Case Law Details
Integlobe Aviation Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi)
The Delhi Bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) ruled that the bonafide assessee is not liable to pay the interest on the amount of shortfall in tax deducted at source (TDS).
The Assessee, M/s. Interglobe Aviation Ltd. claimed that short deduction in case of M/s. Federal Travel and Tour Pvt. Ltd. and M/s. GMR Hyderabad International, the lower TDS certificates issued to the deductees were originally valid, but the same were cancelled thereafter, without information to the deductor, which has resulted in the deduction of tax at lower rate, under bonafide belief. It was the submission of the assessee that tax authorities have not sent the lower TDS certificates directly to the deductor, as required by the law nor any intimation has been given on cancellation of the lower TDS certificate.
Undisputedly, a demand on account of short deduction of tax on account of interest under section 201(1A) has been raised against the assessee. It is also not in dispute that tax authorities have originally issued lower TDS certificates in case of M/s. Federal Travels and Tour Pvt. Ltd. and M/s. GMR Hyderabad International to the deductees not deductors. It is also not in dispute that lower TDS certificate issued to the deductees was cancelled by the revenue authorities without any intimation to the deductors and consequently deductor continue to deduct tax on lower rate under bonafide belief.
The coram of Judicial Member Kuldeep Singh and Accountant Member, Anil Chaturvedi found that when tax authorities have never given intimation as to the short deduction of tax to the assessee rather sent the same to the deductee and the assessee continued to deduct the tax at the lower rate, it is a bonafide belief on the part of assessee.
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