interest on income tax refund

The Income Tax department has refunded as much as Rs 72,000 crore to tax payers across the country in 2009-10, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman Sudhir Chandra said here. "The Income Tax department has improved its tax refund rate and Rs 72,000 crore have been refunded to tax payers in the fiscal year 2009-10 against Rs 57,000 in the previous financial year," Chandra said addressing the 63rd outgoing batch of Indian Revenue Services (IRS), here yesterday at t.. Full Article

ADIT v. Reliance Infocomm Ltd. - It is held that the assessee would be entitled to interest on the refund under the provisions of clause (b) of section 244A(1) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 if the refund became due under an order passed in any appeal or any other proceeding, as referred to in section 240 of the Act. Full Article

When we examine the facts of the present case, we feel that the aforesaid judgment of the Supreme Court would not come to the aid of the assessee and permit the assessee to claim interest on interest in the given situation. As far as the appeals at hands are concerned, it is not in dispute that on filing the return by the assessee and processing the case under Section 143(1)(a), the excess amount of TDS and advance tax paid by the assessee was r Full Article