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2018 (3) TMI 1471 - HC - Wealth-taxLevy of interest u/s 17B in respect of the period between the due date and the date of the notice u/s 17 - date of filling Wealth tax return - Held that:- Considering the facts and circumstances of the present case, we are of the considered view that the assessment made for the assessment years 2007-08 and 2008-09 is made for the first time under Section 17, the same is a regular assessment and therefore attracts Section 17B(1) of the Act and not otherwise. Hence the Assessee is liable to pay interest u/s 17B(1) from the due date u/s 14(1) to the date of filing of the return u/s 17. We reject the argument advanced by the learned counsel for the assessee that the assessee could not be asked to do the impossible, as the due date for filing of the wealth tax returns expired and the assessee had not filed his return within the due date and there was no provision for the assessee to file his returns beyond the due date and the assessee had to await the issuance of notice u/s17 of the Act and therefore the assessee must be exempted from the levy of interest u/s 17B in respect of the period between the due date and the date of the notice u/s 17 of the Act.
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