• the refund liable for interest under Section 234D, any fraction of 100 shall be ignored. Thus, Rs 60 will be
ignored and the balance amount will come to Rs 5,600. The interest will be calculated on Rs 5,600. He has kept
the excess money with him for 5 months and 17 days before paying it to the IT department. Under Section
119A, the interest for this can be calculated as given below:Consider that Mr A has received an excess refund of
Rs 5,660 upon intimation under Section 143(1). While computing
• 5 months and 17 days will be rounded off to 6 full months
Interest under section 234D of the Act & its calculation
• The interest is calculated at the rate of 0.5% per month; 0.05 * Rs 5,600 * 6 = Rs 168
• An interest amount that is not a multiple of Rs 100 will be rounded off to the nearest multiple of Rs 100. In this
case, the nearest multiple is Rs 200
• Mr A must pay Rs 200 as the interest for the excess refund. That is, a total amount of Rs 5,800 must be paid
back to the IT department under Section 234D of the Act.
6. Mr A aged 40 years is a professional having receipts of Rs. 45 Laks for F.Y. 2021-22 He files his return of income
for A.y 2022-23 on December 17,2022 at Return Income of Rs. 14,50,000. The assessed income is Rs. 16,70,000
which was completed on March 15, 2023. What is the interest liability u/s 234A He paid advance tax of Rs 1,00,000
and TDS of Rs. 20,500 was done on his income.
Ans:
Name of the Assessee: Mr.A, Status: Individual, A.Y.2022-23.
Calculation of 234A: Assessed Income 16,70,000/-*
Total Tax 3,26,040 /- Less: TDS (-)20,500/- Less: Advance Tax Paid (-)1,00,000/- Shortfall 2,05,540/- 1% of next from due date of filing the return to the date of return filed (From 1/8/2022 to
31/12/2022)=5% of 2,05,540/-
Rs.10,277/-