The Interest Tax Act, 1974 was an Act that imposed a special tax on interest accrued in specified cases. The Act applied to the whole of India, including all the States and Union Territories with no exceptions. The Act is no longer applicable with regard to chargeable interest accruing after 31 March 2000.
Interest Tax Act
The Interest
Tax
A tax is a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures (regional, local, or n ...
Act of 1974 governs the tax process associated with the imposition and collection of Interest Tax in situations specified under its various sections.
The Act applies to all Scheduled Banks that are required to pay tax on the chargeable interest amounts they have on their deposits.
This Interest Tax is required to be charged at the rate of 7% (Seven percent) of the amount of chargeable interest. This was modified to 3.5% (Three and a half percent) for Interest accrued since 31 March 1983, 3% (Three percent) subject to certain conditions since 31 March 1992, 2% (Two percent) since 31 March 1997, and no Interest Tax accruing or arising after 31 March 2000.all over India in govt tax 15.5% total act of 1974 adhiniyam to in India
Chargeable Interest
As per the Interest Tax Act, the chargeable interest that applied to a credit institution was the total amount of interest apart from interest charged on loans and advances made to different credit institutions.
The Interest Tax Act also does not apply to any Cooperative Society engaged in the
Banking
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business.
Penalty for concealment of chargeable interest
The Interest Tax Act has specified a
penalty
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for concealment of the details regarding chargeable interest or the furnishing of incorrect details regarding the amount of chargeable interest.
In such circumstances, the Assessing Officer or the Commissioner of Appeals may impose, in addition to payment of the interest tax payable, a penalty up to three times of the total
Interest
In finance and economics, interest is payment from a borrower or deposit-taking financial institution to a lender or depositor of an amount above repayment of the principal sum (that is, the amount borrowed), at a particular rate. It is distin ...
Tax that has been either concealed or furnished incorrectly.
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