Section 244A(1) Interest on refund of excess self-assessment tax

DCIT Vs Savita Oil Technologies Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai) A careful look at sub-section (1) of section 244A would reveal that it has three parts. The first part deals with the entitlement of a person to interest whenever he is due to get a refund from the Department. The second part relates to the method of computation of such interest. There are two methods of computation of interest, one provided in clause (a) and another provided in clause (b). In the first method of computation, the liability of the Department to pay interest, starts only from the first day of April of the assessment year, if the...