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The Excess Profits Tax Act, 1940
ACT No. XV OF 1940
(For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of
India, 1940, Pt. V, p. 17; for Report of Select Committee, see ibid., p. 115.
This Act has been applied to,---
the partially excluded areas of Mymensingh district
with effect from the 25th July, 1940, by Bengal Govt. Notification No. 854-A.
R., dated the 20th July, 1940.
The Act has been extended to the Leased Areas of
Baluchistan by the Leased Areas (Laws) Order, 1950 (G. G. O. 3 of 1950).
It has been Supplemented by the Income-tax and Excess
Profits Tax (Emergency) Ordinance, 1942 (60 of 1942) and by the Income-tax and
Excess Profits Tax (Validity of Notices) Ordinance, 1944 (45 of 1944).)
[6th April, 1940]
An Act to impose a tax on excess profits arising out
of certain businesses
WHEREAS it is expedient to impose a tax on excess
profits arising out of certain businesses in the conditions prevailing during
the present hostilities;
It is hereby enacted as follows:---
1. Short title, extent and commencement -------‑ (1) This Act may be called the Excess Profits
Tax Act, 1940.
(2) It extends to the whole of (Subs. by the Central
Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch., for “British
India” (with effect from the 14th October, 1955).)[
(3) It shall come into force on such date (The 13th
April, 1940, see Gazette of India, 1940, Pt. I, p. 499.) as the Central
Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions.-----In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in
the subject or context,‑--
(1) “accounting period” in relation to any business
means,---
(a) where the accounts of the business are made up for
successive periods of twelve months, each of such periods;
(b) in any other case, such period as the Excess
Profits Tax Officer may determine:---
Provided that in determining any accounting period
under sub clause (b) the Excess Profits Tax Officer shall have regard to the
period, if any, which is, or has been, determined as the previous year for that
business for the purposes of the Income tax Act, 1922; XI of 1922.
(2) “Appellate Assistant Commissioner” means a person
appointed to be an Appellate Assistant Commissioner of Excess Profits Tax under
section 3;
(3) “average amount of capital” means the average
amount of capital employed in any business as computed in accordance with the
Second Schedule;
(4) “Board of Referees” means a Board of Referees
appointed under section 3;
(Clause (4A) which was ins. by the Pakistan
(Adaptation of Income tax, Profits Tax and Revenue Recovery Acts) Order, 1947
(G. G. O. 2 of 1947), Sch. (with effect from the 10th December, 1947), omitted
by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd
Sch. (with effect from the 14th October, 1955).)* * * * * * * * * *
(5) “business” includes any trade, commerce or
manufacture or any adventure in the nature of trade, commerce or manufacture or
any profession or vocation, but does not include a profession carried on by an
individual or by individuals in partnership if the profits of the profession
depend wholly or mainly on his or their personal qualifications unless such
profession consists wholly or mainly in the making of contracts on behalf of
other persons or the giving to other persons of advice of a commercial nature
in connection with the making of contracts:---
Provided that where the functions of a company or of a
society incorporated by or under any enactment consist wholly or mainly in the
holding of investments or other property the holding of the investments or
property shall be deemed for the purpose of this definition to be a business
carried on by such company or society:---
Provided further that all businesses to which this Act
applies carried on by the same person shall be treated as one business for the
purposes of this Act;
(6) “chargeable accounting period” means,---
(a) any accounting period falling wholly within the
term beginning on the 1st day of September, 1939, and ending on the (Subs. by the
Finance Act, 1945, s. 8, for “31st day of March, 1945”.)[31st day of March,
1946] and
(b) where any accounting period falls partly within
and partly without the said term, such part of that accounting period as falls
within the said term;
(7) “Commissioner” means a person appointed to be a
Commissioner of Excess Profits Tax under section 3;
(8) “company” means a company as defined in the
Companies Act, 1913, or formed in pursuance of an Act of Parliament (Ins. by A.
O., 1961, Art. 2 and Sch. (Pith effect from the 23rd March, 1956).)[of the
(9) “deficiency of profits” means,---
(i) where profits have been made in any chargeable
accounting period, the amount by which such profits fall short of the standard
profits;
(ii) where a loss has been made in any chargeable
accounting period, the amount of the loss added to the amount of the standard
profits;
(10) “director” includes any person occupying the
position of a director by whatever name called and also includes any person
who,---
(i) is a manager of the company or concerned in the
management of the business; and
(ii) is remunerated out of the funds of the business;
and
(iii) is the beneficial owner of not less than twenty
per cent. of the ordinary share capital of the company;
(11) “dividend” has the meaning assigned to the
expression in section 2 of the Income tax Act, 1922; XI of 1922.
(12) “Excess Profits Tax Officer” means a person
appointed to be an Excess Profits Tax Officer under section 3;
(13) “income” has the meaning assigned to the
expression in section 2 of the Income tax Act, 1922; XI of 1922.
(14) “fixed rate” in relation to dividends on share
capital, other than ordinary share capital, includes a rate fluctuating in
accordance with the maximum rate of income tax;
(15) “Inspecting Assistant Commissioner” means a
person appointed to be an Inspecting Assistant Commissioner of Excess Profits
Tax under section 3;
(16) “loss” means a loss computed in the same manner
as, for the purposes of this Act, profits are to be computed;
[(16A) “ordinary share capital” has the meaning
assigned to that expression in sub‑section (8) of section 9;]( Clause
(16A) ins. by the Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1941 (11 of 1941), s. 2.)
(17) “person” includes a Hindu undivided family;
(18) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under
this Act;
(19) “profits” means profits as determined in
accordance with the First Schedule;
(20) “standard profits” means standard profits as
computed in accordance with the provisions of section 6;
(21) “statutory percentage” means,---
(a) in relation to a business carried on by a body
corporate (other than a company the directors whereof have a controlling
interest therein), eight per cent. Per annum;
[(b) in relation to a business carried on by a
partnership of which one or more of the partners is a body corporate (Subs. by
the Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1940 (42 of 1940), s. 2, for the original
clause (b) (with effect from the 13th April, 1940).) (other than a company the
directors whereof have a controlling interest therein), such a rate per cent.
as is equivalent to,---
(i) eight per cent. per annum on so much of the
average amount of the capital employed in the business during the chargeable
accounting period as represents the share of any such body corporate, and
(ii) ten per cent. per annum on the remainder of that
amount;
(c) in relation to a business to which neither sub
clause (a) nor sub clause (b) applies, ten per cent. per annum:]
Provided that in relation to any decrease of capital
the statutory percentage shall be in all cases six per cent.:
Provided further that where the business was commenced
on or after the 1st day of July, 1938, the foregoing percentages shall be
increased from eight, ten and six per cent. to ten, twelve and eight per cent.,
respectively;
1[(21A) “taxable territories” has the meaning assigned
to that expression by clause (14A) of section 2 of the Income tax Act, 1922.]
