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Unclaimed property

Unclaimed property. This devolves on the Crown at Common Law. Unclaimed property may be dealt with under the heads of (1) Government Stock, (2) Chancery Funds, (3) Stock in Public Companies, (4) Bankers' Balances, (5) Deposits with Bankers for Safe Custody, and (6) Found Property.(1) Government Stock.-The National Debt Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 71), ss. 51 et seq., as extended by 20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 28, s. 49 provides that stock on which no dividend has been claimed for ten years must be transferred to the National Debt Commissioners. Lists of names in which the stock stood, with residence, description and amount of stock and date of transfer, are to be kept at the Bank of England [or Ireland, but see 13 Geo. 5, c. 2, s. 6 (d)] and at the National Debt Office, open to inspection, and also kept in duplicate at the National Debt Office. The stock may be re-transferred to persons showing title after, in the case of stock exceeding 20l., three months' public notice by advertisement. A sec...


Net-worth

Net-worth, means the sum total of the paid-up capital and free reserves. [Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 (1 of 1986), s. 3 (1) (ga)]The concept of 'Net Worth' always denotes the excess of the book value of all assets over liabilities and market value of the assets is never taken into consideration; in fact the market value of assets which gives the 'current worth' becomes a relevant factor when in liquidation the question has to be considered whether the company possesses assets which would be sufficient to meet all its creditors or not, Commissioner of Income Tax v. Mahindra and Mahindra Limited, AIR 1984 SC 1182 (1193): (1983) 4 SCC 392: (1983) 3 SCR 773....


Tax stradle rule

Tax stradle rule, means the rule that a tax-payer may not defer on tax liability by investing a short-term capital gain in a commodities for future option i.e., investment vehicles whose values formerly did not have to be recorded at the end of the year, to create the appearance of a loss in the current tax year, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1475.Means good other than those specified in Sch. A. [West Bengal Value Added Tax Act, 2003, s. 2(47)]...


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