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The Hotel-Receipts Tax Act

9Self-assessment

(1) Where any hotel-receipts tax is payable on the basis of any return required to be furnished under section 8 or section 13 after taking into account the amount of hotel-receipts tax, if any, already paid under any provision of this Act, the assessee shall be liable to pay such tax before furnishing the return and the return shall be accompanied by proof of payment of such tax.

(2) After an assessment under section 10 or section 11 has been made, any amount paid under sub-section (1) shall be deemed to have been paid towards such assessment.

(3) If any assessee fails to pay the hotel-receipts tax or any part thereof in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1), the Income-tax Officer may direct that a sum equal to two per cent. of such tax or part thereof, as the case may be, shall be recovered from him by way of penalty for every month during which the default continues:

Provided that before levying any such penalty, the assessee shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard.

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