(22) “written down value” has the meaning assigned to
that expression in sub‑section (5) of section 10 of the Income‑tax
Act, 1922. XI of 1922
3. Excess profits tax authorities.---‑‑(1) There shall be the following classes
of excess profits tax authorities for the purposes of this Act, namely,---
(a) the Central Board of Revenue;
(b) Commissioners of Excess Profits Tax;
(c) Assistant Commissioners of Excess Profits Tax, who
may be either Appellate Assistant Commissioners of Excess Profits Tax or
Inspecting Assistant Commissioners of Excess Profits Tax;
(d) Excess Profits Tax Officers;
(e) Boards of Referees.
(2) Every Commissioner of Excess Profits Tax,
Appellate Assistant Commissioner of Excess Profits Tax, Inspecting Assistant
Commissioner of Excess Profits Tax and Excess Profits Tax Officer shall be a
person who is exercising the functions of Commissioner of Income‑tax,
Appellate Assistant Commissioner of Income‑tax, Inspecting Assistant
Commissioner of Income‑tax and Income‑tax Officer, respectively,
under the Income‑tax Act, 1922. XI of 1922.
Clause (21A) ins. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform)
Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch. (with effect from the 14th
October, 1955).
(3) The Central Board of Revenue shall, subject to the
provisions of sub‑section (2), appoint such persons as Commissioners of
Excess Profits Tax, Appellate Assistant Commissioners of Excess Profits Tax,
Inspecting Assistant Commissioners of Excess Profits Tax and Excess Profits Tax
Officers as it thinks fit and such persons shall perform their functions in
respect of such cases as the Central Board of Revenue may assign to them:---
Provided that such directions shall be made entirely
at the discretion of the Central Board of Revenue, and, in particular, it shall
be competent for that Board to assign a case or class of cases to an officer
who is not exercising in respect of that case or XI of class of cases the
corresponding functions in relation to the 1922.charge of income‑tax
under the Income‑tax Act, 1922. XI of 1922
(4) All officers and persons employed in the execution
of this Act shall observe and follow the orders, instructions and directions of
the Central Board of Revenue:---
Provided that nothing in this sub‑section applies
to a Board of Referees:---
Provided further that no such orders, instructions or
directions shall be given so as to interfere with the discretion of the
Appellate Assistant Commissioner in the exercise of his appellate functions.
(5) A Board of Referees shall consist of not less than
three and not more than five persons, of whom not less than one‑half
shall be non‑officials having business experience, and one shall be a
judicial officer who has exercised the powers of a District Judge or who
possesses such qualifications as are normally required for appointment to the
post of District Judge, and who has held judicial office for a period of not
less than ten years.
(6) Subject to the provisions of sub‑section
(5), the Central Government may make rules regulating the formation,
composition and procedure of Boards of Referees.
4.‑(
This section was supplemented by the Finance Act, 1944, s. 7.). [(1)] Subject
to the provisions (S. 4 was re‑numbered as sub‑section (1) of
that section by the Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1941 (11 of 1941), s. 3.)of
this Act, there shall, in respect of any business to which this Act applies, be
charged, levied and paid on the amount by which the profits during any
chargeable accounting period exceed the standard profits a tax (in this Act
referred to as “excess profits tax”) which shall, in respect of any chargeable
accounting period ending on or before the 31st day of March, 1941, be equal to
fifty per cent. of that excess and shall, in respect of any chargeable
accounting period beginning after that date, be equal to such percentage of
that excess as may be fixed by the annual Finance Act:---
Provided that any profits which are, under the
provisions of sub‑section (3) of section 4 of the Income‑tax Act,
1922, exempt from income‑tax, and all profits from any business of life
insurance shall be totally exempt from excess profits tax under this Act,---
[Provided further that, in the (Proviso added by the
Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1944 (8 of 1944), s. 2.)case of any business
which includes the mining of any mineral, any bonus paid by or through the
Central Government in respect of increased output of the mineral shall be
totally exempt from excess profits tax under this Act.]
[(2) Where a chargeable (Sub‑section (2) added
by the Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1941 (11 of 1941), s. 3.)accounting
period falls partly before and partly after the end of March, 1941, the
foregoing provisions of this section shall apply as if so much of that
chargeable accounting period as falls before, and so much of that chargeable
accounting period as falls after, the said end of March were each a separate
chargeable accounting period, (Subs. by the Excess Profits Tax (Second Amdt.)
Act, 1941 (24 of 1941), s. 2, for certain words.)[and as if the excess of
profits of that separate chargeable accounting period were an apportioned part
of the excess of profits arising in the whole period determined in accordance
with, the provisions of section 7A].]
5. Application of Act.------This Act shall apply to every business of which any
part of the profits made during the chargeable accounting period is chargeable
to income‑tax by virtue of the provisions of sub clause (i) or sub‑clause
(ii) of clause (b) of sub‑section (1) of section 4 of the Income‑tax
Act, 1922, or of clause (c) of that sub‑section:---
Provided that this Act shall not apply to any business
the whole of the profits of which accrue or arise without (Subs. by the Central
Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch., for “British
India” (with effect from the 14th October, 1955).)[the taxable territories]
where such business is carried on by or on behalf of a person who is resident
but not ordinarily resident in (Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform)
Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch., for “British India” (with
effect from the 14th October, 1955).)[the taxable territories] unless the
business is controlled (Subs. by A. O., 1949, for “in India”.)[in
Provided further that where the profits of a part only
of a business carried on by a person who is not resident in (Subs. by the
Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch.,
for “British India” (with effect from the 14th October, 1955).)[the taxable
territories] or not ordinarily so resident accrue or arise in (Subs. by the
Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch.,
for “British India” (with effect from the 14th October, 1955).)[the taxable
territories] or are deemed under the Income‑tax Act, 1922, so to accrue
or arise, then, except where the business being the business of a person who is
resident but not ordinarily resident in (Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute
Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch., for “British India”
(with effect from the 14th October, 1955).)[the taxable territories] is
controlled (Subs. by A. O., 1949, for “in India”.)[in
[Provided further that this (Added by the Excess
Profits Tax (Second Amdt.) Act, 1941 (24 of 1941), s. 3. (Effect of this
amendment was restricted by s. 1 (2), ibid.)) Act shall not apply to any
business the whole of the profits of which accrue or arise in an (Subs. by A.
