Payment of interest on refund under section 244A of excess TDS deposited under section 195 of the Income tax Act, 1961

The Income Tax (I-T) department will now add interest amount to a delayed refund made on excess tax deducted at source (TDS) cuts and will also not litigate with the deductor on this issue in the future. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued a circular  in this regard to the assessing officers…

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Furnishing of information made more stringent and penalty introduced -Sections 195 and 271-I

Presently, when any person responsible for making a payment to a non-resident of any interest or other sum chargeable under the provisions of this Act, such person is required to deduct tax from such payment under Section 195(1). Further, sub-Section (6) of Section 195 requires such person to furnish the information relating to payment of…

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