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Has the penal interest increased from 1% to 3% on advance tax payment in the new income tax bill 2025? Here’s what CAs say

The Lok Sabha Select Committee recommended correcting a drafting error regarding how interest is calculated for shortfalls in advance tax payments. The revised Income Tax Bill 2025 that was introduced in the parliament yesterday (August 11, 2025) had a drafting error that stated: ”the assessee shall be liable to pay simple interest at the rate of 1% for every month or part of a month, for the period….”.