Income Tax Act, 1961
Section 2: Subs. by Act 28 of 2016, s. 89, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 12016).
2. Subs. by Act 28 of 2016, s. 89, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 12016).
3. Subs. by Act 7 of 2017, s. 74, for “an eligible assessee in respect of an eligible business referred to in section 44AD”
(w.e.f. 12017).
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214. Interest payable by Government.—(1) The Central Government shall pay simple interest at
1[fifteen per cent.] per annum on the amount by which the aggregate sum of any instalments of advance
tax paid during any financial year in which they are payable under sections 207 to 213 exceeds the
amount of the 2[assessed tax] from the 1st day of April next following the said financial year to the date of
the regular assessment for the assessment year immediately following the said financial year, and where
any such instalment is paid after the expiry of the financial year, during which it is payable by reason of
the provisions of section 213, interest as aforesaid shall also be payable on that instalment from the date
of its payment to the date of regular assessment:
3[Provided that in respect of any amount refunded on a provisional assessment under section 141A,
no interest shall be paid for any period after the date of such provisional assessment.]
4[(1A) Where as a result of an order under 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 5[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 6[Assessing Officer]
shall serve on the assessee, a notice of demand in the prescribed form specifying the amount of the excess
interest payable 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.]
(2) On any portion of such amount which is refunded under this Chapter, interest shall be payable
only up to the date on which the refund was made.
7[(3) This section and sections 215, 216 and 217 shall not apply in respect of any assessment for the
assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1989, or any subsequent assessment year and, in the
application of the said sections to the assessment for any earlier assessment year, references therein
[except in sub-section (1A) and sub-section (3) of section 215] to the other provisions of this Act shall be
construed as references to those provisions as for the time being in force and applicable to the relevant
assessment year.]
8[Explanation 1.—In this section, “assessed tax” shall have the same meaning as in sub-section (5)
of section 215.
Explanation 2.—Where, in relation to an assessment year, an assessment is made for the first time
under section 147, the assessment so made shall be regarded as a regular assessment for the purposes of
this section.]
215. Interest payable by assessee.—9[(1)Where, in any financial year, an assessee has paid
10[advance tax under section 209A or section 212 on the basis of his own estimate (including revised
(w.e.f. 12016).
3. Subs. by Act 7 of 2017, s. 74, for “an eligible assessee in respect of an eligible business referred to in section 44AD”
(w.e.f. 12017).
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214. Interest payable by Government.—
The Central Government shall pay simple interest at
1[fifteen per cent.] per annum on the amount by which the aggregate sum of any instalments of advance
tax paid during any financial year in which they are payable under sections 207 to 213 exceeds the
amount of the 2[assessed tax] from the 1st day of April next following the said financial year to the date of
the regular assessment for the assessment year immediately following the said financial year, and where
any such instalment is paid after the expiry of the financial year, during which it is payable by reason of
the provisions of section 213, interest as aforesaid shall also be payable on that instalment from the date
of its payment to the date of regular assessment:
3[Provided that in respect of any amount refunded on a provisional assessment under section 141A,
no interest shall be paid for any period after the date of such provisional assessment.]
4[
Where as a result of an order under 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 5[or an order of the
Settlement Commission under sub-section
of section 245D], the amount on which interest was
payable under sub-section
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 6[Assessing Officer]
shall serve on the assessee, a notice of demand in the prescribed form specifying the amount of the excess
interest payable 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.]
On any portion of such amount which is refunded under this Chapter, interest shall be payable
only up to the date on which the refund was made.
7[
This section and sections 215, 216 and 217 shall not apply in respect of any assessment for the
assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1989, or any subsequent assessment year and, in the
application of the said sections to the assessment for any earlier assessment year, references therein
[except in sub-section
and sub-section
of section 215] to the other provisions of this Act shall be
construed as references to those provisions as for the time being in force and applicable to the relevant
assessment year.]
8[Explanation 1.—In this section, “assessed tax” shall have the same meaning as in sub-section
of section 215.
Explanation 2.—Where, in relation to an assessment year, an assessment is made for the first time
under section 147, the assessment so made shall be regarded as a regular assessment for the purposes of
this section.]
215. Interest payable by assessee.—9[