O., 1949, for “Indian State”.)[Acceding State or
6. Standard profits.----‑--(1) For the purposes of this Act, the
standard profits of a business in relation to any chargeable accounting period
shall, subject to the provisions of sub‑sections (3) and (4), be an
amount bearing to the profits of the business during the standard period, if in
respect of that business a standard period is available, the same proportion as
the chargeable accounting period bears to the standard period:---
Provided that if the average amount of capital
employed in the business during such chargeable accounting period is greater or
less than the average amount of capital employed during the standard period,
such amount shall be increased or decreased, as the case may be, by an amount
calculated by applying the statutory percentage to the amount of such increase
or decrease:---
Provided further that in the case of a business which
was commenced on or after the 31st day of March, 1936, the standard profits
shall, at the option of the person carrying on the business, be an amount
calculated by applying the statutory percentage to the average amount of
capital employed in the business during such chargeable accounting period.
(2) For the purposes of this section the standard
period shall, at the option of the person carrying on the business, be,---
(a) the “previous year” as determined under section 2
of the Income‑tax Act, 1922, for the purpose of the income tax assessment
for the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1937, or the previous year as so
determined for the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1938; or
(b) the “previous year” as so determined for the year
ending on the 31st day of March, 1937, and that for the year ending on the 31st
day of March, 1939; or
(c) the “previous year” as so determined for the year
ending on the 31st day of March, 1938, and that for the year ending on the 31st
day of March, 1939; or
(d) the “previous year” as so determined for the year
ending on the 31st day of March, 1939, and that for the year ending on the 31st
day of March, 1940:---
Provided that in no case shall any period of less than
nine months be taken as a standard period.
(3) If, within the period specified in the notice issued
under sub‑section (1) of section 13, (Ins. by the Excess Profits Tax
(Amdt.) Act, 1940 (42 of 1940), s. 3 (with effect from the 13th April,
1940).)[or within the extended period allowed by the Excess Profits Tax Officer
under the proviso to that sub‑section] the person carrying on the
business makes an application to the Excess Profits Tax Officer in this behalf,
the Excess Profits Tax Officer shall refer the application to the Board of
Referees, and if the Board is satisfied that during the standard period the
profits of the business were less than might at the beginning of that period
have been reasonably expected, it may direct that the standard profits shall be
computed as if the profits, during the standard period were such greater amount
as it think just:---
Provided that such amount shall not exceed the
statutory percentage of the average amount of the capital employed in the
business unless the Board is satisfied that owing to some specific cause
peculiar to the business it is just that a greater amount should be allowed:---
[Provided further that a determination on an
application under this sub‑section‑( Proviso added by the Excess
Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1940 (42 of 1940), s. 3 (with effect from the 13th
April, 1940).)
(a) shall have effect with respect to all subsequent
chargeable accounting periods;
(b) shall exclude any further application under this
subsection.]
(4) The standard profits shall be taken to be rupees
thirty‑six thousand in any case in which the standard profits computed in
accordance with sub‑section (1) are less than this sum:---
Provided that if the chargeable accounting period is
greater or less than one year the sum of rupees thirty‑six thousand shall
for the purpose of this sub‑section be increased or decreased
proportionately.
(5) Where the standard period includes any period
prior to the commencement of Part III of the Government of India Act, 1935,
during which
7. Relief on occurrence of deficiency of
profits.------Where a deficiency of
profits occurs in any chargeable accounting period in any business, the profits
of the business chargeable with excess profits tax shall be deemed to be
reduced and relief shall be granted in accordance with the following
provisions:---
(a) the aggregate amount of the profits so chargeable
for the previous chargeable accounting periods shall be deemed to be reduced by
the amount of the deficicncy of profits and the amount of excess profits tax
payable in respect thereof shall be deemed to be reduced accordingly and the
relief necessary to give effect to the reduction shall be given by repayment or
otherwise;
(b) where the amount of the deficiency of profits
exceeds the aggregate amount of the profits so chargeable for the previous
chargeable accounting periods, or where there is no previous chargeable
accounting period, the balance of the deficiency of profits or the whole of the
deficiency, as the case may be, shall be applied in reducing any profits so
chargeable for the next subsequent chargeable accounting period, and if and so
far as it exceeds the amount of those profits, any profits so chargeable for
the next subsequent chargeable accounting period and so on:---
[Provided that a deficiency of profits occurring in
(Provisos added by the Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1941 (11 of 1941) s. 4.)
a chargeable accounting period beginning on or after the 1st day of April,
1941, shall first be applied so as to reduce profits chargeable to tax arising
in another chargeable accounting period beginning on or after the said 1st day
of April, and a deficiency of profits occurring in a chargeable accounting
period ending on or before the 31st day of March, 1941, shall first be applied
so as to reduce profits chargeable to tax arising in another chargeable
accounting period ending on or before the said 31st day of March; and where
owing to an insufficiency of profits for chargeable accounting periods ending
on or before the said 31st day of March, or, as the case may be, beginning on
or after the said 1st day of April, the whole or any part of the deficiency is
applied otherwise than as aforesaid,‑--
(a) the application shall be treated as provisional
only; and
(b) if it thereafter appears that there is no longer
such an insufficiency as aforesaid, such adjustment shall be made as the
Central Board of Revenue may by written order direct:---
Provided further that where a chargeable accounting
period falls partly before and partly after the end of March, 1941, the
provisions of the preceding proviso shall apply as if so much of the chargeable
accounting period as falls before, and so much of the chargeable accounting
period as falls after, the said end of March, were each a separate chargeable
accounting period, and as if the deficiency of profits of that separate
chargeable accounting period were an apportioned part of the deficiency of
profits occurring in the whole period; and any apportionment required to be
made by this proviso shall be made by reference to the number of months or
fractions of months in each of the parts of the whole chargeable accounting
period.]
