Indian Income-Tax Act, 1922

[18A. Advance payment of tax.—(1) (a) [In the case of income other than income chargeable under the head "Salaries",] the Income-tax Officer may, on or after the 1st day of April in any financial year, by order in writing, require an assessee to pay quarterly to the credit of the Central Government on the 15th day of June, 15th day of September, 15th day of December and 15th day of March in that year, respectively, an amount equal to one-quarter of the income-tax and super-tax payable on so much of such income as is included in his total income of the latest previous year in respect of which he has been assessed, [if that total income exceeded the maximum amount not chargeable to tax in his case by two thousand five hundred rupees]. Such income-tax and super-tax shall be calculated at the rates in force for the financial year in which he is required to pay the tax, and shall bear to the total amount of income-tax and super-tax so calculated on the said total income the same proportion as the amount of such inclusions bears to his total income or, in cases where under the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 17 both income-tax and super-tax or super-tax are chargeable with reference to the total world income, shall bear to the total amount of income-tax and super-tax which would have been payable on his total world income of the said previous year had it been his total income the same proportion as the amount of such inclusions bears to his total world income. [The income-tax and super-tax so calculated shall be reduced by the amount of income-tax and super-tax which would be deductible during the said financial year in accordance with the provisions of section 18 on any income (other than income chargeable under the head "Salaries") included in the said total income:]

Provided that, where the previous year of the assessee in respect of any source of income ends after the .... To read the full section download the app from Google Play store