Act 45 of 1974

The Interest-tax Act, 1974

An Act to impose a special tax on interest in certain cases.

  • Ministry of Finance
  • Department of Revenue
  • Enacted 1974-09-23
  • 37 sections
SectionTitle
1 Short title and extent.Read
2 Definitions.Read
3 Tax authorities.Read
4 Charge of tax.Read
5 Scope of chargeable interest.Read
6 Computation of chargeable interest.Read
7 Return of chargeable interest.Read
8 Assessment.Read
9 Self-assessment.Read
10 Interest escaping assessment.Read
10A Time limit for completion of assessments and re-assessments.Read
11 Advance payment of interest-tax.Read
12 Interest for default in furnishing return of chargeable interest.Read
12A Interest for default in payment of interest-tax in advance.Read
12B Interest for deferment of interest-tax payable in advance.Read
13 Penalty for concealment of chargeable interest.Read
14 Opportunity of being heard.Read
15 Appeals to the Commissioner (Appeals).Read
15A Omitted.Read
16 Appeals to Appellate Tribunal. Read
17 Rectification of mistakes.Read
18 Interest-tax deductible in computing total income under the Income-tax Act.Read
19 Revision of order prejudicial to revenue.Read
20 Revision of orders by Commissioner.Read
21 Application of provisions of Income-tax Act.Read
22 Income-tax papers to be available for the purposes of this Act.Read
23 Failure to comply with notices.Read
24 False statements.Read
25 Wilful attempt to evade tax, etc.Read
26 Abetment of false returns, etc.Read
26A Offences by credit institutions.Read
26B Institution of proceedings and composition of offences.Read
26C Power of credit institutions to vary certain agreements.Read
27 Power to make rules.Read
28 Power to exempt.Read
29 Power to remove difficulty.Read
30 Repealed.Read
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