Income-tax Act, 1961 · Chapter XII: Da · Company for buy-back of shares
Section 115QC: When company is deemed to be assessee in default
The Income-tax Act, 1961 was repealed by the Income-tax Act, 2025 from 1 April 2026. The text is kept here because the judgments below apply it.
If any principal officer of a domestic company and the company does not pay tax on distributed income in accordance with the provisions of section 115QA, then, he or it shall be deemed to be an assessee in default in respect of the amount of tax payable by him or it and all the provisions of this Act for the collection and recovery of income-tax shall apply.] [CHAPTER XIIE
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Supreme Court judgments citing the section 115QC
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