Deductor to get interest on TDS refund from date of filing claim and not from date of deposit of TDS
Where TDS u/s 195 becomes refundable to resident deductor on account on non-resident payee waiving the payment and the resident deductor delays filing the refund application to the Department(files it 18 months after the date of waiver by non-resident), he will be entitled to interest on refund u/s 244-A only from the date of filing the refund claim only and not from date of deposit of TDS as law favours the vigilant only and not those who slumber and Department cannot be made liable for interest for any period prior to the date on which facts giving rise to refund are brought to the Department's notice
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