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Income Tax Act 2023

Section 160 - Levy of Interest for Failure to Pay Advance Tax

(as updated till Finance Act 2024)

Where, in respect of an assessee who is required to pay advance tax, it is found in the course of regular assessment that advance tax has not been paid in accordance with the provisions of this Part, there shall be added, without prejudice to the consequences of the assessee being in default under section 157, to the tax as determined on the basis of such assessment, simple interest thereon computed at the rate and for the period specified in section 162.

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