Penalty for non-payment

(1) If an employer or a person fails to pay the tax within the period prescribed, he shall, in addition to the tax, be liable to pay a penalty at the rate of 2% of the amount of tax per month of delay from the date the tax was due till the date of payment. (2) The penalty amount payable under this section shall not exceed 50% of the total tax amount. (3) If any employer or person fails to pay the tax and penalty, the prescribed authority shall, after giving such person a reasonable opportunity of being heard, recover the amount of tax and penalty as an arrear of land revenue. (1) Every assessee registered under this Act, shall submit to the prescribed authority a true, correct and complete return in such form, for such period or periods and by such dates as may be prescribed showing therein the salaries and wages paid by him and the amount of tax deducted by him in respect thereof. (2) Every such return shall be accompanied by a treasury challan in proof of payment of full amount of tax due according to the return., and a return without such proof of payment shall not be deemed to have been duly submitted. (3) Where an assessee has without reasonable cause failed to submit such return within the specified period, the prescribed authority may, after giving him a reasonable opportunity of making representation impose upon him a penalty which shall not be less than rupees fifty but which shall not exceed rupees five hundred for each day of delay.