Interest-Tax Act, 1974

Section - 7 - Return of chargeable interest

Return of chargeable interest.
7.         [(1) In the case of every credit institution, its principal officer, or where in the case of a non-resident credit institution any person has been treated as its agent under sec­tion 163 of the Income-tax Act, such person, shall furnish a return of the chargeable interest of the credit institution of the previous year in the prescribed form and verified in the prescribed manner and setting forth such other particulars as may be prescribed, before the 31st day of December, of the assessment year.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Assessing Officer may, before the end of the relevant assessment year, serve a notice upon the principal officer of any credit institution, or where in the case of a non-resident credit insti­tution any person has been treated as its agent under section 163 of the Income-tax Act, upon such person, requiring him to furnish within thirty days from the date of service of the notice a return of the chargeable interest of the credit institution of the previous year in the presc .... To read the full section download the app from Google Play store