model Road, Pune / investor@example.invalid, +91 0000000000 |
| Business trust / PAN / TY | Example Business Trust / synthetic ZZZTE0000Z / 2026-27 |
| Row 9: amount / date | Rs 1,00,000 / 31 March 2027 |
| Interest / rent | Rs 40,000 / Rs 30,000 |
| Dividend: section 200-opted SPV / other SPV | Rs 10,000 / Rs 10,000 |
| Other income | Rs 10,000 |
| Row 10: section 92(2)(k) amount | Nil; no such distribution in this model |
| Verification | Model trust officer / NOT SIGNED |
This illustrates the named fields, not every possible schedule. Use the complete official extract for additional applicable fields, annexures and verification. “Not signed” means no professional certification or authority action has occurred.
Reconcile the example
- 40,000+30,000+10,000+10,000+10,000 = 1,00,000.
- Each category matches the investor row in Form 76.
The statement identifies income components; it does not by itself calculate the unit holder’s final tax, withholding credit or cost of units.
Prepare, furnish and retain
- Use the form identity and period above, then determine the person who prepares, issues or verifies it from Rule 145. An authority-issued order is not an applicant filing.
- Collect the records that support the actual fields in the example; keep any mandatory schedules and annexures specified in the complete source form.
- Reconcile dates, amounts, units and identifiers to the underlying records. Preserve the applicable rule version and any later correcting notification.
- Where the rule prescribes electronic furnishing, use the current official utility/schema and authorised verification. A local PDF does not produce a portal acknowledgement.
- Retain the submitted version, supporting schedules and actual acknowledgement or issued certificate/order, as applicable. This fictional model supplies none of those evidential outcomes.
Download the correct documents
Official Form 77 source extract Filled sample — fictional field illustration
The official extract preserves source pages; later amendments are supplied with affected forms. Read the April corrigendum where its printed-page corrections apply. The filled field illustration is an educational model and cannot be filed.
Primary sources
Questions readers ask
Does this sample prove approval, filing or a professional conclusion?
No. It completes the named fields using synthetic facts. It has no real signature, DSC, approval or acknowledgement.
Can I use the legacy form number for a current tax-year obligation?
Establish the governing period first. A predecessor number is a cross-reference; earlier-year procedures and current-year forms must be kept distinct.