Section Text
The First Schedule
(See section 2)
Part I
Income-Tax and Surcharges on Income-Tax
Paragraph A
In the case of every individual or Hindu undivided family or registered firm or other association of persons or body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, or every artificial juridical person referred to in sub-clause (vii) of clause (31) of section 2 of the Income-tax Act, not being a case to which any other Paragraph of this Part applies, -
Rates of Income-Tax
| (1) where the total income does not exceed Rs. 5,000 | Nil; |
| (2) where the total income exceeds Rs. 5,000 but does not exceed Rs. 10,000 | 10 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 5,000; |
| (3) where the total income exceeds Rs. 10,000 but does not exceed Rs. 15,000 | Rs. 500 plus 17 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 10,000; |
| (4) where the total income exceeds Rs. 15,000 but does not exceed Rs. 20,000 | Rs. 1,350 plus 23 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 15,000; |
| (5) where the total income exceeds Rs. 20,000 but does not exceed Rs. 25,000 | Rs. 2,500 plus 30 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 20,000; |
| (6) where the total income exceeds Rs. 25,000 but does not exceed Rs. 30,000 | Rs. 4,000 plus 40 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 25,000; |
| (7) where the total income exceeds Rs. 30,000 but does not exceed Rs. 40,000 | Rs. 6,000 plus 50 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 30,000; |
| (8) where the total income exceeds Rs. 40,000 but does not exceed Rs. 60,000 | Rs. 11,000 plus 60 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 40,000; |
| (9) where the total income exceeds Rs. 60,000 but does not exceed Rs. 80,000 | Rs. 23,000 plus 70 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 60,000; |
| (10) where the total income exceeds Rs. 80,000 but does not exceed Rs. 1,00,000 | Rs. 37,000 plus 75 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 80,000; |
| (11) where the total income exceeds Rs. 1,00,000 but does not exceed Rs. 2,00,000 | Rs. 52,000 plus 80 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 1,00,000; |
| (12) where the total income exceeds Rs. 2,00,000 | Rs. 1,32,000 plus 85 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 2,00,000 : |
Provided that for the purposes of this Paragraph, in the case of a Hindu undivided family which at any time during the previous year satisfies either of the following two conditions, namely :-
(a) that it has at least two members entitled to claim partition who are not less than eighteen years of age, or
(b) that it has at least two members entitled to claim partition who are not lineally descended one from the other and who are not lineally descended from any other living member of the family, -
(i) no income-tax shall be payable on a total income not exceeding Rs. 7,000;
(ii) where the total income exceeds Rs. 7,000 but does not exceed Rs. 7,660, the income-tax payable thereon shall not exceed forty per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 7,000.
Surcharge on income-tax
The amount of income-tax computed in accordance with the preceding provisions of this Paragraph shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union calculated at the following rates, namely :-
| (a) in a case where the total income does not exceed Rs. 15,000. | 10 per cent.; |
| (b) in any other case | 15 per cent. : |
Provided that the amount of surcharge payable shall, in no case, exceed the aggregate of the following sums, namely :-
(i) an amount calculated at the rate of 10 per cent. on the amount of income-tax on an income of Rs. 15,000, if such income had been the total income (the income of Rs. 15,000 for this purpose being computed as if such income included income from various sources in the same proportion as the total income of the person concerned); and
(ii) 40 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceed Rs. 15,000.
Paragraph B
In the case of every co-operative society, -
Rates of Income-Tax
| (1) where the total income does not exceed Rs. 10,000 | 15 per cent. of the total income; |
| (2) where the total income exceeds Rs. 10,000 but does not exceed Rs. 20,000 | Rs. 1,500 plus 25 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 10,000; |
| (3) where the total income exceeds Rs. 20,000 | Rs. 4,000 plus 40 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 20,000. |
Surcharge on income-tax
The amount of income-tax computed at the rate hereinbefore specified shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union calculated at the rate of fifteen per cent. of such income-tax.
