Interest paid on late payment of TDS - allowable deduction u/s...

Interest paid on late payment of TDS - allowable deduction u/s 37(1) or not? - Interest on delayed payment of TDS cannot be allowed as deduction. - The interest u/s.201(1A) can be equated to the levy of interest u/s.234. Interest u/s.234 is a levy on delay in the payment of income tax and the TDS is nothing but the income tax paid on behalf of the payee and therefore the interest on the same u/s.201(1A) is also in the nature of interest levied on the income tax. On that count also interest on delayed payment of TDS cannot be claimed as a deduction. - AT