ITAT Grants Interest on Self-Assessment Tax Refund, Rules Adjustment of Tax Liability Affects Character of Tax Payment [Read Order]

This shift made the refund eligible for interest under Section 244A(1)(b) of the Income Tax Act, rather than Section 244A(1)(aa), which imposes restrictions on interest claims
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The Ahmedabad Bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal ( ITAT ) granted interest on a refund of self-assessment tax .The tribunal ruled that once self-assessment tax is adjusted against a tax demand from an assessment order, it loses its original character and becomes tax paid under assessment. Nirma Limited, the appellant-assessee, appealed against the order…

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