COURT: | Supreme Court |
CORAM: | A.K. Sikri J., Rohinton Fali Nariman J. |
SECTION(S): | 234B |
GENRE: | Domestic Tax |
CATCH WORDS: | 234B interest, advance tax |
COUNSEL: | Guru Krishna Kumar, Shipra Ghosh |
DATE: | August 6, 2015 (Date of pronouncement) |
DATE: | August 17, 2015 (Date of publication) |
AY: | 1992-93 |
S. 234B interest is automatic if conditions are met. Form I.T.N.S. 150 is a part of the assessment order and it is sufficient if the levy of interest is stated there |
It will be seen that under the provisions of Section 234B, the moment an assessee who is liable to pay advance tax has failed to pay such tax or where the advance tax paid by such an assessee is less than 90 per cent of the assessed tax, the assessee becomes liable to pay simple interest at the rate of one per cent for every month or part of the month. The levy of such interest is automatic when the conditions of Section 234B are met. The facts of the present case are squarely covered by the decision contained in Kalyankumar Ray’s case inasmuch as it is undisputed that contained a calculation of interest payable on the tax assessed. This being the case, it is clear that as per the said judgment, this Form must be treated as part of the assessment order in the wider sense in which the expression has to be understood in the context of Section 143, which is referred to in Explanation 1 to Section 234B. This being the case, we set aside the judgment of the High Court and allow the appeal of the Revenue.