Commodities Transaction Tax

Penalty for failure to collect or pay commodities transaction tax.

124. Any assessee who-

 (a) fails to collect the whole or any part of the commodities transaction tax as required under section 109; or

 (b) having collected the commodities transaction tax, fails to pay such tax to the credit of the Central Government in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2) of that section,

shall be liable to pay,—

 (i) in the case referred to in clause (a), in addition to paying the tax in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (3) of that section, or interest, if any, in accordance with the provisions of section 113, by way of penalty, a sum equal to the amount of commodities transaction tax that he failed to collect; and

 (ii) in the case referred to in clause (b), in addition to paying the tax in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2) of that section and interest in accordance with the provisions of section 113, by way of penalty, a sum of one thousand rupees for every day during which the failure continues; so, however, that the penalty under this clause shall not exceed the amount of commodities transaction tax that he failed to pay.