Expenditure-Tax Act, 1987
15. Penalty for failure to collect or
pay expenditure-tax
Any person responsible for collecting expenditure-tax
in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of
section 7, who-
(a) fails to collect such tax; or
(b) having collected the tax, fails to pay
such tax to the credit of the Central Government in accordance with the
provisions of sub-section (3) of that section, shall pay,-
(i) in the case
referred to in clause (a), in addition to paying tax in accordance with the
provisions of sub-section (4) of that section, by way of penalty, a sum equal
to the amount of tax that he failed to collect; and
(ii) in the case
referred to in clause (b), in addition to paying interest in accordance with
the provisions of section 14, byway of penalty, a sum which shall not be less
than one hundred rupees but which may extend to two hundred rupees for every
day during which the failure continues, so, however, that the penalty under
this clause shall not exceed the amount of tax that he failed to pay.]