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Income-tax Act, 2025
23 chapters · 536 sections
Chapters
23
1
Preliminary
2
Basis of Charge
3
Incomes Which Do Not Form Part of Total Income
4
Computation of Total Income
5
Income of Other Persons, Included in Total Income of Assessee
6
Aggregation of Income
7
Set Off, Or Carry Forward and Set Off of Losses
8
Deductions to Be Made in Computing Total Income
9
Rebates and Reliefs
10
Special Provisions Relating to Avoidance of Tax
11
General Anti-Avoidance Rule
12
Mode of Payment in Certain Cases, Etc
13
Determination of Tax in Special Cases
14
Tax Administration
15
Return of Income
16
Procedure For Assessment
17
Special Provisions Relating to Certain Persons
18
Appeals, Revision and Alternate Dispute Resolutions
19
Collection and Recovery of Tax
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Chapter 19 overview
390
Deduction or collection at source and advance payment
391
Direct payment
392
Salary and accumulated balance due to an employee
393
Tax to be deducted at source
394
Collection of tax at source
395
Certificates
396
Tax deducted is income received
397
Compliance and reporting
398
Consequences of failure to deduct or pay or, collect or pay
399
Processing
400
Power of Central Government to relax provisions of this Chapter
401
Bar against direct demand on assessee
402
Interpretation
403
Liability for payment of advance tax
404
Conditions of liability to pay advance tax
405
Computation of advance tax
406
Payment of advance tax by assessee on his own accord
407
Payment of advance tax by assessee in pursuance of order of Assessing Officer
408
Instalments of advance tax and due dates
409
When assessee is deemed to be in default
410
Credit for advance tax
411
When tax payable and when assessee deemed in default
412
Penalty payable when tax in default
413
Certificate by Tax Recovery Officer and Validity thereof
414
Tax Recovery Officer by whom recovery is to be effected
415
Stay of proceedings in pursuance of certificate and amendment or cancellation thereof
416
Other modes of recovery
417
Recovery through State Government
418
Recovery of tax in pursuance of agreements with foreign countries
419
Recovery of penalties, fine, interest and other sums
420
Tax clearance certificate
421
Recovery by suit or under other law not affected
422
Recovery of tax arrear in respect of non-resident from his assets
423
Interest for defaults in furnishing return of income
424
Interest for defaults in payment of advance tax
425
Interest for deferment of advance tax
426
Interest on excess refund
427
Fee for default in furnishing statements
428
Fee for default in furnishing return of income
429
Fee for default relating to statement or certificate
430
Fee for default relating to intimation of aadhaar number
20
Refunds
21
Penalties
22
Offences and Prosecution
23
Miscellaneous
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Chapter 19
Chapter 19
Collection and Recovery of Tax
41 sections (390–430)
390
Deduction or collection at source and advance payment
391
Direct payment
392
Salary and accumulated balance due to an employee
393
Tax to be deducted at source
394
Collection of tax at source
395
Certificates
396
Tax deducted is income received
397
Compliance and reporting
398
Consequences of failure to deduct or pay or, collect or pay
399
Processing
400
Power of Central Government to relax provisions of this Chapter
401
Bar against direct demand on assessee
402
Interpretation
403
Liability for payment of advance tax
404
Conditions of liability to pay advance tax
405
Computation of advance tax
406
Payment of advance tax by assessee on his own accord
407
Payment of advance tax by assessee in pursuance of order of Assessing Officer
408
Instalments of advance tax and due dates
409
When assessee is deemed to be in default
410
Credit for advance tax
411
When tax payable and when assessee deemed in default
412
Penalty payable when tax in default
413
Certificate by Tax Recovery Officer and Validity thereof
414
Tax Recovery Officer by whom recovery is to be effected
415
Stay of proceedings in pursuance of certificate and amendment or cancellation thereof
416
Other modes of recovery
417
Recovery through State Government
418
Recovery of tax in pursuance of agreements with foreign countries
419
Recovery of penalties, fine, interest and other sums
420
Tax clearance certificate
421
Recovery by suit or under other law not affected
422
Recovery of tax arrear in respect of non-resident from his assets
423
Interest for defaults in furnishing return of income
424
Interest for defaults in payment of advance tax
425
Interest for deferment of advance tax
426
Interest on excess refund
427
Fee for default in furnishing statements
428
Fee for default in furnishing return of income
429
Fee for default relating to statement or certificate
430
Fee for default relating to intimation of aadhaar number
Chapter 18
Appeals, Revision and Alternate Dispute Resolutions
Chapter 20
Refunds