Circular No. 320-Income Tax A reference is invited to paragraph 15.1 to 15.7 of the Explanatory Notes on the provisions relating to direct taxes in the Finance Act, 1981 [Circular No. 308, dated 29-6-1981] which explain the scope and ambit of section 167A, as inserted by the Finance Act, 1981.
Circular No. 319-Income Tax A question has arisen whether regional rural banks (to which the provisions of the Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976, apply) can be treated as co-operative societies for the purpose of section 80P.
