CIRCULAR NO. 3-Income Tax Up to March 31, 1976, income-tax and other direct taxes were collected mainly by the Reserve Bank of India and by some of the branches of the State Bank of India or subsidiaries of the State bank conducting Government business. Because of the restricted number of points at which payment of direct taxes could be made, the taxpayers were put to considerable inconvenience.
Circular : No. 2-Income Tax In Board’s Circular No. 2-P(XXXIV-4) of 1966, dated 16-5-1966, instructions were issued that where Government securities are registered in the name of a banking company, tax should be deducted at source from the interest at the “rates in force” applicable to the banking company irrespective of the status of the beneficial owner of the securities.
Circular : No. 1-Income Tax Under the existing instructions, the Wealth-tax Officers do not allow the exemption under section 5(1)(iv), in the cases of members of co-operative societies of the tenant co-partnership type, on the ground that the legal ownership over the flats vests with the society and not with the individual members.
Circular No. 6-P-Income Tax The rates of income-tax for the assessment year 1968-69 in the case of all categories of taxpayers (corporate as well as non-corporate) are specified in Part I of the First Schedule to the Finance Act, 1968. These rates (summarised in Annexure I to this Circular) are the same as those specified in Part III of the First Schedule to the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1967, for the purpose
Circular No. 4-P[LXXVI-65]-Income Tax Section 32 of the Finance Act, 1968 has amended certain provisions of the Wealth-tax Act, 1957. These amendments relate to the provisions in section 5 for the exemption from wealth-tax in respect of certain assets; provisions in section 18 for the imposition of penalty for concealment or understatement of wealth, and the rate schedule of ordinary wealth-tax in Paragraph A of Part I of the Schedule.
Circular No. 5-P-Income Tax Under the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1967, the rates of income-tax in respect of the assessment year 1967-68 in the case of all categories of assessees (corporate as well as non-corporate) are the same as under the Finance Act, 1966, subject to two modifications. The main modification pertains to the rebates of income-tax available to assessees
Circular No.4-P – Income Tax Individuals, Hindu undivided families, unregistered firms, associations of persons (other than co-operative societies), bodies of individuals and artificial juridical persons – In the case of taxpayers of these categories, the gradation of income slabs and the rates of income-tax applicable thereto are the same as for the assessment year 1965-66, under the Finance Act, 1965. The basis and the rates for the levy of surcharges on the
It has been represented to the Board that in view of the difficulties faced by persons migrating from Burma to India, it may not be possible for a migrant from that country to lead the evidence necessary to prove his claim that a particular sum of money has been brought over by him from that country. 2. The Board consider that the case of bona fide migrants from Burma should be dealt with in a sympathetic manner. In their cases production of direct or documentary evidence in the shape of transfer through banks, hundies, etc., in support of remittance from Burma need not be insisted upon. However, with a view to ensure that unscrupulous persons do not abuse the concessions, the ITOs should ensure the satisfaction of the following conditions before accepting a claim of remittance from
On a representation made by the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce, the matter has been reconsidered by the Board in consultation with the Ministry of Law. Under section 271(1)(i) the penalty is to be 2 per cent of the tax, if any, payable by the assessee
On a representation made by the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce, the matter has been reconsidered by the Board in consultation with the Ministry of Law. Under s. 271(l)(a) of the IT Act, 1961, the penalty is to be 2 per cent of the tax, if any, payable by the assessee.
