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How to show refund to be deposit in revised return

CA Shivani Bhardwaj (Chartered Accountant) (158 Points)

06 June 2017

if in original return refund has been claimed and received in assessee,' account and there is some other amount to b reported in revised return on the basis of which there is tax liability than is there liability to pay refund received earlier in original return ,? how to show it in revised return?

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Dhirajlal Rambhia (SEO Sai Gr. Hosp.) (160327 Points)
Replied 06 June 2017

Only the additional tax liability with interest, if any, is to be paid as SAT, and the return should be revised when the credits of tax paid is available in 26AS. No need to pay back amount already refunded.

Sanjay S (Chartered Accountant) (1375 Points)
Replied 06 June 2017

@ Dhirajlal sir... But wouldn't the assessee also have to pay back the amount initially received as refund?

The thing is.. I had dealt with a similiar case (involving IT investigation) myself, where I had to manually add the refund amount to the revised tax computation and pay the total amount as SAT.

I will try to illustrate my point as follows:

In above image, suppose we have already received Rs.400 as refund in our bank account. Subsequently, we notice an error in RoI and hence we draw up the revised return and the net liability turns out to be Rs. 300. Now if we were to pay only Rs. 300 as SAT without returning the initial refund, then wouldnt the department ultimately be at a loss of Rs. 100 (ie., Rs. 400 - Rs. 300). Another way to view this could be that TDS in 26AS has already been refunded initially. Claiming it again in the Revised Return, may result in Double Benefit.

The question is (in above example) shouldnt the assessee be paying Rs. 700 + Interest?(ie., Rs. 300 --SAT + Rs.400 --Refund wrongly recd).

Also if yes, then returning to Ms.Shivani's Qn.. how to treat this in the Revised ITR?

CA Rashmi Gandhi (Chartered Accountant) (86220 Points)
Replied 06 June 2017

Pay Rs.700+interest to save ourself from any inconvenience & notice from IT deptt. It deptt settled it self

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Dhirajlal Rambhia (SEO Sai Gr. Hosp.) (160327 Points)
Replied 07 June 2017

Dear Sanjay S:

Simply to say, 2+3-4 = 2-4+3, that is just how one treats it.

At first, after clearing all tax liability, when you received refund, means earlier income totally assessed and old liability stand at NIL.

Now, when you detected additional income say 35K to be taxed at say 20%, your new tax liability arose is Rs. 700/- + cess+ interest till date of payment. (So, reducing TDS refund and again adding back for payment, that process not required).

Hope, it would be clear what I mean to say by "Only the additional tax liability with interest....."

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Sanjay S (Chartered Accountant) (1375 Points)
Replied 07 June 2017

Yes. I now understand. The thing is.. when u had mentioned "only the additional tax liability", I initially thought you were referring to revised total tax liability (Rs.300 in the above example).

So how can we show this in "Part B - TTI" of ITR?

I mean, in the above example, the net tax liability as per revised return is Rs. 300. Our TDS is Rs.400; SAT will be 700;

Hence where should we add the initial refund of Rs. 400 in the revised ITR so that the Net liability becomes NIL ?

(would the revised return be again subject to processing u/s 143(1)? If not, one could simply delete the TDS amount (under row 10(b)) and file the return.. right?)

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Dhirajlal Rambhia (SEO Sai Gr. Hosp.) (160327 Points)
Replied 07 June 2017

Just fill Advance tax and SAT paid, and ask for refund as per ITR utility calculation. (There is no row to show any refund received, so don't show).

The (revised) return will be processed normally, and the refund will not be paid to you (again) as asked in revised return, as already paid earlier!! On the contrary some demand may arise because of additional interest calculation.

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