Advance Tax Due Dates
Applicability of Advance Tax
Advance tax is applicable to all taxpayers whose income tax payable is more than Rs. 10,000. Hence, advance tax requirements are applicable for salaried employees, professionals, freelancers or businessmen. Advance tax is normally not required for salaried employees if the employer deducts tax at source or TDS. However, if the employee has additional sources of income on which TDS has not been deducted, then the taxpayer faces the need for advance tax payments on the estimated total income. Examples of such additional income could include capital gains on shares or house property, interest on investments, and so on.Advance Tax Due Dates
Advance Tax is paid for the financial year of the income tax and it is calculated under two sections: Section 234B and Section 234C.Section 234B
Under Section 234B, if the tax is more than Rs. 10,000, then the taxpayer has to pay 90% of the amount before the 31st of March.Section 234C
Under this section 234C, the tax has to be paid in four divisions. The due date for advance payment of tax is as follows:Taxpayer Type | By 15th June | By 15th September | By 15th December | By 15th March |
All types of taxpayers (other than those who opted for presumptive taxation scheme) | Upto 15% of advance tax | Upto 45% of advance tax | Upto 75% of advance tax | Upto 100% of advance tax |
Taxpayers who opted for the presumptive taxation scheme | NIL | NIL | NIL | Upto 100% of advance tax |
Calculation of Interest
The interest for Section 234C is levied on the taxpayers if the instalment paid for the tax is less than the required amount. The interests can be calculated under two schemes. They are:For taxpayers under presumptive taxation scheme (Section 44AD)
Interest will be levied if the Advance Tax paid on or before 15th March is less than 100% of the required sum.For any other taxpayer
For other taxpayers, the interest is calculated according to the following methodology:- If the taxpayer pays the Advance Tax on or before 15th June, the applicable interest rate shall be less than 12%
- If the taxpayer pays the Advance Tax on or before 15th September, the applicable interest rate shall be less than 36%
- If the taxpayer pays the Advance Tax on or before 15th December, the applicable interest rate shall be less than 75%
- If the taxpayer pays the Advance Tax on or before 15th March, the applicable interest rate shall be less than 100%
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