Paragraph C
In the case of every registered firm, -
Rates of Income-Tax
| (1) where the total income does not exceed Rs. 10,000 | Nil; |
| (2) where the total income exceeds Rs. 10,000 but does not exceed Rs. 25,000 | 4 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 10,000; |
| (3) where the total income exceeds Rs. 25,000 but does not exceed Rs. 50,000 | Rs. 500 plus 6 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 25,000; |
| (4) where the total income exceeds Rs. 50,000 but does not exceed Rs. 1,00,000 | Rs. 2,100 plus 12 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 50,000; |
| (5) where the total income exceeds Rs. 1,00,000 | Rs. 8,100 plus 20 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 1,00,000. |
Surcharges on income-tax
The amount of income-tax computed at the rate hereinbefore specified shall be increased by the aggregate of surcharges for purposes of the Union calculated as specified hereunder :-
(a) in the case of a registered firm whose total income includes income derived from a profession carried on by it and the income so included is not less than fifty-one per cent. of such total income, a surcharge calculated at the rate of ten per cent. of the amount of income-tax computed at the rate hereinbefore specified;
(b) in the case of any other registered firm, a surcharge calculated at the rate of twenty per cent. of the amount of income-tax computed at the rate hereinbefore specified; and
(c) a special surcharge calculated at the rate of fifteen per cent. on the aggregate of the following amounts, namely :-
(i) the amount of income-tax computed at the rate hereinbefore specified; and
(ii) the amount of the surcharge calculated in accordance with clause (a) or, as the case may be, clause (b).
Explanation : For the purposes of this Paragraph, "registered firm" includes an unregistered firm assessed as registered firm under clause (b) of section 183 of the Income-tax Act.
Paragraph D
In the case of every local authority, -
Rate of Income-Tax
On the whole of the total income 50 per cent.
Surcharge on income-tax
The amount of income-tax computed at the rate hereinbefore specified shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union calculated at the rate of fifteen per cent. of such income-tax.
Paragraph E
In the case of the Life Insurance Corporation of India established under the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 (31 of 1956), -
Rates of Income-Tax
| (i) on that part of its total income which consists of profits and gains from life insurance business | 52.5 per cent.; |
| (ii) on the balance, if any, of the total income | the rate of income-tax applicable, in accordance with Paragraph F of this Part, to the total income of a domestic company which is a company in which the public are substantially interested. |
Surcharge on income-tax
The amount of income-tax computed at the rate hereinbefore specified shall be increased by a surcharge calculated at the rate of five per cent. of such income-tax.
Paragraph F
In the case of a company, other than the Life Insurance Corporation of India established under the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 (31 of 1956), -
Rates of Income-Tax
| I. In the case of a domestic company- | |
| (1) where the company is a company in which the public are substantially interested, - | |
| (i) in a case where the total income does not exceed Rs. 50,000 | 45 per cent. of the total income; |
| (ii) in a case where the total income exceeds Rs. 50,000 | 55 per cent. of the total income; |
| (2) where the company is not a company in which the public are substantially interested, - | |
| (i) in the case of an industrial company | |
| (a) on so much of the total income as does not exceed Rs. 10,00,000 | 55 per cent.; |
| (2) on the balance, if any, of the total income | 60 per cent.; |
| (ii) in any other case | 65 per cent. of the total income; |
| Provided that the income-tax payable by a domestic company, being a company in which the public are substantially interested, the total income of which exceeds Rs. 50,000, shall not exceed the aggregate of | |
| (a) the income-tax which would have been payable by the company if its total income had been Rs. 50,000 (the income of Rs. 50,000 for this purpose being computed as if such income included income from various sources in the same proportion as the total income of the company); and | |
| (b) 80 per cent. of the amount by which its total income exceeds Rs. 50,000. | |
| II. In the case of a company other than a domestic company :- | |
| (i) on so much of the total income as consists of | |
| (a) royalties received from an Indian concern in pursuance of an agreement made by it with the Indian concern after the 31st day of March, 1961, or | |
| (b) fees for rendering technical services received from an Indian concern in pursuance of an agreement made by it with the Indian concern after the 29th day of February, 1964, | |
| and where such agreement has, in either case, been approved by the Central Government; | 50 per cent.; |
| (ii) on the balance, if any, of the total income | 70 per cent. |
Surcharge on income-tax
The amount of income-tax computed at the rate hereinbefore specified shall be increased by a surcharge calculated at the rate of five per cent. of such income-tax.
