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Finance Act, 2003 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2003

FINANCE ACT, 2003 FINANCE ACT, 2003 May 14, 2003 An Act to give effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government for the financial year 2003-2004 BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows :- SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Finance Act, 2003. (2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, sections 2 to 103 [except clause (b) of section 92] shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 2003. SECTION 02: INCOME TAX (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3), for the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 2003, income tax shall be charged at the rates specified in Part I of the First Schedule and such tax as reduced by the rebate of income tax calculated underChapter VII-Aof theIncome-lax Act, 1961-(43 of 1961) (hereinafter referred to as the Income tax Act) shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union calculated in each case in the manner provided therein. (2) In the cases to which Paragraph A of Part I of the First Schedule applies, where the assessee has, in the previous year, any net agricultural income.....

Finance Act, 2003 Chapter III

Title: Direct Taxes

State: Central

Year: 2003

.....of April, 2004, namely:-- 'Explanation 2.--For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that "business connection" shall include any business activity carried out through a person who, acting on behalf of the non-resident,-- (a) has and habitually exercises in India, an authority to conclude contracts on behalf of the non-resident, unless his activities are limited to the purchase of goods or merchandise for the non-resident; or (b) has no such authority, but habitually maintains in India a stock of goods or merchandise from which he regularly delivers goods or merchandise on behalf of the non-resident; or (c) habitually secures orders in India, mainly or wholly for the non-resident or for that non-resident and other non-residents controlling, controlled by, or subject to the same common control, as that non-resident: Provided that such business connection shall not include any business activity carried out through a broker, general commission agent or any other agent having an independent status, if such broker, general commission agent or any other agent having an independent status is acting in the ordinary course of his business: Provided further that where.....

Finance Act, 2003 Section 61

Title: Amendment of Section 133 a

State: Central

Year: 2003

.....documents for a period exceeding ten days (exclusive of holidays) without obtaining the approval of the Chief Commissioner or Director General therefor, as the case may be,"; (b) after sub-section (6) and before the Explanation, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-- "Provided that no action under sub-section (1) shall be taken by an Assistant Director or a Deputy Director or an Assessing Officer or a Tax Recovery Officer or an Inspector of Income-tax without obtaining the approval of the Joint Director or the Joint Commissioner, as the case may be."; (c) in the Explanation below sub-section (6), for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- '(a) "income-tax authority" means a Commissioner, a Joint Commissioner, a Director, a Joint Director, an Assistant Director or a Deputy Director or an Assessing Officer, or a Tax Recovery Officer, and for the purposes of clause (i) of sub-section (1), clause (i) of sub-section (3) and sub-section (5), includes an Inspector of Income-tax;'.

Special Protection Group (Amendment) Act, 2003 Section 3

Title: Amendment of Section 5

State: Central

Year: 2003

In section 5 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), for the words "Deputy Directors, Assistant Directors, Joint Assistant Directors", the words "Inspectors General, Deputy Inspectors General, Assistant Inspectors General" shall be substituted.

The Assam Value Added Tax Act, 2003 Complete Act

State: Assam

Year: 2003

.....for carrying out the purposes of the Act; (11) "company" and "director" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Companies Act. 1956; (Central Act 1 of 1958) (12) "contractee" means any person for whom or for whose benefit a works contract is executed; (13) "contractor" means any person who executes a works contract and includes a sub-contractor; (14) "to cultivate personally" with all its grammatical variations and cognate expressions means to carry on any agricultural operation on one's own account,- (i) by one's own labour, or (ii) by the labour of one's family, or (iii) by servants on wages payable in cash or kind (but not in crop share), or by hired labour under one's personal supervision or the personal supervision of any member of one's family. Explanation I.- A widow or a minor, or a person who is subject to any physical or mental disability or is a serving member of the armed forces of the Union, shall be deemed to cultivate land personally if it is cultivated by her or his servants or by hired labour. Explanation II.- In the case of a Hindu Undivided Family, land shall be deemed to be cultivated personally, if it is cultivated by.....

The Kerala Value Added Tax Act, 2003 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 2003

THE KERALA VALUE ADDED TAX ACT, 2003 1 THE KERALA VALUE ADDED TAX ACT, 2003 {UPDATION UPTO FINANCE ACT 2009} An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the levy of tax on the sale or purchase of goods based on the concept of Value Added Tax in the State of Kerala. Preamble. - Whereas it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to the levy of tax on the sale or purchase of goods based on the concept of value added tax in the State of Kerala: Be it enacted in the Fifty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows: - CHAPTER - I PRELIMINARY 1 . Short title, extent and commencement . " (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Value Added Tax Act, 2003. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint. 2 . Definitions .- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - (i)"Agriculture" with all its grammatical variations cognate expressions, includes floriculture, horticulture, the raisin of crops, grass or garden produce, and also grazing; but does not include dairy farming, poultry farming, stock.....

