Expenditure-Tax Act, 1987
14. Interest on delayed payment of
expenditure-tax
Every person responsible for collecting
expenditure-tax and paying it to the credit of the Central Government in
accordance with the provisions of section 7, who fails to credit the tax to the
account of the Central Government within the period specified in that section,
shall pay simple interest at the rate of one and one-half per cent for every
month or part of a month by which such crediting of tax is delayed.