Part II
Rates for Deduction of Tax at Source in Certain Cases
In every case in which under the provisions of sections 193, 194, 194A, 194B, 194D and 195 of the Income-tax Act, tax is to be deducted at the rates in force, deduction shall be made from the income subject to deduction, at the following rates :-
| Income-tax | ||
| Rate of income-tax | Rate of Surcharge | |
| 1. In the case of a person other than a company | ||
| (a) where the person is resident | ||
| (i) on income by way of interest other than "interest on securities" | 10 per cent. | Nil; |
| (ii) on income by way of winning from lotteries and corssword puzzles | 30 per cent. | 4.5 per cent.; |
| (iii) on income by way of insurance commission | 10 per cent. | Nil; |
| (iv) on any other income (excluding interest payable on a tax-free security) | 20 per cent. | 3 per cent. ; |
| (b) where the person is not resident in India | ||
| (i) on the whole income (excluding interest payable on a tax free security) | Income-tax at 30 per cent. and surcharge at 4.5 per cent. of the amount of the income or income-tax and surcharge on income-tax in respect of the income at the rates prescribed in Paragraph A of Part III of this Schedule, if such income had been the total income, whichever is higher; | |
| (ii) on the income by way of interest payable on a tax free security | 15 per cent. | 2.5 per cent.; |
| 2. In the case of a company | ||
| (a) where the company is a domestic company | ||
| (i) on income by way of interest other than "Interest on securities" | 20 per cent. | 1 per cent; |
| (ii) on any other income (excluding interest payable on a tax free security) | 22 per cent. | 1 per cent; |
| (b) where the company is not a domestic company | ||
| (i) on the income by way of dividends payable by any domestic company | 24.5 per cent. | 1.225 per cent. |
| (iii) on the income by way of royalties payable by an Indian concern in pursuance of an agreement made by it with the Indian concern after the 31st day of March, 1961, and which has been approved by the Central Government | 50 per cent. | 2.5 per cent.; |
| (iii) on the income by way of fees payable by an Indian concern for rendering technical services in pursuance of an agreement made by it with the Indian concern after the 29th day of February, 1964, and which has been approved by the Central Government | 50 per cent. | 2.5 per cent; |
| (iv) on the income by way of interest payable on a tax free security | 44 per cent. | 2.2 per cent ; |
| (vi) on any other income | 70 per cent. | 3.5 per cent. |
Part III
Rates for calculating or charging income-tax in certain cases, deducting income-tax from income chargeable under the head "salaries" or any payment referred to in Sub-section (9) of section 80E and computing "advance tax"
In cases in which income-tax has to be calculated under the first proviso to sub-section (5) of section 132 of the Income-tax Act or charged under sub-section (4) of section 172 or sub-section (2) of section 174 or section 175 or sub-section (2) of section 176 of the said Act or deducted under section 192 of the said Act from income chargeable under the head "Salaries" or deducted under sub-section (9) of section 80E of the said Act from any payment referred to in the said sub-section (9) or in which the "advance tax" payable under Chapter XVII-C of the said Act has to be computed, at the rate or rates in force, such income-tax or, as the case may be, "advance tax" (not being "advance tax" in respect of any income chargeable to tax under section 164 of the Income-tax Act at the rate of sixty-five per cent.) shall be so calculated, charged, deducted or computed at the following rate or rates :-
Paragraph A
Sub-Paragraph I
In the case of every individual or Hindu undivided family or unregistered firm or other association of persons or body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, or every artificial juridical person referred to in sub-clause (vii) of clause (31) of section 2 of the Income-tax Act, not being a case to which Sub-Paragraph II of this Paragraph or any other Paragraph of this Part applies, -
Rates of Income-Tax
| (1) where the total income does not exceed Rs. 5,000 | Nil; |
| (2) where the total income exceeds Rs. 5,000 but does not exceed Rs. 10,000 | 10 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 5,000; |
| (3) where the total income exceeds Rs. 10,000 but does not exceed Rs. 15,000 | Rs. 500 plus 17 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 10,000; |
| (4) where the total income exceeds Rs. 15,000 but does not exceed Rs. 20,000 | Rs. 1,350 plus 23 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 15,000; |
| (5) where the total income exceeds Rs. 20,000 but does not exceed Rs. 25,000 | Rs. 2,500 plus 30 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 20,000; |
| (6) where the total income exceeds Rs. 25,000 but does not exceed Rs. 30,000 | Rs. 4,000 plus 40 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 25,000; |
| (7) where the total income exceeds Rs. 30,000 but does not exceed Rs. 40,000 | Rs. 6,000 plus 50 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 30,000; |
| (8) where the total income exceeds Rs. 40,000 but does not exceed Rs. 60,000 | Rs. 11,000 plus 60 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 40,000; |
| (9) where the total income exceeds Rs. 60,000 but does not exceed Rs. 80,000 | Rs. 23,000 plus 70 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 60,000; |
| (10) where the total income exceeds Rs. 80,000 but does not exceed Rs. 1,00,000 | Rs. 37,000 plus 70 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 80,000; |
| (11) where the total income exceeds Rs. 1,00,000 but does not exceed Rs. 2,00,000 | Rs. 52,000 plus 80 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 1,00,000; |
| (12) where the total income exceeds Rs. 2,00,000 | Rs. 1,32,000 plus 85 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 2,00,000 : |
Surcharge on income-tax
The amount of income-tax computed in accordance with the preceding provisions of this Sub-Paragraph shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union calculated at the following rates, namely :-
| (a) in a case where the total income does not exceed Rs. 15,000 | 10 per cent.; |
| (b) in any other case | 15 per cent. : |
Provided that the amount of surcharge payable shall, in no case, exceed the aggregate of the following sums, namely :-
(i) an amount calculated at the rate of 10 per cent. on the amount of income-tax on an income of Rs. 15,000, if such income had been the total income (the income of Rs. 15,000 for this purpose being computed as if such income included income from various sources in the same proportion as the total income of the person concerned); and
(ii) 40 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 15,000.