The Rajasthan Value Added Tax Act, 2003 Complete Act

State: Rajasthan

Year: 2003

.....or horticultural produce, grown by himself or grown on any land in which he has an interest as owner or tenant as defined in the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 (Act No. 3 of 1955), shall not be deemed to be a dealer in respect of such sales within the meaning of this clause; (12)"Deputy Commissioner (Administration)", "Assistant Commissioner", "Commercial Taxes Officer", "Assistant Commercial Taxes Officer" or "Junior Commercial Taxes Officer" means the person holding office with that designation under the State Government; (13) "exempted goods" means any goods exempted from tax in accordance with the provisions of this Act; (14)"firm", "partner" and "partnership" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 (Central Act No. 9 of 1932); (15) "goods" means all kinds of movable property, whether tangible or intangible, other than newspapers, money, actionable claims, stocks, shares and securities, and includes materials, articles and commodities used in any form in the execution of works contract, livestock and all other things attached to or forming part of the land which is agreed to be severed before sale or under the contract.....

The Rajasthan Value Added Sales Tax Act, 2003 Complete Act

State: Rajasthan

Year: 2003

.....or horticultural produce, grown by himself or grown on any land in which he has an interest as owner or tenant as defined in the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 (Act No. 3 of 1955), shall not be deemed to be a dealer in respect of such sales within the meaning of this clause ; (12) "Deputy Commissioner (Administration)" "Assistant Commissioner", "Commercial Taxes Officer", "Assistant Commercial Taxes Officer" or "Junior Commercial Taxes Officer" means the person holding office with that designation under the State Government ; (13) "Exempted goods" means any goods exempted from tax in accordance with the provisions of this Act ; (14) "firm", "partner" and "partnership" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 (Central Act No. 9 of 1932) ; (15) "goods" means all kinds of movable property, whether tangible or intangible, other than newspapers, money, actionable claims, stocks, shares and securities, and includes materials, articles and commodities used in any form in the execution of works contract, livestock and all other things attached to or forming part of the land which is agreed to be severed before sales or under the.....

Karnataka Value Added Tax Act, 2003 Chapter V

Title: Administration and Collection of Tax

State: Karnataka

Year: 2003

.....such industrial unit the Government has already notified exemption of tax or deferred payment of tax under the provisions of the Karnataka Sales Tax Act, 1957 ( Karnataka Act 25 of 1957). (b) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act but subject to such conditions as the Government may, by general or special order specify, where a dealer to whom incentives by way of deferment offered by the Government in its orders issued from time to time has been granted by virtue of eligibility certificate and where liability equal to the amount of any such tax payable by such dealer has been created as a loan by the Department of Industries and Commerce of the Government of Karnataka, then such tax shall be deemed, in the public interest, to have been paid. (c) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the deferred payment of tax under clause (a) shall not attract interest under sub-section (2) of Section 36,provided the conditions laid down for payment of the tax deferred are satisfied. (4) Any other amount due under this Act shall be paid within ten days from the date of service of the order or proceedings imposing such amount, unless otherwise specified. (5) The.....

Value Added Tax Act, 2003 Chapter 5

Title: Administration and Collection of Tax

State: Karnataka

Year: 2003

.....such industrial unit the Government has already notified exemption of tax or deferred payment of tax under the provisions of the Karnataka Sales Tax Act, 1957 ( Karnataka Act 25 of 1957). (b) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act but subject to such conditions as the Government may, by general or special order specify, where a dealer to whom incentives by way of deferment offered by the Government in its orders issued from time to time has been granted by virtue of eligibility certificate and where liability equal to the amount of any such tax payable by such dealer has been created as a loan by the Department of Industries and Commerce of the Government of Karnataka, then such tax shall be deemed, in the public interest, to have been paid. (c) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the deferred payment of tax under clause (a) shall not attract interest under sub-section (2) of Section 36, provided the conditions laid down for payment of the tax deferred are satisfied. (4) Any other amount due under this Act shall be paid within ten days from the date of service of the order or proceedings imposing such amount, unless otherwise specified. (5) The.....