Circular No. 420-Income Tax It has been brought to the notice of the Board that, as per an amendment made in the Indian Telegraph Rules with effect from 26-2-1983, a subscriber for a telex connection (either for existing one or a new one) is required to pay Rs. 10,000 towards security deposit to cover a part of the cost of the departmental equipment installed at the premises of the subscriber which will also protect the
Circular No. 419-Income Tax In the case of CGT v. Basant Kumar Aditya Vikram Birla [1982] 137 ITR 72 (Cal.), the karta of the assessee-HUF gave jewellery, cash and fridge of the value of Rs. 67,744 to his daughter at the time of her marriage. The assessee-HUF claimed that these were marriage expenses and did not fall within the ambit of the term “gift” as defined in section 2(xii) of the Gift-tax Act, 1958. The Calcutta High
Circular No. 418-Income tax Under section 80C(2)(h ), an individual or Hindu undivided family or an association of persons or a body of individuals consisting only of husband and wife governed by the system of community of property in force in the Union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Goa, Daman and Diu is entitled to a deduction in respect of any sums paid in a previous year out of his or its
Circular No. 417-Income Tax The Board have decided that the guidelines for valuation of coffee plantations laid down in Circular No. 357, dated 26-5-1983 for wealth-tax purposes may be made applicable for valuation of such assets in respect of pending cases in the State of Karnataka under the Estate Duty and Gift-tax Acts also.
Circular No. 416-Income Tax The Board had occasion to consider whether the recognition under section 80G of the Income-tax Act is automatic in the case of a fund or an institution notified by the Central Government under section 10(23C)(iv)/(v). The Board is of the view that this is not so. Recognition for purposes of section 80G is available when the fund or institution satisfies all the five conditions listed under section
Circular No. 414-Income Tax Reference is invited to Board’s Circular No. 287, dated 4-12-1980 [Sl. No. 307 ante]. Under first proviso to section 36(1)(ii) deduction for payment of bonus or commission to an employee for services rendered by him is restricted to the amount payable under the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965. Under this Act, a minimum of 8.33 per cent and a maximum of 20 per cent of salary is payable as bonus
Circular No. 415-Income Tax The Government of India had issued in the year 1965, National Defence Gold Bonds, 1980. These Bonds were redeemable after 15 years, i.e., on or after 2-10-1980. It was clarified in the Press Communique bearing No. MMS/MMM/ANT/361/3, dated 22-9-1980 issued by the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, that
Circular No. 413-Income Tax Section 10(5 ) provides for grant of exemption from income-tax to the value of leave travel concession granted by an employer to an employee. In regard to assessment for the assessment years 1971-72 and onwards this concession is dealt with in section 10(5)( ii) which spells out two situations, the first is where an employee receives travel concession or assistance from his employer for himself and his family in connection with his proceeding on leave to any place in India. The second is where an employee receives
Circular No. 412-Income Tax Section 13A has been inserted by the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 1978 and has come into effect from 1-4-1979. Under section 13A, any income of a political party chargeable under the heads “Interest on securities”, “Income from house property”, “Income from other sources” or any income by way of voluntary contributions is exempt from income-tax
Circular No. 411-Income Tax The provisions of section 6 of Wealth-tax Act, read with section 10(4A) of the Income-tax Act, allow exemption from wealth-tax on the moneys lying to the credit in a Non-resident (External) [NRE] Account belonging to a person resident outside India within the meaning of section 2(q) of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973. Section 5(1)(xxxiii) provides that in the case of an