Sub-Paragraph II
In the case of every Hindu undivided family which has at least one member whose total income of the previous year relevant to the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1974, exceeds Rs. 5,000, -
Rates of Income-Tax
| (1) where the total income does not exceed Rs. 5,000 | Nil; |
| (2) where the total income exceeds Rs. 5,000 but does not exceed Rs. 10,000 | 17 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 5,000; |
| (3) where the total income exceeds Rs. 10,000 but does not exceed Rs. 15,000 | Rs. 850 plus 23 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 10,000; |
| (4) where the total income exceeds Rs. 15,000 but does not exceed Rs. 20,000 | Rs. 2,000 plus 30 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 15,000; |
| (5) where the total income exceeds Rs. 20,000 but does not exceed Rs. 25,000 | Rs. 3,500 plus 40 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 20,000; |
| (6) where the total income exceeds Rs. 25,000 but does not exceed Rs. 30,000 | Rs. 5,500 plus 50 per cent. of the amount by which the the total income exceeds Rs. 25,000; |
| (7) where the total income exceeds Rs. 30,000 but does not exceed Rs. 40,000 | Rs. 8,000 plus 60 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 30,000; |
| (8) where the total income exceeds Rs. 40,000 but does not exceed Rs. 60,000 | Rs. 14,000 plus 70 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 40,000; |
| (9) where the total income exceeds Rs. 60,000 but does not exceed Rs. 80,000 | Rs. 28,000 plus 75 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 60,000; |
| (10) where the total income exceeds Rs. 80,000 but does not exceed Rs. 1,00,000 | Rs. 43,000 plus 80 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 80,000; |
| (11) where the total income exceeds Rs. 1,00,000 | Rs. 59,000 plus 85 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 1,00,000. |
Surcharge on income-tax
The amount of income-tax computed in accordance with the preceding provisions of the Sub-Paragraph shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of this Union calculated at the rate of fifteen per cent. of such income-tax.
Paragraph B
In the case of every co-operative society, -
Rates of Income-Tax
| (1) where the total income does not exceed Rs. 10,000 | 15 per cent. of the total income; |
| (2) where the total income exceeds Rs. 10,000 but does not exceed Rs. 20,000 | Rs. 1,500 plus 25 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 10,000; |
| (3) where the total income exceeds Rs. 20,000 | Rs. 4,000 plus 40 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 20,000. |
Surcharge on income-tax
The amount of the income-tax computed at the rate hereinbefore specified shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union calculated at the rate of fifteen per cent. of such income-tax.
