TMI Blog2015 (9) TMI 79X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... sessee in default in terms of the first proviso to sub-Section (1) of Section 201 of the Act, then, in such event, “it shall be deemed that the assessee has deducted and paid the tax on such sum on the date of furnishing of return of income by the resident payee referred to in the said proviso As relyng on Agra Bench of ITAT in Rajiv Kumar Agarwal v. ACIT (2014 (6) TMI 79 - ITAT AGRA) in which it was held that the second proviso to Section 40 (a) (ia) of the Act is declaratory and curative in nature and has retrospective effect from 1st April 2005, merits acceptance. No substantial question of law arises - Decided in favour of the Assessee - ITA 160/2015, ITA 161/2015, CM Appl. Nos. 3774 & 3775 of 2015 - - - Dated:- 26-8-2015 - Dr. S ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... reads as under: Provided further that where an assessee fails to deduct the whole or any part of the tax in accordance with the provisions of Chapter XVII-B on any such sum but is not deemed to be an assessee in default under the first proviso to sub-section (1) of Section 201, then, for the purpose of this sub-clause, it shall be deemed that the assessee has deducted and paid the tax on such sum on the date of furnishing of return of income by the resident payee referred to in the said proviso 6. When it was pointed out to learned counsel for the Appellant that no question as such has been sought to be urged by the Revenue in the memorandum of appeal, learned counsel stated that an application has been filed to amend the memora ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... eemed that the assessee has deducted and paid the tax on such sum on the date of furnishing of return of income by the resident payee referred to in the said proviso . 10. It is pointed out by learned counsel for the Revenue that the first proviso to Section 201 (1) of the Act was inserted with effect from 1st July 2012. The said proviso reads as under: Provided that any person, including the principal officer of a company, who fails to deduct the whole or any part of the tax in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter on the sum paid to a resident or on the sum credited to the account of a resident shall not be deemed to be an assessee in default in respect of such tax if such resident- (i) has furnished his return of i ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... g as the payee/resident (which in this case is ALIP) has filed its return of income disclosing the payment received by and in which the income earned by it is embedded and has also paid tax on such income, the Assessee would not be treated as a person in default. As far as the present case is concerned, it is not disputed by the Revenue that the payee has filed returns and offered the sum received to tax. 13. Turning to the decision of the Agra Bench of ITAT in Rajiv Kumar Agarwal v. ACIT (supra ) , the Court finds that it has undertaken a thorough analysis of the second proviso to Section 40 (a)(ia) of the Act and also sought to explain the rationale behind its insertion. In particular, the Court would like to refer to para 9 of the sai ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... penditure should not be allowed as deduction in the hands of an assessee in a situation in which income embedded in such expenditure has remained untaxed due to tax withholding lapses by the assessee. It is not, in our considered view, a penalty for tax withholding lapse but it is a sort of compensatory deduction restriction for an income going untaxed due to tax withholding lapse. The penalty for tax withholding lapse per se is separately provided for in Section 271 C, and, section 40(a)(ia) does not add to the same. The provisions of Section 40(a)(ia), as they existed prior to insertion of second proviso thereto, went much beyond the obvious intentions of the lawmakers and created undue hardships even in cases in which the assessee's ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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