[7A. Special provision for chargeable accounting
period falling partly before and partly after the end of March, 1941.-------‑( S. 7A ins. by the Excess Profits, Tax (Second
Amdt.) Act, 1941 (24 of 1941), s . 4.)(1) In the case of a chargeable
accounting period such as is referred to in sub‑section (2) of section 4,
the excess of profits of each of the separate chargeable accounting periods
into which the whole chargeable period is deemed to be divided for the purposes
of that sub‑section, shall be determined in accordance with the
provisions of sub‑sections (2), (3) and (4), and in those sub‑sections,---
(a) references to the whole period, the first part of
the period, and the second part of the period shall be construed, respectively,
as references to the whole of the chargeable accounting period deemed to be
divided, so much thereof as falls before the end of March, 1941, and so much
thereof as falls after the said end of March;
(b) “excess profits” means the amount by which the
profits for any period exceed the standard profits for that period.
(2) The profits or loss of, and the standard profits
for, the whole period shall be computed first on the basis that rule 5A of the
First Schedule and rule 2A of the Second Schedule do not apply to the period,
and secondly on the basis that the said rules do apply to the period, and it
shall then be ascertained, on each basis, whether there are excess profits or a
deficiency of profits for the whole period, and, if so, what is the amount
thereof.
(3) There shall be deemed to be for the first part of
the period excess profits or a deficiency of profits, as the case may be, equal
to an apportioned part of the excess profits or deficiency of profits
ascertained under sub‑section (2) on the first basis mentioned therein,
and there shall be deemed to be for the second part of the period excess
profits or a deficiency of profits, as the case may be, equal to an apportioned
part of the excess profits or deficiency of profits ascertained under sub‑section
(2) on the second basis mentioned therein; and, for the purpose of giving
relief for deficiencies of profits under section 7, the first part of the
period and the second part of the period shall each be treated as if it were a
separate chargeable accounting period.
(4) Any apportionment required to be made by sub‑section
(3) shall be made by reference to the number of months and fractions of months
in each of the parts of the whole period.]
8. Successions and amalgamations.----‑(1) As from the date of any change in the
persons carrying on a business, the business shall, subject to the provisions
of this section, be deemed for all the purposes of this act except for the
purposes of determining the amount of the statutory percentage to have been
discontinued, and a new business to have been commenced.
(2) Where the change took place before the lst day of
September, 1939, and consisted in the death or retirement of a partner, or the
taking in of a partner, the persons carrying on the business after the change
may, by notice given in writing before the prescribed date to the Excess
Profits Tax Officer, elect that, for the purposes of the provisions of this Act
relating to the computation of standard profits, the business shall not be deemed
to have been discontinued.
(3) A business shall not, for the purposes of the
provisions of this Act relating to the computation of standard profits, be
deemed to be discontinued by reason of any change occurring on or after the 1st
day of September, 1939, in the persons carrying it on, and the standard profits
of the business in relation to any chargeable accounting period shall be
computed accordingly, and, in particular, in computing the capital employed in
the business after the change (Ins. by the Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1940
(42 of 1940), s. 4 (with effect from the 13th April, 1940).)[and in
considering, for the purposes of computing the profits of, and the capital
employed during, any chargeable accounting period, whether any and, if so, what
deductions are to be made in respect of depreciation of buildings, plant and
machinery,] no regard shall be had to any consideration given in respect of the
transfer of the business or any of the assets thereof on the occasion of the
change.
(4) Where, on or after the 1st day of September, 1939,
two or more businesses are amalgamated, the resulting business shall be treated
for the purposes of the provisions of this Act relating to the computation of
standard profits as if,---
(a) it had been in existence throughout the period
during which there were in existence any of the former businesses;
(b) any profits made or losses incurred or capital
employed in any of those former businesses had been made, incurred or employed
in the resulting business; and
(c) any assets of any of those former businesses had
become assets of the resulting business when they became assets of the former
business;
and, in particular, in computing the capital employed
in the resulting business, (Ins. by the Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1940
(42 of 1940), s. 4. (with effect from the 13th April, 1940).)[and in
considering, for the purposes of computing the profits of, and the capital,
employed during, any chargeable accounting period, whether any and, if so, what
deductions are to be made in respect of depreciation of buildings, plant and
machinery,] no regard shall be had to any consideration given in respect of the
transfer of any of those former businesses or any of the assets thereof on the
occasion of the amalgamation.
(5) Where, on or after the 1st day of September, 1939,
part of a business is transferred as a going concern by the person theretofore
carrying it on to another person, the part transferred and the part not
transferred shall each be deemed for the purposes of the provisions of this Act
relating to the computation of standard profits to be a continuation of the
original business, and the said provisions, including the provisions of this
section relating to amalgamations, shall apply accordingly, (The words “subject
to any necessary modifications” omitted, ibid. (with effect from the 13th
April, 1940).):---
Provided that, for the purposes aforesaid, such
apportionments shall be made of the profits made, and losses incurred, and the
capital employed, in the original business, and of any assets of the original
business as may appear to the Excess Profits Tax Officer, or on appeal in the
prescribed time and manner to the Board of Referees, to that Board to be just.
(6) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing
provisions of this section, where a business was carried on immediately before
the 1st day of April, 1936, and that business, or the main part of that
business, was transferred after the said day and before the 1st day of
September, 1939, by the person carrying it on to another person, the Excess
Profits Tax Officer, if he is satisfied that the business carried on after the
transference was not substantially different from the business or part
transferred, shall, on the application of the person carrying on the business after
the transference, treat that person, for the purposes of the provisions of this
Act relating to the computation of standard profits, as if he had carried on
the transferred business or part of the business as from the date of the
commencement of that business, (The words and brackets “subject, however, to
such modifications (including modifications as respects the computation of
capital) as he may consider just”, omitted ibid. (with effect from the 13th
April, 1940).)* * *.
(7) Where, on or after the 1st day of September, 1939,
a partner in a firm carrying on a business to which this Act applies dies, then
notwithstanding anything contained in sub‑section (1) any deficiency of
profits in respect of any chargeable accounting period ending on or before the
date of has death shall, if it has not been fully applied in reducing the
profits of any chargeable accounting period under section 7, be carried forward
and applied in reducing any profits from the same business carried on by the
surviving partner or partners in the first chargeable accounting period after
the death of the partner, and if and so far as it exceeds the amount of those
profits, in reducing any profits from such business in the next subsequent
chargeable accounting period and so on.
[(8) Where‑( Sub‑section (8) added by the
Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1940 (42 of 1940), s. 4 (with effect from the
13th April, 1940).)