Paragraph C
In the case of every registered firm, -
Rates of Income-Tax
| (1) where the total income does not exceed Rs. 10,000 | Nil; |
| (2) where the total income exceeds Rs. 10,000 but does not exceed Rs. 25,000 | 4 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 10,000; |
| (3) where the total income exceeds Rs. 25,000 but does not exceed Rs. 50,000 | Rs. 600 plus 6 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 25,000; |
| (4) where the total income exceeds Rs. 50,000 but does not exceed Rs. 1,00,000 | Rs. 2,100 plus 12 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 50,000; |
| (5) where the total income exceeds Rs. 1,00,000 | Rs. 8,100 plus 20 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 1,00,000. |
Surcharges on income-tax
The amount of the income-tax computed at the rate hereinbefore specified shall be increased by the aggregate of surcharges for purposes of the Union calculated as specified hereunder :-
(a) in the case of a registered firm whose total income includes income derived from a profession carried on by it and the income so included is not less than fifty-one per cent. of such total income, a surcharge calculated at the rate of ten per cent. of the amount of income-tax computed at the rate hereinbefore specified;
(b) in the case of any other registered firm, a surcharge calculated at the rate of twenty per cent. of the amount of income-tax computed at the rate hereinbefore specified; and
(c) a special surcharge calculated at the rate of fifteen per cent. on the aggregate of the following amounts, namely :-
(i) the amount of the income-tax computed at the rate hereinbefore specified; and
(ii) the amount of the surcharge calculated in accordance with clause (a) or, as the case may be, clause (b).
Explanation : For the purposes of this Paragraph, "registered firm" includes an unregistered firm assessed as a registered firm under clause (b) of section 183 of the Income-tax Act.
Paragraph D
In the case of every local authority, -
Rate of Income-Tax
On the whole of the total income 50 per cent.
Surcharge on income-tax
The amount of income-tax computed at the rate hereinbefore specified shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union calculated at the rate of fifteen per cent. of such income-tax.
Paragraph E
In the case of the Life Insurance Corporation of India established under the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 (31 of 1956), -
Rates of Income-Tax
| (i) on that part of its total income which consists of profits and gains from life insurance business | 52.5 per cent.; |
| (ii) on the balance, if any, of total income | the rate of income-tax the applicable, in accordance with Paragraph F of this Part, to the total income of a domestic company which is a company in which the public are substantially interested. |
Surcharge on income-tax
The amount of income-tax computed at the rate hereinbefore specified shall be increased by a surcharge calculated at the rate of five per cent. of such income-tax.
Paragraph F
In the case of a company, other than the Life Insurance Corporation of India established under the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 (31 of 1956), -
Rates of Income-Tax
| I. In the case of a domestic company- | |
| (1) where the company is a company in which the public are substantially interested, - | |
| (i) in a case where the total income does not exceed Rs. 1,00,000 | 45 per cent. of the total income; |
| (ii) in a case where the total income exceeds Rs. 1,00,000 | 55 per cent. of the total income; |
| (2) where the company is not a company in which the public are substantially interested, - | |
| (i) in the case of an industrial company | |
| (a) on so much of the total income as does not exceed Rs. 10,00,000 | 55 per cent.; |
| (2) where the company is not a company in which the public are sub-stantially inserted - | |
| (i) In the case of an industrial company | |
| (a) on so much of the total income as does not exceed Rs. 2,00,000 | 55 per cent.; |
| (b) on the balance, if any, of the total income | 50 per cent.; |
| (b) 80 per cent. of the amount by which its total income exceeds Rs. 50,000. | |
| (ii) In any other case | 65 per cent. of the total income : |
| (i) on so much of the total income as consists of | |
| Provided that the income-tax payable by a domestic company, being a company in which the public are su bstantially inserted, the total income of which exceeds Rs. 1,00,000, shall not exceed the aggregate of - | |
| (a) the income-tax which would have been payable by the company if its total income had been Rs. 1,00,000, (the income of Rs. 1,00,000 for this purpose being computed as if such income included income from various sources in the same proportion as the total income of the company) ; and | |
| (b) eighty per cent. of the amount by which its total income exceeds Rs. 1,00,000 | |
| II. In the case of a company other than a domestic company- | |
| (i) on so much of the total income as consists of - | |
| (a) royalties received from an Indian concern in pursuance of an agreement made by it with the Indian concern after the 31st day of March, 1961, or | |
| (b) fees for the rendering technical services received from an Indian concern in pursuance of an agreement made by it with the Indian concern after the 29 day of February, 1964 | |
| and where such agreement has, in either case, been approved by the Central Government | 50 per cent. ; |
| (ii) on the balance, iof any, of the total income | 70 per cent. |
Surcharge on income-tax
The amount of the income-tax computed at the rate hereinbefore specified shall be increased by a surcharge calculated at the rate of five per cent. of such income-tax.
