Notification No. S.O.388-Income Tax It is notified for general information that the Home Trust Housing Finance Co. Ltd., 43, Ashutosh Chowdhuri Avenue, Calcutta-700 019, have been approved by the Central Government as a Housing Finance Company for the purposes of section 36(1)(viii) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, for the assessment years 1995-96 and 1996-97.
Notification No. S.O.389-Income Tax It is notified for general information that the Global Housing Finance Corporation Ltd., A-Wing, 307-Mittal Towers, Nariman Point, Bombay-400 021, have been approved by the Central Government as a Housing Finance Company for the purposes of section 36(1)(viii) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, for the assessment years 1995-96 and 1996-97.
Circular No. 734-Income Tax It has been represented by some Non-Resident Indians in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that the banks and the U.T.I. have been deducting tax at source on interest and dividend incomes at rates higher than those provided in the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement between India and the United Arab Emirates.
Circular No. 170/4/96-CX It has been brought to the notice of the Board by Maharashtra Chambers of Commerce & Industry that there is difficulty in determination of value of patterns used in foundry industry to be added in the cost of castings for arriving at the assessable value of the castings as the quantity of casting to be made out of a pattern cannot be anticipated and sometimes some modifications or repairs are also made in the pattern after some period of use.
Circular No. 169/3/96-CX I am directed to refer to Notification No. 64/93-CE, dated 28.02.93, as amended, in terms of which saloon cars, used as taxis are effectively charged excise duty @ 30% ad valorem. Since it is not certain, at the time of clearance of a saloon car from the the factory of manufacture, whether it would be used as a taxi, or otherwise
Circular No. 168/2/96-CX Certain doubts regarding the dutiability of sewing thread falling under heading No. 55.04 of the erstwhile CET (prior to its amendment before Finance Act, 1995) during the period 1994-95 have been raised on the grounds that heading No. 55.04 was not included in note 3 of section XI of the CETA, 1985. Doubts have also been raised in respect of duty liability on sewing thread manufactured by rewinders on the ground that exemption to duty paid yarn subjected to rewinding, reeling etc.
Notification No. S.O.25(E)-Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (3) of section 120 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby directs that the Directors of Income-tax (Exemption) specified in column 2 of the schedule hereto annexed, having their headquarters at the places specified in the corresponding entries in column 3 of the said schedule
Circular No. 167/1/1996-CX The amendment has been made so as to provide that in respect of capital goods, other than those which are covered under sub-cluse (1) or items (ix) and (x) of sub-clause (d) of clause (1) of explanation to sub-rule (1) of rule 57Q and which are received in the factory of a manufacturer of final products on or after 1.1.1996, the credit shall not be taken in RG 23C, Part II until such capital goods have been installed or used in the factory of the manufacturer.
Circular No. 733-Income Tax The Finance Act, 1995 has introduced sub-section (4A) in section 80-IA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 providing for a five-year tax holiday and a deduction of 30 per cent in the subsequent five years within a period of twelve assessment years beginning with the assessment year in which an enterprise (which may be owned by a company or a Consortium of companies) begins operating and maintaining an infrastructure facility on Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) or on Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) basis, subject to
I am directed to refer to the instructions issued by the Board vide letter of even number dated 15th June, 1995 (Customs Circular No. 68/95) and to say that a doubt has arisen whether a “no objection” is required from Public Bonded Warehouse for availability of space there before granting licence for Private Bonded Warehouse (in the same area where the Public Bonded Warehouse exists) under
