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Income Tax Act, 1961 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1961

INCOME TAX ACT, 1961 INCOME TAX ACT, 1961 43 of 1961 [AS AMENDED BY FINANCE ACT, 2003] An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to income-tax and super-tax BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twelfth Year of the Republic of India as follows : CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY Section 1 Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Income-tax Act, 1961. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, it shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 1962. Section 2 Definitions 1 Inserted by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987, w.e.f. 1-4-1989.[(1) "advance tax" means the advance tax payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter XVII-C;] 2 Renumbered as clause (1A) by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987, w.e.f. 1-4-1989.[(1A)] 3 For manner of computation of income which is partially agricultural and partially frombusiness, see rules 7, 7A, 7B and 8. For analysis, see Mashbra's Income-tax Rules."agricultural income" means - 4 Substituted by the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 1970, w.r.e.f. 1-4-1962.[(a) any rent or revenue derived from land which is situated in India and is used for.....

Finance Act, 2001 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2001

FINANCE ACT, 2001 FINANCE ACT, 2001 14 of 2001 An Act to give effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government for the financial year 2001-2002 BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-second Year of the Repub of India as follows :" SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called theFinance Act, 2001-. (2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act,section 2-toSection 101-shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 2001. 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, 2001, 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 8A of the Income-tax Act, 1961-(43 of 1961) (hereinafter referred to as the Income-tax Act) shall be increased," (a) in the cases to which Paragraphs A, B, C and D of that Part apply, by a surcharge for purposes of the Union; and (b) in the cases to which Paragraph E of that Part applies, by a surcharge, calculated in each case in the manner provided therein. (2) In the cases to which Paragraph A of.....

Finance Act 2001 Chapter 3

Title: Direct Taxes

State: Central

Year: 2001

.....consists of a house or part of a house which - (a) is in the occupation of the owner for the 'purposes of his own residence; or (b) cannot actually be occupied by the owner by reason of the fact that owing to his employment, business or profession carried on at any other place, he has to reside at that other place in a building not belonging to him. the annual value of such house or part of the house shall be taken to be nil. (3) The provisions of sub-section (2) shall not apply if- (a) the house or part of the house is actually let during the whole or any part of the previous year; or (b) any other benefit there from is derived by the owner. (4) Where the property referred to in sub-section (2) consists of more than one house (a) the provisions of that sub-section shall apply only in respect of one of such houses, which the assessee may, at his option, specify in this behalf ; (b) the annual value of the house or houses, other than the house in respect of which the assessee has exercised an option under clause (a), shall be determined under sub-section (1) as if such house or houses had been let.". Section 15 - Substitution of new section for section 24.....

Income Tax Act, 1961 Section 17

Title: "salary", "perquisite" and "profits in Lieu of Salary" Defined

State: Central

Year: 1961

.....For the purposes of this sub-clause,-- (a) specified security means the securities as defined in clause (h) of section 2 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (42 of 1956) and, where employees stock option has been granted under any plan or scheme therefor, includes the securities offered under such plan or scheme; (b) sweat equity shares means equity shares issued by a company to its employees or directors at a discount or for consideration other than cash for providing know-how or making available rights in the nature of intellectual property rights or value additions, by whatever name called; (c) the value of any specified security or sweat equity shares shall be the fair market value of the specified security or sweat equity shares, as the case may be, on the date on which the option is exercised by the assessee as reduced by the amount actually paid by, or recovered from the assessee in respect of such security or shares; (d) fair market value means the value determined in accordance with the method as may be prescribed; (e) option means a right but not an obligation granted to an employee to apply for the specified security or sweat equity shares.....

