Comparison of section 406 "Payment of advance tax by assessee on his own accord." between the Income-Tax Act, 2025 (as passed) and the Income-Tax Bill, 2025 (as originally introduced)

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....ance tax and tax administration insofar as enforcement and compliance monitoring are concerned. Effective date or enactment date: Not stated in the document. Background & Scope Statutory hooks: Clause 406 refers to other provisions within the same enactment-section 404 (liability to pay advance tax), section 405 (calculation of specified sum), and section 408 (due dates of instalments). The clause is part of a Bill titled "Income Tax Bill, 2025 - Old Version." The clause addresses advance payment of tax by an assessee on his own accord. Definitions provided: the clause expressly defines "specified sum" in sub-section (3) as "current income as estimated by the assessee." No further definitions or explanatory notes are included in the claus....

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....se 406 itself. It does not exempt any class of person, nor does it state thresholds, exclusions, or special regimes (for example, for salaried taxpayers, small taxpayers, or presumptive taxpayers). Any such exclusions are Not stated in the document and would need to be located in other parts of the Bill or Rules. Illustrations * Example 1: An assessee estimates current income for the year and pays the first instalment of advance tax as required by section 408 dates. Later in the year the assessee revises the estimate upwards and increases the amount payable in remaining instalments to accord with the increased specified sum. (This follows sub-section (2).) * Example 2: An assessee pays an instalment but subsequently estimates lower cur....

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....tax in the remaining instalment or instalments, accordingly." Practical impact: Substantively identical-both permit reconciliation of future instalments to reflect the assessee's revised estimate of current income. The corrigendum note in Document 1 corrects a typographical duplication ("tax tax"). Practical Implications * Compliance and risk areas: Taxpayers who fall within the ambit of section 404 must proactively estimate current income and ensure instalment payments at the "appropriate percentage" by the due dates in section 408. The clause allows later adjustments, but initial non-payment or materially inaccurate estimation may trigger consequences under other provisions (interest/penalties), which are Not stated in the documen....