Section 408 — Instalments of advance tax and due dates
(1) All the assessees who are liable to pay advance tax, other than the assessee
referred to in sub-section (2), shall pay the same on the current income
calculated in the manner laid down in section 405 in four instalments during each
financial year and the due date of each instalment and the amount of such instal -
ment shall be as specified in the Table below:
TABLE
Sl.
No.
Due date of
instalment
Amount payable
A B C
1. On or before the
15th June.
Not less than 15% of such advance tax.
2. On or before the
15th September.
Not less than 45% of such advance tax, as reduced by the
amount, if any, paid in the earlier instalment.
3. On or before the
15th December.
Not less than 75% of such advance tax, as reduced by the
amount or amounts, if any, paid in the earlier instalment
or instalments.
4. On or before the
15th March.
The whole amount of such advance tax, as reduced by the
amount or amounts, if any, paid in the earlier instalment
or instalments.
(2) An assessee, who declares profits and gains as per the provisions of section 58(2)
(Table: Sl. No. 1 or 3), shall pay the whole amount of advance tax on the current
income, calculated in the manner laid down in section 405 during each financial
year, on or before the 15th March.
(3) Any amount paid by way of advance tax on or before the 31st March, shall be
treated as advance tax paid during the financial year ending on that day for all the
purposes of this Act.
Related sections
- Section 390 — Deduction or collection at source and advance payment
- Section 391 — Direct payment
- Section 392 — Salary and accumulated balance due to an employee
- Section 393 — Tax to be deducted at source
- Section 394 — Collection of tax at source
- Section 395 — Certificates
- Section 396 — Tax deducted is income received
- Section 397 — Compliance and reporting
- Section 398 — Consequences of failure to deduct or pay or, collect or pay
- Section 399 — Processing
- Section 400 — Power of Central Government to relax provisions of this Chapter
- Section 401 — Bar against direct demand on assessee
- Section 402 — Interpretation
- Section 403 — Liability for payment of advance tax
- Section 404 — Conditions of liability to pay advance tax
- Section 405 — Computation of advance tax
- Section 406 — Payment of advance tax by assessee on his own accord
- Section 407 — Payment of advance tax by assessee in pursuance of order of Assessing Officer
- Section 409 — When assessee is deemed to be in default
- Section 410 — Credit for advance tax
- Section 411 — When tax payable and when assessee deemed in default
- Section 412 — Penalty payable when tax in default
- Section 413 — Certificate by Tax Recovery Officer and validity thereof
- Section 414 — Tax Recovery Officer by whom recovery is to be effected
- Section 415 — Stay of proceedings in pursuance of certificate and amendment or cancella-tion thereof
- Section 416 — Other modes of recovery
- Section 417 — Recovery through State Government
- Section 418 — Recovery of tax in pursuance of agreements with foreign countries
- Section 419 — Recovery of penalties, fine, interest and other sums
- Section 420 — Tax clearance certificate
- Section 421 — Recovery by suit or under other law not affected
- Section 422 — Recovery of tax arrear in respect of non-resident from his assets
- Section 423 — Interest for defaults in furnishing return of income
- Section 424 — Interest for defaults in payment of advance tax
- Section 425 — Interest for deferment of advance tax
- Section 426 — Interest on excess refund
- Section 427 — Fee for default in furnishing statements
- Section 428 — Fee for default in furnishing return of income, audited accounts and reports
- Section 429 — Fee for default relating to statement or certificate
- Section 430 — Fee for default relating to intimation of Aadhaar number