India - Income Tax Act 2010 - Saarc

S. 234C I.T. ACT, 1961 1.816Explanation.— 82 [* * *](4) Where, as a result of an order under section 154 or section 155 or section 250or section 254 or section 260 or section 262 or section 263 or section 264 or anorder of the Settlement Commission under sub-section (4) of section 245D, theamount on which interest was payable under sub-section (1) or sub-section (3)has been increased or reduced, as the case may be, the interest shall be increasedor reduced accordingly, and—(i) in a case where the interest is increased, the Assessing Officer shallserve on the assessee a notice of demand in the prescribed formspecifying the sum payable and such notice of demand shall bedeemed to be a notice under section 156 and the provisions of this Actshall apply accordingly;(ii) in a case where the interest is reduced, the excess interest paid, if any,shall be refunded.(5) The provisions of this section shall apply in respect of assessments for theassessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1989 and subsequentassessment years.]83[Interest for deferment of advance tax.234C. (1) 84 [Where in any financial year,—(a) the company which is liable to pay advance tax under section 208 hasfailed to pay such tax or—(i) the advance tax paid by the company on its current income on orbefore the 15th day of June is less than fifteen per cent of the taxdue on the returned income or the amount of such advance taxpaid on or before the 15th day of September is less than forty-fiveper cent of the tax due on the returned income or the amount ofsuch advance tax paid on or before the 15th day of December isless than seventy-five per cent of the tax due on the returnedincome, then, the company shall 85 be liable to pay simple interest82. Omitted by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1989, w.e.f. 1-4-1989.83. Inserted by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987, w.e.f. 1-4-1989.84. Substituted for the portion beginning with the words “Where in any financial year” andending with the words “as the case may be, sixty per cent of the tax due on the returnedincome:” by the Finance Act, 1994, w.e.f. 1-4-1995. Earlier, the quoted portion, as amendedby the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1991, w.r.e.f. 1-4-1989 and the Finance Act, 1992, w.e.f. 1-6-1992,read as under :“Where in any financial year, the assessee who is liable to pay advance tax under section208 has failed to pay such tax or the advance tax paid by the assessee on his current incomeon or before the 15th day of September is less than thirty per cent of the tax due on thereturned income or the amount of such advance tax paid on or before the 15th day ofDecember is less than sixty per cent of the tax due on the returned income, then, theassessee shall be liable to pay simple interest at the rate of one and one-half per centper month of the shortfall for a period of three months on the amount of the shortfallfrom thirty per cent or, as the case may be, sixty per cent of the tax due on the returnedincome :”85. For the meaning of the term “shall”, see Taxmann’s Direct Taxes Manual, Vol. 3.