Daily Archives: October 19, 2013


CIT v I.T.C. Ltd [IT APPEAL NO. 44 OF 2002 dated 4.09.13] – Allahabad High Court Background: Assessee was deducting tax on the estimated income of the employees including the travelling allowance upto January, 1993. For a period of two months, the assessee stopped deducting the amount on the ground that he held discussions with the Income Tax Officer. Assessee was treated as assessee in default u/s 201(1A) and was made liable to pay the interest on the amount of income tax, which was not deducted by the assessee from the conveyance allowance given to its employees under Section 192 (1) of Income Tax Act. 

If tax is not deducted under a bonafide belief, payer cannot be treated as ‘assessee ...