Circular: No. 280-Income Tax Section 194BB enjoins on any person, being a book-maker or a person to whom a licence has been granted by the Government under any law for the time being in force for horse racing in any race course and who is responsible for paying to any person any income by way of winnings from any horse race in an amount exceeding Rs. 2,500, to deduct income-tax thereon, at the rates in force, at the time of payment thereof.
Circular No. 278-Income Tax I am directed to invite a reference to this Ministry’s Circular No. 266 [F. No. 275/12/80-IT(B)], dated 24-4-1980, wherein it was intimated that the deduction of income-tax at the same rates as were applicable during the financial year 1979-80 may continue to be made during the financial year 1980-81 from the payments of income chrgeable under the head “Salaries” under section 192.
Circular No. 277-Income Tax I am directed to invite a reference to this Department’s Circular No. 271[F.No. 275/18/10-IT(B)], dated 26-5-1980 [Clarification 2], wherein it was intimated that the deduction of income-tax at the same rates as were applicable during the financial year 1979-80 may continue to be made during the financial year 1980-81
Circular No. 276-Income Tax I am directed to invite a reference to this Department’s Circular No. 270 [F. No. 275/17/80-IT(B)], dated 26-5-1980, wherein you were requested to issue necessary instructions for continuing to make deduction of income-tax at source from “winnings from lottery or crossword puzzle” at the same rates as were given in Part II of the First Schedule to the Finance Act, 1979.
Circular No. 275-Income Tax I am directed to invite a reference to this Department’s Circular No. 267 [F.No. 275/13/80-IT(B)], dated 24-4-1980 [Clarification 2], wherein you were requested to issue instructions for deduction of income-tax at source from “interest on Government securities” at the same rates as were given in Part III of the First Schedule to the Finance Act, 1979.
Circular No. 274-Income Tax References have been received from a number of associations that the Income-tax Officers are not accepting the returns without Form ITNS 224. This form was attached along with the return for 1980-81 to be filled by the assessees to enable the Income-tax Officer to quickly segregate the return into summary assessment or scrutiny assessment and to attend to pending miscellaneous matters.
Circular No. 273-Income Tax Charitable and religious trusts are entitled to exemption from income-tax under section 11 after they fulfill the requirements enumerated in sections 11 to 13. These trusts are allowed to accumulate or set apart income derived by them from property held under trust provided they fulfil the conditions spelt out in section 11(2) read with rule 11 of the Income-tax Rules and Form No. 10.
Circular No. 272-Income Tax Section 80U authorises deduction of Rs. 5,000 from the income of a resident individual who, at the end of the previous year, is either totally blind or is subject to or suffers from a permanent physical disability (other than blindness) which has the effect of reducing substantially his capacity to engage in a gainful employment or occupation.
Circular No. 271-Income Tax I am directed to invite a reference to this Department’s Circular No. 254 [F. No. 275/28/79-IT(B)], dated 23-5-1979 on the subject of deduction of income-tax from insurance commission, etc., during the financial year 1979-80.
Circular No. 270-Income Tax I am directed to invite a reference to this Department’s Circular No. 257 [F. No. 275/36/79-IT(B)], dated 4-6-1979, on the subject of deduction of income-tax from winnings from lottery or crossword puzzle payable during the year 1979-80.