(a) a business is, by virtue of sub‑section (2)
or sub‑section (3), deemed not to have been discontinued; or
(b) a business is, by virtue of sub‑section (4),
to be treated as if it had been in existence throughout the period during which
there was in existence any other business; or
(c) a business is, by virtue of sub‑section (5),
to be treated as a continuation of another business; or
(d) any person who is carrying on a business after a
transfer is treated, by virtue of sub‑section (6), as having carried on
the business as from a date before the transfer, the provisions of this Act
relating to the computation of profits and capital for the purposes of excess
profits tax shall, both as respects the standard period and any chargeable
accounting period, have effect subject to such modifications, if any, as the
Excess Profits Tax Officer may think just, and the Excess Profits Tax Officer
may make such alterations in the periods which would otherwise be the
chargeable accounting periods of the business as he thinks proper:---
Provided that if the Excess Profits Tax Officer makes
any such modifications and the person carrying on the business is dissatisfied
with the modifications so made, or if the person carrying on the business is
dissatisfied with the refusal of the Excess Profits Tax Officer to make any
such modifications, he may, at any time before the expiry of forty‑five
days from the date on which the order of the Excess Profits Tax Officer is
communicated to him, appeal to the Board of Referees through the Excess Profits
Tax Officer.]
9. Inter‑connected companies.------‑(1) Where any interest, annuity or other annual
payment, or any royalty or rent, is paid by one company to another company, and
one of those companies is a subsidiary of the other, or both are subsidiaries
of a third company, the capital, profits and losses of both companies shall be
computed for the purposes of this Act as if,---
(a) the interest, annuity, annual payment, royalty or
rent were not payable;
(b) any debt in respect of which any such interest is
payable did not exist; and
(c) any asset in respect of which any such royalty or
rent is payable were the property of the company paying the royalty or the
rent.
[(1A) Where‑( Sub‑section (1A) ins. by the
Excess Profits Tax (Arndt.) Act, 1940 (42 of 1940), s. 5 (with effect from the
13th April, 1940).)
(a) any debt is owing to any company by another
company; and
(b) one of those companies is a subsidiary of the
other, or both are subsidiaries of a third company; and
(c) no interest is payable in respect of the debt, but
the circumstances in which the debt came into existence or is allowed to
continue to exist are such that the debt represents in substance capital
employed in the business of the debtor company, the capital of both companies
shall be computed as if the debt did not exist.]
(2) Where,---
(a) a company (hereinafter referred to as “the
principal company”) is resident in (Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform)
Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch., for “British India” (with
effect from the 14th October, 1955).)[the taxable territories] and
is not a subsidiary of any other company resident in (Subs. by the Central Laws
(Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch., for “British
India” (with effect from the 14th October, 1955).)[the taxable
territories]; and
(b) during the whole or any part of any chargeable
accounting period of the principal company, another company, whether or not
resident or carrying on business within 2[the taxable territories] (hereinafter
referred to as “the subsidiary company”) is a subsidiary of the principal
company, the following provisions of this section shall, subject to the
provisions of section 5, have effect in relation to that chargeable accounting
period.
(3) If the subsidiary company is a subsidiary of the
principal company throughout the chargeable accounting period, such capital
employed in, and profits or losses arising from, the business of the subsidiary
company as is employed or arise in,---
(i) the chargeable accounting period; or
(ii) any year constituting or comprised in the
standard period of the principal company, shall be treated for the purposes of
this Act as if it or they were capital employed in, or as the case may be,
profits or losses arising from, the business of the principal company.
(4) If the subsidiary company is a subsidiary of the
principal company during part only of the chargeable accounting period, the
excess or deficiency of profits of the subsidiary company for that part of that
period shall be treated as increasing or as the case may be, decreasing the
excess or deficiency of profits of the principal company for the whole period
and shall not be deemed to be an excess or deficiency of profits of the
subsidiary company.
In this sub‑section, the expressions “excess”
and “deficiency” mean, in relation to profits, an excess or deficiency in
relation to the standard profits of the subsidiary company or, as the case may
be, the principal company.
(5) In any case to which sub‑section (3) or sub‑section
(4) applies, such alteration, if any, of the periods which would otherwise be
the chargeable accounting periods of the subsidiary company shall be made as
the Central Board of Revenue may direct.
(6) For the purposes of this section, a company shall
be deemed to be a subsidiary of another company if and so long as not less than
nine‑tenths of its ordinary share capital is owned by that other company,
whether directly or through another company or other companies, or partly
directly and partly through another company or other companies.
(7) The amount of ordinary share capital of one
company owned by a second company through another company or other companies,
or partly directly and partly through another company or other companies shall
be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Third Schedule.
(8) In this section and the Third Schedule references
to owner ship shall be construed as references to beneficial ownership, and the
expression “ordinary share capital”, in relation to a company, means all the
issued share capital (by whatever name called) of the company, other than
capital the holders whereof have a right to a dividend at a fixed rate but have
no other right to share in the profits of the company.
(9) The principal company shall be entitled to
allocate to its subsidiary company or companies the respective proportionate
shares of the excess profits tax payable by the whole group.
(10) The excess profits tax payable by virtue of this
section by the principal company in respect of the profits of any subsidiary
company shall, for the purposes of section 12, be deemed to have been paid by
the subsidiary company and not by the principal company.
[10. Artificial transactions.-----‑( Subs. by the Excess Profits Tax (Second
Amdt.) Act, 1941 (24 of 1941), s. 5, for the original s. 10.)(1) In computing
profits for the purposes of this Act no deduction shall be made in respect of
any transaction or operation of any nature if and so far as it appears that the
transaction or operation has artificially reduced or would artificially reduce
the profits.
(2) If the Excess Profits Tax Officer is satisfied
that any person has entered into or carried out any transaction or operation by
which the profits have been or would be artificially reduced, he may, with the
previous approval of the Inspecting Assistant Commissioner, direct that such
person shall pay, in addition to any excess profits tax for which he is or, but
for such transaction or operation, would be liable, a penalty not exceeding the
tax evaded or sought to be evaded.]
[10A. Transactions designed to avoid or reduce
liability to excess profits tax.---‑(
Section 10A ins. ibid. s. 6)(1) Where the Excess Profits Tax Officer is of
opinion that the main purpose for which any transaction or transaction, was or
were effected [whether before or after the passing of the Excess Profits Tax
(Second Amendment) Act, 1941] was the avoidance or reduction of liability to
excess profits tax, he may; with the previous approval of the Inspecting
Assistant Commissioner, make such adjustments as respects liability to excess
pro. fits tax as he considers appropriate so as to counteract the avoidance or
reduction of liability to excess profits tax which would otherwise be effected
by the transaction or transactions.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers
conferred by sub‑section (1), the powers conferred thereby extend,---
(a) to the charging with excess profits tax of persons
who but for the adjustments would not be chargeable with any tax or would not
be chargeable to the same extent;
(b) to the charging of a greater amount of tax than
would be chargeable but for the adjustments.
