Circular No. 359 – Income Tax Section 54E provides for exemption of long-term capital gains if the net consideration is invested by the assessee in specified assets within a period of six months after the date of such transfer. A technical interpretation of section 54E could mean that the exemption from tax on
Circular No. 358 – Income Tax Where any stamp duty has been paid under any law relating to stamp duty in force in any State on an instrument of gift of property, the assessee shall be entitled to a deduction from the gift-tax payable by him of an amount equal to the stamp duty so paid or one-half of the gift-tax payable
The attention of the Institute is drawn to the provisions of section 233B of the Companies Act, 1956, and the Cost Audit (Report) Rules, 1968, as amended from time to time. The duties of the cost accountants appointed to conduct an audit of cost accounts of the company flow directly from the above provisions and as such they should in strict compliance
Circular No. 354 – Income Tax The Madras High Court has, in the case of G.D. Narendra v. CED [1972] 85 ITR 647, held that relief under section 50 in respect of court fee paid, cannot be denied solely on the ground that the limitation under section 61 for rectification of estate duty assessment has expired
Circular No. 353 – Income Tax The Madras High Court has, in the case of G.D. Narendra v. CED [1972] 85 ITR 647, held that relief under section 50 in respect of court fee paid, cannot be denied solely on the ground that the limitation under section 61 for rectification of estate duty assessment has expired. Section 50 casts a statutory obligation upon the Controller to allow such relief and the time limit specified in section 61 has no application in such cases.
Circular No. 356 -Income Tax Section 80RRA was inserted with effect from 1-4-1975 by the Finance Act, 1975. Under this section, a resident Indian citizen receiving the remuneration from the Government of a foreign State or a foreign enterprise or any association or body established outside India for any service rendered
Circular No. 355 – Income Tax Rule 1BB of the Wealth-tax Rules, 1957 which has come into effect from April 1, 1979 prescribes the mode of valuing a house which is wholly or mainly used for residential purposes
Similarly, a question has now been raised whether a Cost Auditor of a Company can also be its internal auditor which has been carefully examined in this Department. Since the Cost Auditor is required to comment on the scope and performance of internal audit as per the provisions of the Cost Audit (Report) Rules, 1968, it would tend to mitigate against proper and dispassionate discharge
Circular No. 352-Income Tax Whereas the Central Government is of opinion that circumstances are such that relief should be given in respect of the following class of property, namely, any property in respect of which tax has been paid under the Gift-tax Act, 1958 (18 of 1958), before the commencement of the Estate Duty (Amendment) Act, 1958 (3 of 1958)
Circular No. 351-Income Tax The Finance Act, 1982 has inserted a new section 197A with effect from June 1, 1982. The section enables an individual who is resident in India and whose estimated total income of the previous year is less than the minimum liable to income-tax to receive interest on securities, dividends and other interest without deduction of tax at source under sections 193
