Court Rules Interest Automatically Payable from Filing Date, Dealer's Contest Over Payment Adjustment Rejected.

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....Treatment given to the amount deposited by the dealer - stand of Department is that the amount deposited by the dealer on 30.03.2007 is firstly credited to the interest due from dealer but not to tax due - the dealer resisted the adjustment, firstly, in interest account as illegal for the reason that the respective assessment orders do not stipulate interest for non-payment or delayed payment of tax - Interest the Act is automatic, becomes payable on the date on which return is filed, and hence no separate order demanding interest is necessary. - HC....