Income-Tax Demand Quashed for Non-Deposit of Salary TDS by Employer

Advertisement Arpit Pravinbhai Shah Vs ACIT (Gujarat High Court) The Gujarat High Court allowed the writ petition filed by an individual assessee seeking cancellation of outstanding income-tax demands and consequential relief where Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) had been deducted from his salary but not deposited with the Central Government by his employer. The petitioner, a pilot formerly employed with Kingfisher Airlines, had filed returns of income for Assessment Years 2009–10 to 2012–13 claiming credit of TDS that was reflected in Form 16 issued by the employer. Although the tax was d...