Income Tax Act 2023
Section 218 - Power of Withdrawal of Certificate and Stay of Proceedings
(as updated till Finance Act 2024)
(1) Notwithstanding the issue of a certificate for recovery of tax under section 216, the Deputy Commissioner of Taxes shall have power to withdraw, or correct any clerical or arithmetical error in the certificate by sending an intimation to that effect to the Tax Recovery Officer.
(2) Where the order giving rise to a demand of tax for which a certificate for recovery has been issued has been modified in appeal or other proceedings under this Act and, as a consequence thereof, the demand is reduced but the order is the subject matter of further proceedings under this Act, the Deputy Commissioner of Taxes shall stay the recovery of such part of the amount of the certificate as pertains to the said reduction for the period for which the appeal or other proceedings remain pending.
(3) Where a certificate for recovery has been issued and subsequently the amount of outstanding demand is reduced as a result of appeal or other proceedings under this Act, the Deputy Commissioner of Taxes shall, when the order, which was the subject-matter of such appeal or other proceeding, has become final and conclusive, amend the certificate or withdraw it, as the case may be.
(4) The Deputy Commissioner of Taxes shall communicate to the Tax Recovery Officer any orders of cancellation, correction, stay of proceeding, withdrawal or amendment, as the case may be, of a certificate for recovery.
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