ITAT rules assessee entitled to interest on refund u/s 244A(1)(b) despite Revenue's "interest on interest" objection.

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....Payment of interest u/s 244A on the amount of refund payable to the assessee - CIT(A) concluded that the claim of ‘interest’ by the respondent for the refund amounts to 'interest on interest' and held that it is beyond the scope of Section 244A - ITAT allowed the claim - the assessee has been found entitled to refund of money deposited by it upon re-computation by the Revenue and interest thereon is liable to be paid under Section 244A(1)(b) - HC....