Income-tax Act,1961
Act No : 43
Section :
Interest payable by assessee when no estimate made 4.
217. Interest payable by assessee when no estimate made 4 5[(1) Where, on making the regular assessment , 6[the 7[Assessing] Officer finds- (a) that any such person as is referred to in clause (a) of sub-section 209A has not sent the statement referred to in that clause or the estimate in lieu of such statement referred to in sub-section (2) of that section; or (b) that any such person as is referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1)of section 209A has not sent the estimate referred to in that clause,] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Substituted by the Finance Act, 1969, w.e.f. 1-4-1970. 2 Substituted for 'sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) or sub- section, (3) or sub-section (3A) of section 212' by the Finance Act, 1978, w.e.f. 1-6-1978. 3 Substituted for "twelve" by the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 1984, w.e.f. 1-10-1984. Section 84 of the Amendment Act has clarified that the increase in the rate of interest will apply in respect of any period falling after 30-9-1984, also in those cases where the interest became chargeable or payable from an earlier date. Earlier, 'twelve' was substituted for 'nine' by the Finance Act, 1972, w.e.f. 1-4-1972 which was substituted for 'six' by the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 1967, w.e.f. 1-10-1967. 5 Substituted by the Finance Act, 1969, w.e.f. 1-4-1970. 6 Substituted for 'the income-tax officer finds that any such person as is referred to in sub-section (3) of section 212 has not sent the estimate referred to therein' by the Finance Act, 1978, w.e.f. 1-6-1978. 7 Substituted for "Income-tax" by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987, w.e.f. 1-4-1988. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.663 simple interest at the rate of 1[fifteen] per cent per annum from the 1st day of April next following the financial year in which the advance tax was payable in accordance with the said 2[sub-section (1) or sub-section (2)] up to the date of the regular assessment shall be payable by the assessee upon the amount equal to the assessed tax as defined in sub-section (5) of section 215.] 3[(1A) Where, on making the regular assessment, the 4[Assessing] Officer finds that 5[any person who is required to send an estimate under sub-section (4) of section 209A or] any such person as is referred to in sub-section (3A) of section 212 has not sent the estimate referred to therein, simple interest at the rate of 6[fifteen] per cent per annum from the 1st day of April next following the financial year in which the advance tax was payable in accordance with the said 7[sub-section (4) or, as the case may be, sub-section (3A)] up to the date of the regular assessment shall be payable by the assessee upon the amount by which the advance tax paid by him falls short of the assessed tax as defined in sub-section (5) of section 215.] (2) The provisions of sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) of section 215 shall apply to interest payable under this section as they apply to interest payable under that section.
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