Section 93.(1). 1

Save as otherwise provided in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Code, 2016,w here a person, liable to pay tax, interest or penalty
under this Act, dies, then-
(a) if a business carried on by the person is continued after his death
by his legal representative or any other person, such legal
representative or other person, shall be l iable to pay tax, interest or
penalty due from such person under this Act; and
(b) if the business carried on by the person is discontinued, whether
before or after his death, his legal representative shall be liable to
pay, out of the estate of the deceas ed, to the extent to which the
estate is capable of meeting the charge, the tax, interest or penalty
due from such person under this Act, whether such tax, interest or
penalty has been determined before his death but has remained
unpaid or is determined after his death.
(2) Save as otherwise provided in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Code, 2016, where a taxable person, liable to pay tax, interest or
penalty under this Act, is a Hindu Undivided Family or an association
of persons and the property of the Hindu Undivided Family or the
association of persons is partitioned amongst the various members
or groups of members, then, each member or group of members
shall, jointly and severally, be liable to pay the tax, interest or penalty
due from the taxable person u nder this Act upto the time of the
partition whether such tax, penalty or interest has been determined
before partition but has remained unpaid or is determined after the
partition.
(3) Save as otherwise provided in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Code, 2016 , where a taxable person, liable to pay tax, interest or
penalty under this Act, is a firm, and the firm is dissolved, then, every
person who was a partner shall, jointly and severally, be liable to pay
the tax, interest or penalty due from the firm under this Act upto the
time of dissolution whether such tax, interest or penalty has been
determined before the dissolution, but has remained unpaid or is
determined after dissolution.
(4) Save as otherwise provided in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Code, 2016, where a taxable person liable to pay tax, interest or
penalty under this Act,-
(a) is the guardian of a ward on whose behalf the business is carried
on by the guardian; or
(b) is a trustee who carries on the business under a trust for a
beneficiary, then, if the guardianship or trust is terminated, the ward
or the beneficiary shall be liable to pay the tax, interest or penalty
due from the taxable person upto the time of the termination of the
guardianship or trust, whether such tax, interest or penalty has been
determined before the termination of guardianship or trust but has
remained unpaid or is determined thereafter.
Liability in other cases.-