Circular No. 696-income tax It has come to the notice of the Board that some employers are not correctly evaluating the perquisites, allowances or other profits in lieu of or in addition to any salary of wages (referred to as “salaries” hereinafter) paid to their employees for the purpose of deducting tax at source under section 192 of the Income-tax Act, 1961. Such defaulters are liable to penalty proceedings under sections 221 and 271C of the Act, and also liable to prosecution under Chapter XXII of the Act
Circular No. 697-Income tax Board had recently prescribed the form of challans with three counterfoils for payment of advance tax and self-assessment tax. Some problems have been reported in the implementation of the above decision. It has been reported that banks receiving payment of tax are retaining two counterfoils and returning only one foil to the taxpayer. As the taxpayer is expected to enclose proof of payment of advance tax and self-assessment tax along with the return of income
