TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
Interest on refunds
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....- (i) from the 1st day of April of the assessment year to the date on which the refund is granted, if the return of income has been furnished on or before the due date specified under sub-section (1) of section 139; or (ii) from the date of furnishing of return of income to the date on which the refund is granted, in a case not covered under sub-clause (i); ^19[Provided that where refund arises as a result of an order passed by the Assessing Officer in consequence of an application made by the assessee under sub-section (20) of section 155, such interest shall be calculated at the rate of one-half per cent. for every month or part of a month comprised in the period from the date of such application to the date on ....
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....rest on such amount of refund calculated at the rate of three per cent. per annum, for the period beginning from the date following the date of expiry of the time allowed under sub-section (5) of section 153 to the date on which the refund is granted.] ^20[Provided that where proceedings for assessment or reassessment are pending in respect of an assessee, in computing the period for determining the additional interest payable to such assessee under this sub-section, the period beginning from the date on which such refund is withheld by the Assessing Officer in accordance with and subject to provisions of sub-section (2) of section 245 and ending ^21[with the date up to which such refund is withheld], shall be excluded.] ^16[(1B) Wher....
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.... 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 Assessing Officer shall serve on the assessee a notice of demand in the prescribed form specifying the amount of the excess interest paid 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. (4) The provisions of this section shall apply in respect of assessments for the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1989, and sub....
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.... w.e.f. 01-04-2006 8. Substituted vide Section 16 of the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 2003 w.e.f. 08-09-2003 before it was read as, "two-third per cent" Earlier, Omitted vide Section 64 of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1991 w.e.f. 01-10-1991 before it was read as, "and one-half" And was Substituted vide Section 82 of the Finance Act, 2001 w.e.f. 01-06-2001 before it was read as, "one per cent" And was Substituted vide Section 93 of the Finance Act, 2002 w.e.f. 01-06-2002 before it was read as, "three-fourth per cent" 9. Inserted vide Section 56 of the Finance Act, 2005 w.e.f. 01-04-2006 10. Inserted vide Section 41 of the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1989 w.e.f. 01-04-1989 ....