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FAQs on interest under section 234A, 234B, 234C and 234D

Income Tax : The Income Tax Department explains when interest is payable for delayed return filing, advance tax defaults, deferment of instalme...

June 20, 2026 12564 Views 0 comment Print

Prosecutions and Punishment under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : The article explains how offences such as wilful tax evasion, failure to file returns, non-payment of TDS/TCS, falsification of re...

June 17, 2026 51504 Views 7 comments Print

Income Tax Offences liable to prosecution

Income Tax : This article outlines major offences under the Income-tax Act that may result in prosecution, including tax evasion, non-payment o...

June 15, 2026 59267 Views 4 comments Print

Power of Commissioner to Reduce or Waive Income Tax Penalty

Income Tax : This article explains the statutory powers of the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner to waive or reduce penalties in genuine c...

June 15, 2026 65473 Views 3 comments Print

Penalties under Income-Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : This article outlines major penalties under the Income-tax Act for defaults involving tax payments, return filing, TDS compliance,...

June 15, 2026 113572 Views 2 comments Print


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AOTAA files PIL before Orissa HC on the issue of late fee, interest & penalty under Income Tax

Income Tax : All Odisha Tax Advocates Association has filed an PIl before Orissa High Court with following Prayers- (i) Admit the Writ Petition...

January 13, 2022 4962 Views 1 comment Print

Representation for relaxation from levy of Section 234A interest

Income Tax : Representation for relaxation from levy of interest u/s. 234A on payment of self-assessment tax for A.Y. 2020-21 within extended d...

September 8, 2020 16158 Views 0 comment Print

All you need to know about TDS Rules before filling your IT returns!

Income Tax : The Government is planning to specify a certain category of taxpayers to pay their entire tax liability for FY 2019-20 in advanc...

July 30, 2020 1767 Views 0 comment Print

Belated Release of ITRs and burden of Interest U/s. 234 B

Income Tax : At the end of May the Income Tax Return forms are released for the Assessment Year 2015-16 and same been held back by finance mini...

June 4, 2015 3312 Views 0 comment Print


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ITAT Quashes Section 153C Assessment as Satisfaction Note Lacked Year-Wise Incriminating Material

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi held that an omnibus satisfaction note without identifying year-wise incriminating material or its relevance to the...

June 21, 2026 207 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes CCD Interest Disallowance as Debentures Remain Debt Until Conversion

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that Compulsorily Convertible Debentures retain their character as debt until conversion into equity. It deleted ...

June 19, 2026 126 Views 0 comment Print

Section 154 Cannot Be Used to Make Fresh Disallowance of Asset Write-Off Claim: Bangalore ITAT

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held that Section 154 cannot be invoked to make a fresh disallowance of an asset write-off claim that was never exa...

June 19, 2026 168 Views 0 comment Print

CSR Donation Eligible for Section 80G Deduction: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The ITAT held that foreign exchange gains arising from realization of export proceeds from services rendered to associated enterpr...

June 18, 2026 234 Views 0 comment Print

Section 234B Interest Not Leviable When Seized Cash Exceeds Tax Liability: ITAT Jabalpur

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that compensatory interest under Section 234B could not be charged when seized cash exceeding the tax liability ...

June 17, 2026 234 Views 0 comment Print


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Income Tax Return, Tax Audit due date & Other dates extended

Income Tax : The due date of furnishing of Return of Income for the Assessment Year 2021-22, which is 31st July 2021 under sub-section (1) of s...

May 20, 2021 166431 Views 24 comments Print

No Section 234A Interest on SA tax paid before due date of filing ROI

Income Tax : CIRCULAR NO. 2/2015 The Board has decided that no interest under section 234A of the Act is chargeable on the amount of self-asses...

February 10, 2015 21752 Views 0 comment Print


Validity of Late Fees / Interest U/s. 234A,B,C,F by CPC Bengaluru

June 30, 2019 4356 Views 0 comment Print

Whether Late fee on tds statement U/s 234E or interest U/s 201(1A) or late fee on income tax return U/s 234F or interest U/s 234A, 2134B, 234C be levied by TDS-CPC, Ghaziabad/Income Tax CPC Bengaluru?

Interest u/s 234A despite due date extension: HC issue Notice to CBDT

October 15, 2018 4008 Views 0 comment Print

Lucknow CA Tax Practitioners Association VS. UOI (Allahabad High Court) As far as prayer no.1 of the petitioner-association for issuance of a mandamus to the respondents to extend the “Due Date” of filing of Income Tax Return of Tax Audit Cases from 15.10.2018 to at least up to 31.10.2018 or such other date is concerned, […]

Tax Audit Due Date Extension: Writ in Kerala High Court Against Levy of Interest U/s. 234A

September 28, 2018 19503 Views 2 comments Print

In the case of Association Of Tax Practitioners & Hindu Economic Forum Vs. UOI filed with Kerala High Court it was argued that once an assessee is allowed to submit returns upto 15.10.2018, the department cannot demand interest under section 234A for the extended period. Hon’ble high court posted these writ petitions for further consideration on 11.10.2018.

Seized cash eligible for appropriation against interest liability U/s. 234A

September 4, 2018 2310 Views 0 comment Print

Nitin Kumar Vs ACIT (ITAT Kolkata) Interest under section 234A is charged for delay in filing of the return from the prescribed due date. The cash was seized from the possession of the assessee before due date of filing of return under section 139(1) in the relevant assessment year when such seizure took place. Thus, […]

Calculation of interest under section 234A, 234B and 234C

August 31, 2018 95031 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Act, 1961 requires Income tax returns to be filed on time; advance tax to be paid correctly and within the prescribed time limit under the act. In case the assessee fails to comply with the provisions of the Act, interest shall be chargeable under Sections 234A, 234B and 234C.

How to Calculate Interest U/s. 234A, 234B, 234C

July 25, 2018 535247 Views 26 comments Print

CONSEQUENCES OF SUBMISSION OF RETURN AFTER DUE DATE- If a return is submitted after the due date, the following consequences will be applicable: 1. The assessee will be liable for penal interest under section 234A.

Interest u/s 234A not leviable on extended period of Return FIling

June 29, 2018 2055 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. Nidhi Packers Pvt. Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Kolkata) Learned counsel for the assessee has contended that the due date of filing of return of income for the year under consideration was extended by the CBDT by a period of 15 days and since the return originally filed by the assessee was within such extended […]

Interest u/s 234B / 234C payable on failure to pay advance tax on AMT/MAT

December 8, 2017 11001 Views 0 comment Print

A bench comprising Vijay Pal Rao (JM) and Vikram Singh Yadav (AM) of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) recently declared that Interest u/s 234B of the Income Tax Act can be levied on ground of non-payment of advance tax in respect of Alternative Minimum Tax.

Interest U/s. 234A cannot be levied on Assessment considering return filed U/s. 139(1)

October 13, 2017 6276 Views 0 comment Print

G. Narasiman Vs. ITO (ITAT Chennai) Belated return filed under section 139(4) could not be revised under section 139(5). Therefore, revised return filed by assessee was invalid and to frame assessment by considering such return as return filed under section 139(1) was in conflict with charging interest under section 234A for delay in filing of […]

Proposed Income Tax Rule 39A takes us 30 year back: CTC

September 26, 2017 8082 Views 7 comments Print

The financial information sought for in form 39A is an invasion of privacy. A lot of financial information is price sensitive for a listed entity and filing of such information would cause governance issues. The assessee would be providing information which has neither released to a Stock Exchange nor is in public domain and there is no guarantee that this information which is filed and lying in a folder will not be accessed in a price sensitive manner.

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