Case Law Details
DCIT Vs Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (ITAT Pune)
The only issue raised in this appeal is against the granting of interest u/s 244A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter also called `the Act’) on self assessment tax paid by the assessee. Succinctly, the facts of the case are that the Assessing Officer (AO), in computing interest payable to the assessee on refund u/s.244A of the Act, did not include the amount of self-assessment tax paid by the assessee. The ld. CIT(A) accepted the assessee’s contention and directed to allow interest, inter alia, on the amount of self-assessment tax. Aggrieved thereby, the Revenue has come up in appeal before the Tribunal.
ITAT held that Section 244A of the Act provides for interest on refunds. Clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 244A talks of allowing interest on refund arising out of any tax collected at source u/s.206C or Advance tax or Tax deducted at source. This clause does not specifically mention interest on self-assessment tax. Clause (b) of section 244A(1) directs the granting of interest `in any other case’ at the specified rate and the period. The expression “in any other case” used in clause (b), ergo, encompasses the granting of interest on refund in all cases except those specifically covered in sub-clause (a), viz., tax collected at source u/s.206C or advance tax or TDS. It, therefore, becomes palpable that if refund arises because of self-assessment tax, which falls in the realm of the expression `any other case’, the same gets covered within the purview of clause (b) of section 244A(1), thereby entitling the assessee to interest thereon.
FULL TEXT OF THE ORDER OF ITAT PUNE
This appeal by the Revenue assails the correctness of the order dated 28-02-2018 passed by the CIT(A) in relation to the assessment year 2007-08.
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