Notification No.S.O.672(E) – Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 54EA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby specifies the following shares and debentures as the specified securities, for the purposes of the said section, namely
Notification No.S.O.671(E) – Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 54EB of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby specifies the following assets, as the long-term specified assets, for the purpose of the said section, namely
Notification No.S.O.2390 – Income Tax It is notified for general information that M/s. Vibank Housing Finance Ltd., Corporate Office No. 19, Shrutha Complex Primrose Road, Bangalore, have been approved by the Central Government as a housing finance company for the purposes of section 36(1)(viii) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, for the assessment years 1997-98 to 1999-2000
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts taxable service provided by a tour operator from so much of the service tax leviable on such operator, as is in excess of the amount of service tax calculated on ten per cent.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts taxable service provided by a tour operator from so much of the service tax leviable on such operator, as is in excess of the amount of service tax calculated on forty per cent. Of the gross amount charged from any person by such operator for the services provided in relation to a tour, where the tour operator provides a package tour to any person and the bill issued for this purpose indicates that it is inclusive of charges for such a tour.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), read with sub-section (2) of section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Service Tax Rules, 1994, namely
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 88 of the Finance Act, 1997(26 of 1997), the Central Government hereby appoints the 1st day of September, 1997, as the date on which the service tax on taxable service specified in sub-clause (q) of clause (41) of section 65 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) shall come into force.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 5/96-Service Tax, dated the 3rd April, 1996, namely
Notification No.S.O.589(E) – Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 80L of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government specified the 13.5 per cent–10 Year Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India Bonds (Taxable) (22nd Series) bearing distinctive numbers
Explanation-For the purposes of this notification, the expression “rural areas” mean the area comprised in any village, and includes the area comprised in any town, the population of which does not exceed twenty thousand or such other figure as the Central Government may specify from time to time.
