Exemption Provision - Law Dictionary Search Results
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Exemption provision, an 'exemption provision' is like an exception and on normal principle of construction or interpretation of statutes it is construed strictly either because of legislative intention or on economic justification of inequitable burden or progressive approach of fiscal provisions intended to augment state revenue, Union of India v. Wood Papers Ltd., AIR 1991 SC 2049 (2051): (1990) 4 SCC 256....
numerical limit, exempt from
numerical limit, exempt from Those aliens accorded lawful permanent residence who are exempt from the provisions of the flexible numerical limit of 675,000 set by the Immigration Act of 1990. Exempt categories include immediate relatives of U.S. citizens, refugees, asylees (limited to 10,000 per year), Amerasians, aliens adjusted under the legalization provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, and certain parolees from the former Soviet Union and Indochina. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
Exempted establishment
Exempted establishment, means an establishment in respect of which an exemption has been granted under s. 17 from the operation of all or any of the provisions of any Scheme or the Insurance Scheme, as the case may be, whether such exemption has been granted to the establishment as such or to any person or class of persons employed therein. [Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (19 of 1952), s. 2 (fff)]...
Exempted employee
Exempted employee, means an employee to whom a Scheme or the Insurance Scheme, as the case may be, would, but for the exemption granted under s. 17 have applied. [The Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (19 of 1952), s. 2 (ff)]Exempted employee means an employee who is not liable under this Act, to pay the employee's contribution. [Employee's State Insurance Act, 1948 (34 of 1948), s. 2(10)]...
exemption
exemption 1 : the act of exempting or state of being exempt 2 : one that exempts or is exempted: as a : an amount of income exempted from taxation that may be deducted from adjusted gross income under the tax laws see also Internal Revenue Code in the Important Laws section compare deduction, exclusion, tax credit de·pen·den·cy exemption [də-pen-dən-sē-] : an exemption that is allowed for each dependent who qualifies under the tax laws (as sections 151 and 152 of the Internal Revenue Code) NOTE: Under the federal income tax laws, the dependency exemption is allowed for each dependent whose gross income is less than the exemption or who is a child of the taxpayer and is under 19 or a student under 24. per·son·al exemption : an exemption that is allowed for the taxpayer or for the taxpayer and spouse if filing a joint return b : the right created by federal and state laws to exempt specified types of property from a bankruptcy estate [pre...
Bad-boy provision
Bad-boy provision, means a statutory or regulatory clause in a blue-sky law stating that certain persons, because of their past conduct, are not entitled to any type of exemption from registering their securities. Such clauses typically prohibit issuers, officers, directors, control persons, or broker dealers from being involved in a limited offering if they have been the subject of an adverse proceeding concerning securities, commodities or postal fraud, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 134....
exemptions, exempt property
exemptions, exempt property Certain property owned by an individual debtor that the Bankruptcy Code or applicable state law permits the debtor to keep from unsecured creditors. For example, in some states the debtor may be able to exempt all or a portion of the equity in the debtor's primary residence (homestead exemption), or some or all "tools of the trade" used by the debtor to make a living (i.e., auto tools for an auto mechanic or dental tools for a dentist). The availability and amount of property the debtor may exempt depends on the state the debtor lives in. Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts ...
Exemption
The act of exempting the state of being exempt freedom from any charge burden evil etc to which others are subject immunity privilege as exemption of certain articles from seizure exemption from military service exemption from anxiety suffering etc...
homestead exemption
homestead exemption : an exemption from liability that prevents creditors from obtaining satisfaction from a debtor's homestead see also declaration of homestead at declaration NOTE: The laws governing the homestead exemption vary greatly from state to state. Most states have limits on the amount for which a debtor is exempted, but a few have no limits at all. Others have limits that are dependent on the size or type of property, or the age of the property owner. ...
tax-exempt
tax-exempt 1 : exempted from taxation ;also : based on such exemption [ status] 2 : providing interest or income that is exempted from taxation [a municipal bond] ...
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