Chennai: Madras High Court has refused to put aside the interest in income tax being slapped in Suriya actor between 2007 and 2009.
Suriya, in his petition, argues that he faces harassment from I-T officials for some time.
In October 2010, the department conducted a search in the office and his residence and issued a set of rating a year later for 2007-08 and 2008-09.
The advice for the actor believes that coercion to pay unfair contributions will cause difficulties for actors and he is asked to pay interest in an unfair way and cite HC Madras’s previous assessment in similar cases.
In its response, the I-T department submitted that the actor did not fulfill the three conditions set by section 220 (2a) of the income tax law for the available waeiver.
“This case is not one where regular assessments have passed.
There are search operations carried out in the actor’s place, based on where the assessment order passed.
There is non-cooperation in the applicant’s section.
Even in such circumstances, the applicant has no intention of paying interest Based on request, “advice submitted.
In such cases, the appraiser will definitely pay interest and after that, is in Liberty to submit an application that is looking for interesting neglect, advice states.
While the assessment order passed in 2011, the application seeking interest was submitted only in 2017.
“After the tax request is not obeyed, the department has the right to claim interest in section 220 (2a) income tax law,” said advice.
Citing reports from officials showing that the actor took more than 45 days to submit a return on income after search, justice S M Subramaniam said he had not worked together in the settlement of assessment.
“Appraisal behavior throughout the income tax process is very important for the purpose of claiming interesting neglect,” the court observed and rejected the petition.