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Capital goods

Capital goods, include all types of properties including consumable raw material, components etc. Capital goods become capital goods when used in the manufacture of products. Every Capital asset is not capital good, C.C.E. v. Ginni Filaments Ltd., (2005) 3 SCC 378 (388).Means plant, mechiners and equipment used in trade or manufacturing of goods, [Manipur University Act, 2005, s. 2(e)]Is very wide. Capital goods can be machines, machinery, plant, equipment, apparatus, tools or appliances, Commissioner of Central Excise, Coimbatore v. Jawahar Mills Ltd., (2001) 6 SCC 274.Means--(a) machines, machinery, plant, equipment, apparatus, tools or appliances used for producing or processing of any goods or for bringing about any changes in any substance for the manufacture of final products;(b) components, spare parts and accessories of the aforesaid machines, machinery, plaint, equipment, apparatus, tools or appliances used for aforesaid purpose; and(c) moulds and dies, generating sets and wei...


Capital and revenue receipt

Capital and revenue receipt, distinction between revenue and capital in the law of income tax is fundamental. Tax is ordinarily not levied on capital profits; it is levied on income. It is well-settled that sale of stock-in-trade or circulating capital or rendering service in the course of trading results in a trading receipt; sale of assets which the assessee uses as fixed capital to enable him to carry on his business results in capital receipt, C.I.T. v. Maheshwari Devi Jute Mills Ltd., AIR 1965 SC 1974: (1965) 3 SCR 765: AIR 1965 SC 1974 (1976). [Income-tax Act, 1922, s. 4(1)]...


basis

basis pl: ba·ses [-sēz] 1 : something (as a principle or reason) on which something else is established [the court could not imagine any conceivable for the statute] see also rational basis 2 : a basic principle or method ;esp : the principle or method by which taxable income is calculated NOTE: The Internal Revenue Code has set some limits on which method a taxpayer may use for figuring taxable income. For example, a corporation with gross receipts under $5,000,000 may be a cash-basis taxpayer. ac·cru·al basis : a method of accounting in which income and expenses are recorded in the period when they are earned or incurred regardless of when the payment is received or made called also accrual method cash basis : a method of accounting in which income and expenses are recorded in the period when payment is received or made called also cash method 3 : the value (as cost or fair market value) of an asset used in calculating capital gains or losses for inc...


capital expenditure

capital expenditure : an amount paid out that creates a long-term benefit (as one lasting beyond the taxable year) ;esp : costs that are incurred in the acquisition or improvement of property (as capital assets) or that are otherwise chargeable to a capital account NOTE: Capital expenditures are not deductible for income tax purposes. They are generally added to the property's basis. ...


Depreciation

Depreciation, is an allowance for the diminution in the value due to wear and tear of capital asset employed by an assessee in his business, Union of India v. Savjiram, (2004) 9 SCC 312 (317).Means 'a decrease in value of property though wear, deterioration, or obsolescence, the allowance made for this in book-keeping, accounting, etc.' (Webster's New World Dictionary), Income Tax Commissioner v. Alps Theatre, AIR 1967 SC 1437 (1439). [Income Tax Act, 1922, s. 10(2)(vi)]It represents the diminution in value of a capital asset when applied to the purpose of making profit or gain, Workmen of National & Grindlays Bank Ltd. v. National & Grindlays Bank, AIR 1976 SC 611 (616)....


Asset

Asset, means capital asset. It is conceded by the revenue, N. Bagavathy Ammal v. Commissioner of Income Tax, Madurai, (2003) 3 SCC 161....


capital gains tax

capital gains tax A tax on income derived from the sale of a capital asset, like real estate holdings or investments. Source: FindLaw ...


Salami

Salami, 'salami' is a single payment made for the acquisition of the right of the lessor by the lessee to enjoy the benefits granted to him by the lease. That general right may properly be regarded as a capital asset and the money paid to purchase it may properly be held to be a payment on capital account, Maharaja Chintamani Saran Nath Sah Deo v. CIT, AIR 1972 SC 80 (81): (1971) 2 SCC 521: (1972) 1 SCR 36.'Salami' is defined as; 'a free gift by way of compliment or in return of a favour'. Salami is a payment by the tenant as a present or as price for parting by the landlord with his rights under the lease of a holding. It is a lump sum payment as consideration for what the landlord transfers to the tenant, Member for the Board of Agricultural Income Tax v. Sindhurani Chaudhurani, AIR 1957 SC 729 (733): (1955) SCALE 772: 1957 ITR 169.Salami, are (i) its single non-recurring character; and (ii) payment prior to the creation of the tenancy. It is the consideration, paid by the tenant for...


Interest on securities

Interest on securities, means interest on promissory notes or bonds issued by the Government of India or any other State Government or the interest on debentures or other securities issued by or on behalf of a local authority or company. It being a specific head of chargeability of tax, income from 'interest on securities' whether held as a trading asset or capital asset would have to be taxed under s. 8 and not under s. 10 of the Act, United Commer-cial Bank Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax, AIR 1957 SC 918: (1958) SCR 79....


ordinary income

ordinary income : income that does not derive from the exchange or sale of capital assets or property used in one's trade or business and that for individuals includes compensation, interest, dividends, and short-term capital gains ...



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