Section 234C of ITA, 1961 : Section 234C: Interest For Deferment Of Advance Tax

(1) Where in any financial year,

• (a) an assessee, other than the assessee referred to in clause (b), who is liable to pay advance tax under section 208 has failed to pay such tax or

  • (i) the advance tax paid by such assessee on its current income on or before the 15th day of June is less than fifteen per cent. of the tax due on the returned income or the amount of such advance tax paid on or before the 15th day of September is less than forty-five per cent. of the tax due on the returned income or the amount of such advance tax paid on or before the 15th day of December is less than seventy-five per cent. of the tax due on the returned income, then, the assessee shall be liable to pay simple interest at the rate of one per cent. per month for a period of three months on the amount of the shortfall from fifteen p