Companies (Profits) Surtax Act,1964
Act No : 7
Section : Return of chargeable profit
5. Return of chargeable profit. (1) In the case of every company whose chargeable profits assessable under this Act exceeded during the previous year the amount of. statutory deduction, its principal officer, or where in the case of a non-resident company any person has been treated as its agent under section 163 of the Income- tax Act, such person, shall furnish a return of the chargeable profits of the company during the previous year in the prescribed form and verified in the prescribed manner and setting forth such other particulars as may be prescribed, before the 30th day of September of the assessment year: Provided that on an application made in this behalf, the Income- tax Officer may, in his discretion, extend the date for the furnishing of the return. (2) In the case of any company which in the Income-tax Officer's opinion is assessable under this Act, the Income-tax Officer may, before the end of the relevant assessment year, serve a notice upon its principal officer, or where in the case of a non-resident company any person has been treated as its agent under section 163 of the Income-tax Act, upon such person, requiring him to furnish within thirty days from the date of service of the notice a return of the chargeable profits of the company during the previous year in the prescribed form and verified in the prescribed manner and setting forth such other particulars as may be prescribed: Provided that on an application made in this behalf, the Income- tax Officer may, in his discretion, extend the date for the furnishing of the return. (3) Any assessee who has not furnished a return during the time allowed under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), or having furnished a return under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) discovers any omission or wrong statement therein, may furnish a return or a revised return, as the case may be, at any time before the assessment is made.
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