Income Tax Act, 1961 Section 47

Title: Transactions Not Regarded as Transfer

State: Central

Year: 1961

.....in a scheme of amalgamation of a banking company with a banking institution sanctioned and brought into force by the Central Government under sub-section (7) of section 45 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949), of a capital asset by the banking company to the banking institution. Explanation: For the purposes of this clause,-- (i) banking company shall have the same meaning assigned to it in clause (c) of section 5 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949; (ii) banking institution shall have the same meaning assigned to it in sub-section (15) of section 45 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949);] 4[(vib) any transfer, in a demerger, of a capital asset by the demerged company to the resulting company, if the resulting company is an Indian company;] 4[(vic) any transfer in a demerger, of a capital asset, being a share or shares held in an Indian company, by the demerged foreign company to the resulting foreign company, if - (a) 5[the shareholders holding not less than three-fourths in value of the shares] of the demerged foreign company continue to remain shareholders of the resulting foreign company; and (b) such transfer does not attract tax on.....

Finance Act, 2000 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2000

.....Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows :- SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Finance Act, 2000. (2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, Sections 2 to 77 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 2000. 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, 2000, 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 under Chapter VIII-A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) (hereinafter referred to as the Income Tax Act) shall be increased,- (a) in the cases to which Paragraphs A, B, C and D of that Part apply, by a surcharge for purposes of the Union; and (b) in the cases to which Paragraph E of that Part applies, by a surcharge, calculated in each case in the manner 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 exceeding six hundred rupees, in.....

Finance Act, 2000 Chapter III

Title: Direct Taxes

State: Central

Year: 2000

.....appointed in this behalf by the Central Government in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951), and the rules made under that Act; (v) "relevant assessment years" means any assessment year falling within a period of ten consecutive assessment years, referred to in this section.". Section 8 - Amendment of section 11 In section 11 of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (5),- (a) in clause (vii), the following proviso shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2001, namely:- "Provided that where an investment or deposit in any public sector company has been made and such public sector company ceases to be a public sector company,- (A) such investment made in the shares of such company shall be deemed to be an investment made under this clause for a period of three years from the date on which such public sector company ceases to be a public sector company; (B) such other investment or deposit shall be deemed to be an investment made under this clause for the period up to the date on which such investment or deposit becomes repayable by such company;"; (b) in clauses (viii) and.....

Finance Act 2001 Section 29

Title: Amendment of Section 47

State: Central

Year: 2001

.....course of corporatisation of a recognised stock exchange in India as a result of which an association of persons or body of individuals is succeeded by such company:"; (ii) in the proviso,- (A) in clause (a), after the words "liabilities of the firms" the words "or of the association of persons or body of individuals" shall be inserted; (B) after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted namely :- "(e) the corporatisation of a recognised stock exchange in India is carried out in accordance with a scheme for corporatisation which is approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India established under section 3 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992).".

Finance Act 2001 Section 13

Title: Amendment of Section 17

State: Central

Year: 2001

In section 17 of the Income-tax Act,- (a) in clause (2),- (i) in sub-clause (iii),- (A) in item (c), for the words "twenty-four thousand rupees", the words "fifty thousand rupees" shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2002 ; (B) in the proviso, for the words "the Employees' Stock Option Plan or Scheme of the said company", the words "any Employees' Stock Option Plan or Scheme of the company offered to such employees in accordance with the guidelines issued in this behalf by the Central Government" shall be substituted ; (ii) after sub-clause (v), the following sub-clause shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2002, namely ;- (vi) the value of any other fringe benefit or amenity as may be prescribed." ; (b) in clause (3), after sub-clause (ii) and the Explanation relating thereto the following sub-clause shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2002, namely :- (iii) any amount due to or received, whether in lump sum or otherwise, by any assessee from any person- (A) before his joining any employment with that person; or (B) after cessation of his employment with that person.".

Finance Act, 2000 Section 11

Title: Amendment of Section 17

State: Central

Year: 2000

In section 17 of the Income-tax Act, in clause (2), with effect from the 1st day of April, 2001,- (a) in sub-clause (iii) but before the Explanation, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely :- "Provided that nothing contained in this sub-clause shall apply to the value of any benefit provided by a company free of cost or at concessional rate to its employees by way of allotment of shares, debentures or warrants directly or indirectly under the Employees' Stock Option Plan or Scheme of the said company."; (b) sub-clause (iiia) shall be omitted.