Lawgist3Tax authorities
1[(1) The income-tax authorities specified in section 116 of the Income-tax Act shall be the interest-tax authorities for the purposes of this Act.
(1A) Every such authority shall exercise the powers and perform the functions of an interest-tax authority under this Act in respect of any person within his jurisdiction.
(1B) The jurisdiction of an interest-tax authority under this Act shall be the same as he has under the Income-tax Act by virtue of orders or directions issued under section 120 of that Act (including orders or directions assigning the concurrent jurisdiction) or under any other provision of that Act.
(1C) The interest-tax authority having jurisdiction in relation to a credit institution which has no income assessable to income-tax under the Income-tax Act shall be the interest-tax authority having jurisdiction in respect of the area in which that institution carries on its business or has its principal place of business.
(1D) Section 118 of the Income-tax Act and any notification issued thereunder shall apply in relation to the control of interest-tax authorities as they apply in relation to the control of the correspondingincome-tax authorities, except to the extent to which the Board may, by notification in the Official Gazette, otherwise direct in respect of any interest-tax authority.]
(2) All officers and persons employed in the execution of this Act shall observe and follow the orders, instructions and directions of the Board:
Provided that no such orders, instructions or directions shall be issued--
(a) so as to require any tax authority to make a particular assessment or to dispose of a particular case in a particular manner; or
(b) so as to interfere with the discretion of the Appellate Assistant Commissioner in the exercise of his appellate functions.
(3) Every Income-tax Officer 2[or Assistant Commissioner 3[ or Deputy Commissioner]] employed in the execution of this Act shall observe and follow the orders, instructions and directions issued for his guidance by the 4[Director] or by the Commissioner or by the 5[Additional Commissioner of Income-tax or the 6[Joint Commissioner]] within whose jurisdiction he performs his functions.
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1. Subs. by s. 92, ibid., for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 1-10-1991).
2. Ins. by Act 32 of 1994, s. 56 (w.e.f. 1-6-1994).
3. Ins. by Act 21 of 1998, s. 77 (w.e.f. 1-4-1998).
4. Subs. by Act 32 of 1994, s. 56, for "Director of Inspection" (w.e.f. 1-6-1994).
5. Subs. by s. 56, ibid., for "Inspecting Assistant Commissioner" (w.e.f. 1-6-1994).
6. Subs. by Act 21 of 1998, s. 77, for "Deputy Commissioner" (w.e.f. 1-4-1998).
- 1 Short title and extent
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Tax authorities
- 4 Charge of tax
- 5 Scope of chargeable interest
- 6 Computation of chargeable interest
- 7 Return of chargeable interest
- 8 Assessment
- 9 Self-assessment
- 10 Interest escaping assessment
- 10A Time limit for completion of assessments and re-assessments
- 11 Advance payment of interest-tax
- 12 Interest for default in furnishing return of chargeable interest
- 12A Interest for default in payment of interest-tax in advance
- 12B Interest for deferment of interest-tax payable in advance
- 13 Penalty for concealment of chargeable interest
- 14 Opportunity of being heard
- 15 Appeals to the Commissioner (Appeals)
- 15A Omitted
- 16 Appeals to Appellate Tribunal
- 17 Rectification of mistakes
- 18 Interest-tax deductible in computing total income under the Income-tax Act
- 19 Revision of order prejudicial to revenue
- 20 Revision of orders by Commissioner
- 21 Application of provisions of Income-tax Act
- 22 Income-tax papers to be available for the purposes of this Act
- 23 Failure to comply with notices
- 24 False statements
- 25 Wilful attempt to evade tax, etc
- 26 Abetment of false returns, etc
- 26A Offences by credit institutions
- 26B Institution of proceedings and composition of offences
- 26C Power of credit institutions to vary certain agreements
- 27 Power to make rules
- 28 Power to exempt
- 29 Power to remove difficulty
- 30 Repealed
