The following persons shall be deemed to be an assessee in default if they do not deduct the whole or any part of the tax or after deducting fails to pay the tax -
Any person (including the principal officer of the company) who fails to deduct the whole or any part of the tax on the amount credited or payment made to a resident payee shall not be deemed to be an assessee-in-default in respect of such tax if such resident payee –
No penalty shall be charged under section 221 from such person unless the Assessing Officer is satisfied that such person has failed to deduct and pay the tax without good and sufficient reasons.
A person deemed to be an assessee-in-default under section 201(1), for failure to deduct tax or to pay the tax after deduction, is liable to pay simple interest @1% for every month or part of month on the amount of such tax from the date on which tax was deductible to the date on which such tax was actually deducted and simple interest @1½% for every month or part of month from the date on which tax was deducted to the date on which such tax is actually paid [Section 201(1A)].
Such interest should be paid before furnishing the statements in accordance with section 200(3).
Where the payer fails to deduct the whole or any part of the tax on the amount credited or payment made to a resident and is not deemed to be an assessee-in-default under section 201(1) on account of payment of taxes by such resident payee, interest under section 201(1A)(i) i.e., @1% p.m. or part of month, shall be payable by the payer from the date on which such tax was deductible to the date of furnishing of return of income by such resident payee. The date of deduction and payment of taxes by the payer shall be deemed to be the date on which return of income has been furnished by the resident payee.
Where the tax has not been paid after it is deducted, the amount of the tax together with the amount of simple interest thereon shall be a charge upon all the assets of the person or the company, as the case may be.
In exercise of the powers conferred under section 119(2)(a), the CBDT has directed that the Chief Commissioner of Income-tax and Director General of Income-tax may reduce or waive interest charged under section 201(1A)(i) in the classes of cases specified below for the period and to the extent the Chief Commissioner of Income-tax/Director General of Income-tax may deem fit. However, no reduction or waiver of such interest shall be ordered unless the principal demand under sections 200A, 201(1) or 234E, as the case may be, stands fully paid or satisfactory arrangements for payment of the principal demand under these sections have been made. The Chief Commissioner of Income-tax or Director General of Income-tax may also impose any other condition as deemed fit for the said reduction or waiver of interest.
The class of cases in which the reduction or waiver of interest under section 201(1A)(i) can be considered, are as follows:
Even if the interest under section 201(1A)(i) has already been paid by the deductor, the same can be considered for waiver, subject to the conditions above and a refund may be given to the deductor, if waiver is ordered.
The Chief Commissioner of Income-tax or Director General of Income-tax examining an application for waiver of interest under this order shall pass a speaking order after providing adequate opportunity of being heard to the applicant.
The CBDT reserves the power to examine any grievance arising out of an order passed or not passed by Chief Commissioner of Income-tax or Director General of Income-tax, as the case may be, and issue suitable directions to these authorities for proper implementation of this order. However, no review of or appeal against the orders passed on merits by such authorities would be entertained by the CBDT.
No order under section 201(1), deeming a person to be an assessee-in-default for failure to deduct the whole or any part of the tax from a person resident in India, shall be passed at any time after the expiry of seven years from the end of the financial year in which the payment is made or credit is given.
Further, the exclusions from the time limit, as specified in Explanation 1 to section 153, would also apply to the above time limit for passing an order deeming a person to be an assessee-in-default. Also, the time limit would not apply to an order passed consequent to the direction contained in an order of the Commissioner under sections 263 and 264, Commissioner (Appeals) under section 250, Appellate Tribunal under section 254, Supreme Court/National Tax Tribunal under section 260 and Supreme Court under section 262. Thus, the time limit would be extended where effect is to be given to various appellate proceedings or where proceedings are stayed.
Section 201(1) deems a person to be an assessee-in-default if he –
the whole or any part of the tax, as required by or under this Act.
Thus, section 201(1) contemplates three types of defaults. The default contemplated in (ii) is covered by the default contemplated in (iii). However, the time limit has been specified only for passing of orders relating to default contemplated in (i) above. There is no time limit specified in respect of the other defaults.
Therefore, no time-limits have been prescribed for the order under section 201(1) where –
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