24 December 2010
For a non-company assessee if first instalment of Adv Tax payable for eg. on 15.9.10 is paid one day late i.e. on 16.9.10 then interest u/s 234C is calculated for how much period?
25 December 2010
According to bare reading of 234C it is to be charged for 3 months, bt you have to refer Panther Intvestrade Ltd. V. CIT (2007) 160 Taxman 203 (Mumbai). According to case law interest is to be charged for the period of default only.