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Scheduled bank to furnish prescribed return

Scheduled bank to furnish prescribed return  :

Section – 98 .(1) Every scheduled bank (hereafter in this Chapter referred to as assessee) shall, within the prescribed time after the end of each financial year, prepare and deliver or cause to be delivered to the Assessing Officer or to any other authority or agency authorised by the Board in this behalf, a return in such form and verified in such manner and setting forth such particulars as may be prescribed, in respect of all taxable banking transactions entered into during such financial year in the scheduled bank.

(2) Where any assessee fails to furnish the return under sub-section (1) within the prescribed time, the Assessing Officer may issue a notice to such assessee and serve it upon him, requiring him to furnish the return in the prescribed form and verified in the prescribed manner setting forth such particulars within such time as may be prescribed.

(3) Any assessee who has not furnished the return within the time allowed under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), or having furnished a return under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), discovers any omission or wrong statement therein, may furnish a return or a revised return, as the case may be, at any time before the assessment is made.