Circular No. 609-Income tax The second proviso to section 32(1)(ii) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, which disallows depreciation on foreign motor cars, is reproduced below
Circular No. 608-Income tax Circular No. 357 dated 26-3-1983 prescribing guidelines for valuation of land comprised in coffee plantation, was made applicable only to the Karnataka Charge.
Circular No. 607-Income tax Reference is invited to Board’s Circular No. 605, dated 12-6-1991, conveying the Board’s decision that in view of the shortage of the new Form No. 16B, the Assessing Officers may accept the TDS certificates in the old Form No. 16 also in respect of deductions of tax at source under sections 194A, 194B, 194BB, 194C, 194E, 195 and 196A of the Income-tax Act, 1961, for the assessment year 1991-92.
Circular No. 606-Income tax Central Board of Direct Taxes have received queries from the assessees, who are to file their returns of income for the assessment year 1991-92, regarding computation of surcharge on income-tax where the total income of a person exceeds Rs. 75,000. The queries are as to whether surcharge is to be computed on the amount of income-tax before or after allowing tax
Circular No. 605-Income tax Reference is invited to Board’s Circular No. 597, dated 27-3-1991 containing detailed instructions on the use of new Form Nos. 16, 16A and 16B in lieu of the unified Form No. 16 which was in force from 1-4-1989 to 28-2-1991.
Circular No. 604-Income tax By Circular No. 590, dated 30-1-1991 (see Clarification 1), Indian nationals normally resident in Kuwait who were forced to return to India because of the Iraqi invasion, were made eligible for exemption under section 10(4)(ii ) of the Income-tax Act in respect of their NRE/FCNR accounts maintained by them up to 31st March, 1991.
Circular No. 603-Income tax In supersession of Circular No. 376, dated January 6,1984, Circular No. 445, dated December 31, 1985, Circular No. 481, dated February 20, 1987 and all other instructions on the subject, the Board have decided that the value of the perquisite arising by way of payment or reimbursement by an employer of expenditure on medical treatment
Circular No. 602-Income tax Reference is invited to Board’s order under section 9(2)(a) of the Gift-tax Act, 1958 (F. No. 143/6/91-TPL dated 30-5-1991) whereby the due date for filing of return of gifts for the assessment year 1990-91 has been extended from 30-6-1990 to 30-6-1991 in the case of those assessees who had made any gift or gifts during the period 20th March, 1990 to 31st March, 1990.
Circular No. 601-Income tax Reference is invited to Circular No. 581 dated 28-9-1990 issued by the Board in respect of prima facie adjustments under section 143(1)(a) and the scope of section 154. It was clarified in the said circular that where an evidence in support of a deduction claimed under section 43B, or in support of certain other exemptions and deductions, is required to be attached along with the return of income, but is not so attached, the said deduction/exemption shall be disallowed under section 143(1)(a)
Circular No. 600-Income tax The Board has received representations regarding problems faced by tea exporters in calculating the claim of deduction under section 80HHC of the Income-tax Act.