(3) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Excess
Profits Tax Officer under this section may appeal in the prescribed time and
manner to the Appellate Tribunal.]
11. Relief in respect of double excess profits
taxation.------‑(1) The Central
Government may by notification in the official Gazette make provision for the
granting of relief in cases where both excess profits tax under this Act and
excess profits tax under any law in force in the United Kingdom, in any (Subs.
by A. O., 1949, for “Indian State”.)[Acceding State or
Provided that where under section 19 of the Finance
(No. 2) , Act, 1939, national defence contribution has been paid in the United
Kingdom in lieu of excess profits tax, that portion of the , national defence
contribution so paid which is equal to the excess profits tax which would
otherwise have been payable shall, for the purposes of this sub‑section,
be deemed to be excess profits tax paid in the United Kingdom. 2&3 Geo 6,ch
108
(2) If any person, who has paid excess profits tax
under this Act for any chargeable accounting period in respect of profits
arising (Subs. by A. O., 1949, for “outside India”.)[outside
[11A. Agreement for avoidance of double taxation in
12. Allowance of excess profits tax in computing
income for income‑tax purposes.------‑(1) The amount of the excess profits tax payable in respect of
a business for any chargeable accounting period diminished by any amount
allowable by way of relief under the provisions of section 11, (Ins. by the
Pakistan (Adaptation of Income‑tax, Profits Tax and Revenue Recovery
Acts) Order, 1947 (G. G. O. 2 of 1947), Art. 2 and Sch. (with effect from the
15th August, 1947).)[or section 11A] shall, in computing for the purposes of
income‑tax or super‑tax the profits and gains of that business, be
allowed to be deducted as an expense incurred in that period.
(2) There shall also be so deducted the amount of any
excess profits tax payable under any law in force in a (Ins. by A. O.,
1949.)[State or] country outside (Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform)
Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch., for “British India” (with
effect from the 14th October, 1955).)[the taxable territories] on the profits
of the business in respect of any chargeable accounting period (Subs. by the
Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1940 (42 of 1940), s. 6, for “to the extent
that such profits arose in the said country” (with effect from the 13th April,
1940).)[to the extent to which such profits are liable to excess profits tax
under this Act] after diminishing such amount by any amount which is allowable
by way of relief by repayment, set off or, otherwise under any law in the (Ins.
by A. O., 1949.)[State or] country where the tax is payable providing for the
granting of relief in that (Ins. by A. O., 1949.)[State or] country where
excess profits tax has also been charged in (Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute
Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch., for “British India”
(with effect from the 14th October, 1955).)[the taxable territories]:---
Provided that where, under the provisions of this Act
relating to deficiencies of profits or under any corresponding law in force in
the said (Ins. by A. O., 1949.)[State or] country without (Subs. by the Central
Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch., for “British
India” (with effect from the 14th October, 1955).)[the taxable territories],
relief is given by way of repayment from excess profits tax chargeable for any
chargeable accounting period previous to that in which the deficiency occurs,
the amount of the deduction allowed under sub‑section (1) or sub‑section
(2) shall not be altered, but the amount repayable shall be taken into account
in computing the profits and gains of the business for the purposes of income‑tax
as if it were a profit of the business accruing in the (Subs. by the Excess
Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1940 (42 of 1940), s. 6, for “chargeable accounting
period” (with effect from the 13th April, 1940).)[previous year (as determined
for that business for the purposes of the Income‑tax Act, 1922)], in
which the deficiency of profits occurs. XI of 1922
13. Issue of notice for assessment.-----‑(1) The Excess Profits Tax Officer may, for the
purposes of this Act, require any person whom he believes to be engaged in any
business to which this Act applies, or to have been so engaged during any
chargeable accounting period, or to be otherwise liable to pay excess profits
tax, to furnish within such period, not being less than sixty days from the
date of the service of the notice, as may be specified in the notice, a return
in the prescribed form and verified in the prescribed manner setting forth
(along with such other particulars as may be provided for in the notice) with
respect to any chargeable accounting period specified in the notice the profits
of the business and the standard profits of the business as computed in
accordance with the provisions of section 6 or the amount of deficiency
available for relief under section 7:---
Provided that the Excess Profits Tax Officer may, in
his discretion, extend the date for the delivery of the return.
(2) The Excess Profits Tax Officer may serve on any
person, upon whom a notice has been served under sub‑section (1), a
notice requiring him on a date to be therein specified to produce, or cause to
be produced, such accounts or document as the Excess Profits Tax Officer may
require and may from time to time serve further notices in like manner
requiring the production of such further accounts or documents or other
evidence as he may require,---
Provided that the Excess Profits Tax Officer shall not
require the production of any accounts relating to a period prior to the “previous
year” as determined under section 2 of the Income‑tax Act, 1922, for the
purpose of the income‑tax assessment for the year ending on the 31st day
of March, 1937. XI of 1922.
14. Assessments.-----‑‑(1) The Excess Profits Tax Officer
shall, by an order in writing after considering such evidence, if any, as he
has peg fired under section 13, assess to the best of his judgment the profits
liable to excess profits tax and the amount of excess profits tax payable on
the basis of such assessment, or if there is a deficiency of profits, the
amount of that deficiency and the amount of excess profits tax, if any,
repayable and shall furnish a copy of such order to the person on whom the
assessment has been made.
(2) Excess profits tax payable in respect of any
chargeable accounting period shall be payable by the person carrying on the
business in that period.
(3) Where two or more persons were carrying on the
business jointly in the chargeable accounting period, the assessment shall be
made upon them jointly and, in the case of a partnership, may be made in the
partnership name.
(4) Where by virtue of the foregoing provisions an
assessment could, but for his death, have been made on any person either solely
or jointly with any other person or persons, the assessment may be made on his
legal representative either solely or jointly with that other person or
persons, as the case may be.
[14A. Power to make provisional assessments.-----‑( S. 14A ins. by the Excess Profits Tax
Ordinance, 1943 (16 of 1943), s. 3.)(1) The Excess Profits Tax Officer, before
proceeding to make an assessment (in this section referred to as the regular
assessment) under section 14, may, at any time after the expiry of the period
specified in the notice issued under sub‑section (1) of section 13 as
that within which the return therein referred to is to be furnished, and
whether the return has or has not been furnished, proceed to make in summary
manner a provisional assessment of the amount by which the profits of the
chargeable accounting period exceed the standard profits, and the amount of
excess profits tax payable thereon.
