AO cannot use Pending Income Tax Demand to summarily dismiss TDS Application u/s 197: Patna High Court [Read Order]

The satisfaction to be recorded under Section 197 is clearly with respect to the total income of the recipient for the subject assessment year, where the deduction is claimed at a NIL rate for the interest income earned from the fixed deposits in banks
Patna High Court - Income Tax Demand - Income Tax - TDS - TDS Application - Section 197 Income Tax Act - taxscan

The Patna High Court has ruled that a pending income tax demand cannot be used by the Assessing Officer (AO) as the sole basis to summarily reject an application for lower or nil deduction of tax at source ( TDS ) under Section 197 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Chief Justice K. Vinod Chandran…

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