Interest on refund
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01 August 2007
if any return is filled after the due date of filling,what will be the date from which interest be paid on the refund Amount.
Please explain through example.
Please explain through example.
01 August 2007
It will be calculated from the begining of the month in which the return was actually filed. Else it would have been calculated from the begining of the assessment year - April.
For A.Y 2007-08, if the return is filed belatedly on Aug10, 2007, due date being July 31, interest will be calculated from 1st of August,2007. Had the return been filed before 31July, interest would have been calculated from 1st April, 2007.
For A.Y 2007-08, if the return is filed belatedly on Aug10, 2007, due date being July 31, interest will be calculated from 1st of August,2007. Had the return been filed before 31July, interest would have been calculated from 1st April, 2007.
01 August 2007
It will be calculated from the begining of the month in which the return was actually filed. Else it would have been calculated from the begining of the assessment year - April.
For A.Y 2007-08, if the return is filed belatedly on Aug10, 2007, due date being July 31, interest will be calculated from 1st of August,2007. Had the return been filed before 31July, interest would have been calculated from 1st April, 2007.
For A.Y 2007-08, if the return is filed belatedly on Aug10, 2007, due date being July 31, interest will be calculated from 1st of August,2007. Had the return been filed before 31July, interest would have been calculated from 1st April, 2007.
01 August 2007
Please note the provisions in this regard:
Interest on refunds.
Section 244A. (1) 10[Where refund of any amount becomes due to the assessee under this Act], he shall, subject to the provisions of this section, be entitled to receive, in addition to the said amount, simple interest thereon calculated in the following manner, namely :—
(a) where the refund is out of any tax 11[paid under section 115WJ or] 12[collected at source under section 206C or] paid by way of advance tax or treated as paid under section 199, during the financial year immediately preceding the assessment year, such interest shall be calculated at the rate of 13[one-half per cent] for every month or part of a month comprised in the period from the 1st day of April of the assessment year to the date on which the refund is granted:
Provided that no interest shall be payable if the amount of refund is less than ten per cent of the tax as determined 14[under 15[sub-section (1) of section 115WE or] sub-section (1) of section 143 or] on regular assessment;
(b) in any other case, such interest shall be calculated at the rate of 16[one-half per cent] for every month or part of a month comprised in the period or periods from the date or, as the case may be, dates of payment of the tax or penalty to the date on which the refund is granted.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this clause, “date of payment of tax or penalty” means the date on and from which the amount of tax or penalty specified in the notice of demand issued under section 156 is paid in excess of such demand.
(2) If the proceedings resulting in the refund are delayed for reasons attributable to the assessee, whether wholly or in part, the period of the delay so attributable to him shall be excluded from the period for which interest is payable, and where any question arises as to the period to be excluded, it shall be decided by the Chief Commissioner or Commissioner whose decision thereon shall be final.
(3) Where, as a result of an order under 17[sub-section (3) of section 115WE or section 115WF or section 115WG or] 18[sub-section (3) of section 143 or section 144 or] section 147 or section 154 or section 155 or section 250 or section 254 or section 260 or section 262 or section 263 or section 264 or an order of the Settlement Commission under sub-section (4) of section 245D, the amount on which interest was payable under sub-section (1) has been increased or reduced, as the case may be, the interest shall be increased or reduced accordingly, and in a case where the interest is reduced, the Assessing Officer shall serve on the assessee a notice of demand in the prescribed form specifying the amount of the excess interest paid and requiring him to pay such amount; and such notice of demand shall be deemed to be a notice under section 156 and the provisions of this Act shall apply accordingly.
(4) The provisions of this section shall apply in respect of assessments for the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1989, and subsequent assessment years :]
19[Provided that in respect of assessment of fringe benefits, the provisions of this sub-section shall have effect as if for the figures “1989”, the figures “2006” had been substituted
Interest on refunds.
Section 244A. (1) 10[Where refund of any amount becomes due to the assessee under this Act], he shall, subject to the provisions of this section, be entitled to receive, in addition to the said amount, simple interest thereon calculated in the following manner, namely :—
(a) where the refund is out of any tax 11[paid under section 115WJ or] 12[collected at source under section 206C or] paid by way of advance tax or treated as paid under section 199, during the financial year immediately preceding the assessment year, such interest shall be calculated at the rate of 13[one-half per cent] for every month or part of a month comprised in the period from the 1st day of April of the assessment year to the date on which the refund is granted:
Provided that no interest shall be payable if the amount of refund is less than ten per cent of the tax as determined 14[under 15[sub-section (1) of section 115WE or] sub-section (1) of section 143 or] on regular assessment;
(b) in any other case, such interest shall be calculated at the rate of 16[one-half per cent] for every month or part of a month comprised in the period or periods from the date or, as the case may be, dates of payment of the tax or penalty to the date on which the refund is granted.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this clause, “date of payment of tax or penalty” means the date on and from which the amount of tax or penalty specified in the notice of demand issued under section 156 is paid in excess of such demand.
(2) If the proceedings resulting in the refund are delayed for reasons attributable to the assessee, whether wholly or in part, the period of the delay so attributable to him shall be excluded from the period for which interest is payable, and where any question arises as to the period to be excluded, it shall be decided by the Chief Commissioner or Commissioner whose decision thereon shall be final.
(3) Where, as a result of an order under 17[sub-section (3) of section 115WE or section 115WF or section 115WG or] 18[sub-section (3) of section 143 or section 144 or] section 147 or section 154 or section 155 or section 250 or section 254 or section 260 or section 262 or section 263 or section 264 or an order of the Settlement Commission under sub-section (4) of section 245D, the amount on which interest was payable under sub-section (1) has been increased or reduced, as the case may be, the interest shall be increased or reduced accordingly, and in a case where the interest is reduced, the Assessing Officer shall serve on the assessee a notice of demand in the prescribed form specifying the amount of the excess interest paid and requiring him to pay such amount; and such notice of demand shall be deemed to be a notice under section 156 and the provisions of this Act shall apply accordingly.
(4) The provisions of this section shall apply in respect of assessments for the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1989, and subsequent assessment years :]
19[Provided that in respect of assessment of fringe benefits, the provisions of this sub-section shall have effect as if for the figures “1989”, the figures “2006” had been substituted
02 August 2007
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