2025Section 426
426. Interest on excess refund.
In the 1961 Act1 match · Unreviewed
- 1961 Section 234D
From the Income Tax Department's correspondence.
(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, where any refund is granted to the assessee under section 270(1), and—
the assessee shall be liable to pay simple interest at the rate of 0.5% on the whole or the excess amount so refunded, for every month or part of a month comprised in the period from the date of grant of refund to the date of such regular assessment.
(2) Where, as a result of an order under section 287 or 288 or 359 or 363 or 365(10) or 368 or 377 or 378, the amount of refund granted under section 270(1) is held to be correctly allowed, either in whole or in part, then, the interest chargeable, if any, under sub-section (1) shall be reduced accordingly.