https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=155359 A stay of recovery of a tax demand does not suspend statutory interest liability unless the Act expressly so provides. The court noted that the stay merely postponed recovery of the assessed tax and gave no immunity from interest under section 18(3) of the General Sales Tax Act. The liability to pay interest remained independent of pending writ proceedings, and the authority had no discretion to waive it on the ground that recovery was stayed. Accordingly, interest remained recoverable despite the stay order, and the challenge to the levy of interest failed. en-us Fri, 28 Aug 1987 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 17:29:08 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=155359 A stay of recovery of a tax demand does not suspend statutory interest liability unless the Act expressly so provides. The court noted that the stay merely postponed recovery of the assessed tax and gave no immunity from interest under section 18(3) of the General Sales Tax Act. The liability to pay interest remained independent of pending writ proceedings, and the authority had no discretion to waive it on the ground that recovery was stayed. Accordingly, interest remained recoverable despite the stay order, and the challenge to the levy of interest failed. Case-Laws VAT and Sales Tax Fri, 28 Aug 1987 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=155359