Part IV
[See section 2(7)(e)]
Rules for Computation of Net Agricultural Income
Rule 1 - Agricultural income of the nature referred to sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of section 2 of the Income-tax Act shall be computed as if it were income chargeable to income-tax under that Act under the head "Income from other sources" and the provisions of sections 57 to 59 of that Act shall, so far as may be, apply accordingly :
Provided that sub-section (2) of section 58 shall apply subject to the modification that the reference to section 40A therein shall be construed as not including a reference to sub-sections (3) and (4) of section 40A.
Rule 2 - Agricultural income of the nature referred to in sub-clause (b) or sub-clause (c) of clause (1) of section 2 of the Income-tax Act [other than income derived from any building required as a dwelling house by the receiver of the rent or revenue or the cultivator or the receiver of rent-in-kind referred to in the said sub-clause (c)] shall be computed as if it were income chargeable to income-tax under that Act under the head "Profits and gains of business or profession" and the provisions of sections 30, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 38, 40, 40A [other than sub-sections (3) and (4) thereof], 41, 43, and 43A of the Income-tax Act shall, so far as may be, apply accordingly.
Rule 3 - Agricultural income of the nature referred to in sub-clause (c) of clause (1) of section 2 of the Income-tax Act, being income derived from any building required as a dwelling house by the receiver of the rent or revenue or the cultivator or the receiver of rent-in-kind referred to in the said sub-clause (c), shall be computed as if it were income chargeable to income-tax under that Act under the head "Income from house property" and the provisions of sections 23 to 27 of that Act shall, so far as may be, apply accordingly :
Provided that sub-section (2) of the section 23 shall apply subject to the modifications that the references to "total income" therein shall be construed as references to net agricultural income and that the words, figures and letter "and before making any deduction under Chapter VIA" shall be omitted.
Rule 4 - Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provisions of these rules, in a case where the assessee derives income from sale of tea grown and manufactured by him in India, such income shall be computed in accordance with rule 8 of the Income-tax Rules, 1962, and sixty per cent. of such income shall be regarded as the agricultural income of the assessee.
Rule 5 - Where the assessee is a partner of a registered firm or an unregistered firm assessed as a registered firm under clause (b) of section 183 of the Income-tax Act, which in the previous year has any agricultural income, or is a partner of an unregistered firm which has not been assessed as a registered firm under clause (b) of the said section 183 and which in the previous year has either no income chargeable to tax under the Income-tax Act or has total income not exceeding five thousand rupees but has any agricultural income, then, the agricultural income or loss of the firm shall be computed in accordance with these rules and his share in the agricultural income or loss of the firm shall be computed in the manner laid down in sub-section (1), sub-section (2) and sub-section (3) of section 67 of the Income-tax Act and the share so computed shall be regarded as the agricultural income or loss of the assessee.
Rule 6 - Where the assessee is a member of an association of persons or a body of individuals (other than a Hindu undivided family, a company or a firm) which in the previous year has either no income chargeable to tax under the Income-tax Act or has total income not exceeding five thousand rupees but has any agricultural income, then, the agricultural income or loss of the association or body shall be computed in accordance with these rules and the share of the assessee in the agricultural income or loss so computed shall be regarded as the agricultural income or loss of the assessee.
Rule 7 - Where the result of the computation for any assessment year in respect of any source of agricultural income is a loss, such loss shall be set off against the income of the assessee, if any, for that assessment year from any other source of agricultural income :
Provided that where the assessee is a partner of an unregistered firm which has not been assessed as a registered firm under clause (b) of section 183 of the Income-tax Act or is a member of an association of persons or body of individuals and the share of the assessee in the agricultural income of the firm, association or body, as the case may be, is a loss, such loss shall not be set off against any income of the assessee from any other source of agricultural income.
Rule 8 - Any sum payable by the assessee on account of any tax levied by the state Government on the agricultural income shall be deducted in computing the agricultural income.
Rule 9 - Where the net result of the computation made in accordance with these rules is a loss, the loss so computed shall be ignored and the net agricultural income shall be deemed to be nil.
Rule 10 - The provisions of the Income-tax Act relating to procedure for assessment (including the provisions of section 288A relating to rounding off of income) shall, with the necessary modifications, apply in relation to the computation of the net agricultural income of the assessee as they apply in relation to the assessment of the total income.
Rule 11 - For the purposes of computing the net agricultural income of the assessee, the Income-tax Officer shall have the same powers as he has under the Income-tax Act for the purposes of assessment of the total income.