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
Circular No. 409-Income Tax The issue regarding taxability of interest on cumulative deposit schemes of the private sector undertakings has been considered by the Board. The point for consideration is whether interest on cumulative deposit schemes would be taxable on accrual basis for each year during which the deposit is made or on receipt basis in the year of receiving the total interest
Circular No. 410-Income Tax Section 10(15 )(ii) provides for exemption from tax in respect of interest on various specified securities, interest on deposits in Post Office Savings Bank and bonus in respect of deposits under the Post Office Savings Bank (Cumulative Time Deposits) Rules, 1959.
Circular No. 404-Income Tax The Cabinet Secretariat have introduced with effect from January 1, 1980 an insurance Scheme called the “Special Frontier Force Group Insurance Scheme” for the welfare of employees. The objective of the Scheme is to provide, at a low cost and on a wholly contributory and self-financing basis, the benefits of an insurance cover for the families of the employees in the event of their death
Circular No. 406-Income Tax The National Deposit Scheme was launched by the Central Government with effect from 30-7-1984. Interest on deposits under this Scheme is paid or compounded on half-yearly basis. The Central Government has amended the Scheme to provide that in respect of deposits made in financial year 1984-85, interest up to 31-3-1985 will be deemed to have accrued on 31-3-1985 even
Circular No. 405-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. 403 – Income Tax An assessee is entitled under section 36(1)(iv) of a deduction of any sum paid as an employer by way of contribution towards an approved superannuation fund subject to such limits as may be prescribed by the Board or such conditions as the Board may think fit to specify.
Circular No. 402 – Income Tax As a consequence of the amendment of section 263, by section 47 of the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 1984, the limitation for passing an order under section 263 will, in view of general principles of interpretation of statutes, stand extended in cases where the period of limitation originally laid down
Circular No. 401 – Income Tax Attention is invited to paragraph 35 of Circular No. 387, dated 6-7-1984, containing the Explanatory Notes on the provisions relating to Direct Taxes in the Finance Act, 1984.
Circular No. 400-Income Tax Section 10(21 ) provides for grant of exemption to any income of a scientific research association approved for the time being for the purposes of section 35(1)(ii) which is applied solely to the purposes of that association.
