Date of TDS payment would be date of handing over of cheque to banker

Natma Securities Limited Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) The question as to ‘whether the payment would be deemed to have been made on the date of handing over of cheque to the banker or on the date of clearance of cheque by debiting the Assessee’s account for the purpose of tendering the TDS‘. ITAT held that payment would be deemed to have been made on the date the cheque was handed over to the banker and the date of payment was to be taken as the date of presentation of the cheques by the assessee. It also supports the proposition that the payment would relate back to the date of prese...