(2) Before making such provisional assessment the
Excess Profits Tax Officer shall give notice in the prescribed form to the
person on whom assessment is to be made of his intention to do so, and shall
with the notice forward a statement of the amount of the proposed assessment,
and the said person shall be entitled to deliver to the Excess Profits Tax
officer at any time within fourteen days of receipt of the said notice a
statement of his objections, if any, to the amount of the proposed assessment.
(3) On expiry of one month from the date of service of
the notice referred to in sub‑section (2), or earlier if the assessee
agrees to the proposed assessment, the Excess Profits Tax Officer may, after
taking into account the objections, if any, made under sub‑section (2),
make a provisional assessment, and shall furnish a copy of the order of
assessment to the assessee:---
Provided that assent to the amount of the assessment,
or failure to make objection to it, shall in no way prejudice the assessee in
relation to the regular assessment.
(4) In making any such provisional assessment the
Excess Profits Tax Officer shall make allowances for any deficiencies of
profits for previous chargeable accounting periods which are under the
provisions of section 7 to be set off against the excess profits of the
chargeable accounting period in respect of which the assessment is being made:---
Provided that where such deficiencies of profits have
not been determined under sub‑section (1) of section 14 the Excess
Profits Tax Officer shall estimate the amount thereof to the best of his
judgment.
(5) There shall be no right of appeal against a
provisional assessment made under this section, and it shall, until a regular
assessment is made in due course under section 14, determine the amount of
excess profits tax due from the assessee.
(6) If, when a regular assessment is made in due
course under section 14, the amount of excess profits tax payable thereunder is
found to exceed that determined as payable by the provisional assessment, it
shall be reduced by the amount determined as payable by the provisional
assessment.
(7) If, when a regular assessment is made in due
course under section 14, the amount of excess profits tax payable thereunder is
found to be less than that determined as payable by the provisional assessment,
any excess of tax paid as a result of the provisional assessment shall be
refunded to the assessee together with interest at 5 per cent. per annum
calculated from the date of payment of such excess tax to the date of the order
of refund, both days inclusive.]
15. Profits escaping assessments.-----If, (Subs. by the Income‑tax, Excess Profits Tax
and Business Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1948 (4 of 1948), s. 25, for “in
consequence of definite information which has come into his possession, the
Excess Profits Tax Officer discovers that”.)[for any reason] profits of any
chargeable accounting period chargeable to excess profits tax have escaped
assessment, or have been under assessed, or have been the subject of excessive
relief, (Subs. ibid,, for “he”.)[the Excess Profits Tax Officer] may at any
time (The words “within five year, of the end of the chargeable accounting
period in question” omitted by the Income‑tax and Excess Profits Tax
(Amdt.) Act, 1947 (22 of 1947), s. 16 (with effect from the 31st March,
1947).)* * * serve on the person liable to such tax a notice containing all or
any of the requirements which may be included in a notice under section 13, and
may proceed to assess or reassess the amount of such profits liable to excess
profits tax and the provisions of this Act shall, so far as may be, apply as if
the notice were a notice issued under that section:---
[Provided that unless definite information (Proviso
added by the Income‑tax, Excess Profits Tax and Business Profits Tax
(Amdt.) Act, 1948 (4 of 194.8), s. 25.)has come into his possession the Excess
Profits Tax Officer shall not initiate proceedings under this section without
obtaining the previous approval of the Inspecting Assistant Commissioner.]
16. Penalties.-----If the Excess Profits Tax Officer, the Appellate Assistant Commissioner
or the Commissioner, in the course of any proceedings under this Act, is
satisfied that any person has, without reasonable cause, failed to furnish the
return required under sub‑section (1) of section 13, or to produce or
cause to be produced the accounts or documents or other evidence required by
the Excess Profits Tax Officer under sub‑section (2) of that section, or
(Subs. ibid., s. 26, for “ has concealed”.)[has, either in the said proceedings
or in any earlier proceedings relating to an assessment in respect of the same
chargeable accounting period, concealed] particulars of the profits made by or
capital employed in the business, or has deliberately furnished inaccurate
particulars of such profits or capital, he may direct that such person shall
pay by way of penalty, in addition to the amount of any excess profits tax
payable, a sum not exceeding,---
(a) where the person has failed to furnish the return
required under sub‑section (1) of section 13, the amount of the excess
profits tax payable; and
(b) in any other case, the amount of excess profits
tax which would have been avoided if the return made had been accepted as
correct:
Provided that the Excess Profits Tax Officer shall not
impose any penalty under this section without the previous approval of the
Inspecting Assistant Commissioner.
17. Appeals.----‑(1) Any person aggrieved by a decision made in pursuance of
section 8, or objecting to the amount of excess profits tax for which he is
liable as assessed by the Excess Profits Tax Officer or denying his liability
to be assessed under this Act, of objecting to any penalty imposed by the
Excess Profits Tax Officer, or to the amount of any deficiency of profits as
assessed by the Excess Profits Tax Officer, or to the amount allowed by the
Excess Profits Tax Officer. by way of relief under any provision of this Act or
to any refusal by the Excess Profits Tax Officer to grant relief may appeal to
the Appellate Assistant Commissioner:---
Provided that no appeal shall lie against a
determination of the amount of the profits of any standard period where those
profits have been determined in accordance with the (Subs. by the Excess
Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1941 (11 of 1941), s. 5 for “first proviso”.)[second
proviso] to rule 1 of the First Schedule except in respect of adjustments made
under the provisions of that Schedule:---
[Provided further that no appeal (Subs. by the Excess
Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1940 (42 of 1940), s. 7, for the original proviso
(with effect from the 13th April, 1940).)shall lie under this section against
any apportionment made by the Excess Profits Tax Officer under the proviso to
sub‑section (5) of section 8, against any (Subs. by Act 11 of 1941, s. 5,
for “modifications”.)[refusal to make modifications or against any
modifications] made by the Excess Profits Tax Officer under sub‑section
(8) of section 8, against any decision of the Excess Profits Tax Officer under
rule 11 of the First Schedule, or against any decision of the Board of Referees
or the Central Board of Revenue.]
(2) An appeal shall ordinarily be presented within
forty‑five days of receipt of the notice of demand relating to the
assessment or penalty objected to, or in the case of an appeal against the
assessment of a deficiency of profits, within forty‑five days of the
receipt of the copy of the order determining the deficiency, or in the case of
an appeal against the amount of a relief granted or a refusal to grant relief,
within forty‑five days of the receipt of the intimation of the order
granting or refusing to grant the relief, but the Appellate Assistant
Commissioner may admit an appeal after the expiration of that period if he is
satisfied that the appellant had sufficient cause for not presenting it within
that period.
(3) An appeal shall be in the prescribed form and
shall be verified in the prescribed manner.
[(4) The Appellate Assistant Commissioner shall
determine the appeal after giving both(Subs. by the Income‑tax, Excess
Profits Tax and Business Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1948 (4 of 1948), s. 27, for
the original sub‑section (4).) parties to the appeal an opportunity of
being heard.
If the Appellate Assistant Commissioner is not
satisfied that the assessment, decision or order which is the subject of appeal
ought to be interfered with, he shall reject the appeal and the assessment,
decision or order shall stand good.
If he is satisfied that the assessment, decision or
order ought to be interfered with, he shall, subject to the provisions of this
Act, pass such orders as he thinks fit and such orders may include an order
enhancing the assessment or penalty:---
Provided that an order enhancing an assessment or
penalty shall not be made unless the person affected thereby has been given an
opportunity of showing cause against the enhancement.]
18. Appeal to Commissioner against Appellate Assistant
Commissioner’s orders imposing penalties or enhancing assessments or
penalties.-- ( This section ceased to
have effect as from the 25th January, 1941 by virtue of sub‑section (3)
of this section.)(1) Any person objecting to an order passed by an Appellate
Assistant Commissioner imposing on him a penalty under section 16 or enhancing
his assessment or enhancing a penalty under section 17 may appeal to the
Commissioner within thirty days of the date on which he was served with notice
of such order.
(2) In disposing of the appeal the Commissioner may,
after giving the appellant an opportunity of being heard, pass such orders
thereon as he thinks fit.
(3) On the coming into operation of Part II of the
Indian Income‑tax (Amendment) Act, 1939, this section shall cease to have
effect. VII of 1939.
19. Power of revision.---‑( Sub‑section (1) ceased to have effect
as from the 25th January, 1941 by virtue of sub‑section (2) of this
section.)(1) The Commissioner may of his own motion call for the record of any
proceeding under this Act which has been taken by any Excess Profits Tax
Officer or Appellate Assistant Commissioner subordinate to him, and on receipt
of the record may make such enquiry, or cause such enquiry to be made, and,
subject to the provisions of this Act, may pass such orders thereon (including
an order enhancing an assessment) as he thinks fit:---
Provided that he shall not pass any order prejudicial
to a person to whose business this Act applies without hearing him, or giving
him a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
(2) On the coming into operation of Part II of the
Indian Income‑tax (Amendment) Act, 1939, sub‑section (1) shall
cease to have effect, but thereafter any Excess Profits Tax Officer or any
person in respect of whose business an order under section 14 has been passed
who objects to an order passed by an Appellate VII of 1939 Assistant
Commissioner under section 16 or section 17 may, within the prescribed time and
in the prescribed manner, appeal against such order to the Appellate Tribunal
constituted under the Income‑tax Act, 1922 (The words “and that Tribunal
shall have all such powers in disposing of the appeal as it has in respect of
appeals preferred to it under the India Income‑tax Act, 1922”, omitted by
the Income‑tax, Excess Profits tax and Business Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act,
1948 (4 of 1948), s. 28.)* * *. XI of 1923
[(3) The Appellate Tribunal shall determine the appeal
after giving both parties to the appeal an opportunity of being heard.( Sub‑section
(3) added, ibis.)
If the Appellate Tribunal is not satisfied that the
assessment, decision or order which is the subject of appeal ought to be
interfered with, it shall reject the appeal and the assessment, decision or
order shall stand good.
If it is satisfied that the assessment, decision or
order ought to be interfered with, it shall, subject to the provisions of this
Act, pass such orders as it thinks fit, and such orders may include an order
enhancing the assessment or penalty:---
Provided that an order enhancing an assessment or
penalty shall not be made unless the person affected thereby has been given an
opportunity of showing cause against the enhancement.]
20. Rectification of mistakes.------The Commissioner may, at any time within four years
from the date of any order passed whether by himself or by any Appellate
Assistant Commissioner or Excess Profits Tax Officer under this Act, rectify
any mistake in any evidence recorded during assessment or appellate
proceedings, or any mistake apparent from the record and shall within the like
period rectify any mistake apparent from the record which has been brought to
his notice by a person to whose business this Act applies:---
Provided that no such rectification shall be made
having the effect of enhancing the liability of any person unless that person
has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
21. Application of provisions of Act XI of 1922.----The provisions of sections 4A, 4B, 10, 13, 24B, 29, 36
to 44C (inclusive), 45 to 48 (inclusive), 49E, 49F, 50, 54, 61 to 63
(inclusive), 65 to 67A (inclusive) of the Income‑tax Act, 1922, shall
apply with such modifications, if any, as may be prescribed as if the said
provisions were provisions of this Act and referred to excess profits tax
instead of to income‑tax and every officer exercising powers under the
said provisions in regard to income‑tax may exercise the like powers
under this XI of 1922
Act in regard to excess profits tax in respect of
cases assigned to him under sub‑section (3) of section 3 as he exercises
in relation to income‑tax under the said Act:---
Provided that references in the said provisions to the
assessee shall be construed as references to a person to whose business this
Act applies.
[21A. Application of Income‑tax Act before 15th
day of August 1947, with certain modifications.-- (S. 21A ins. by the Pakistan (Adaptation of Income‑tax,
Profits Tax and Revenue Recovery Acts) Order, 1947 (G. G. O. 2 of 1947), Art. 2
and Sch., Pt. II (with effect from the 15th August, 1947).)Any reference
in this Act to the Income‑tax Act, 1922, shall, in relation to the
profits of any chargeable accounting period and to the state of affairs and all
the circumstances necessary to determine the charge to excess profits tax, mean
the said Act as in force in the relevant period: XI of 1922
Provided that whatever be the relevant period,
references to section 46 of the said Act shall be deemed to include references
to sub‑sections (8), (9) and (10) of that section.]
22. Income‑tax papers to be available for the
purposes of this Act.-- (1)
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Income‑tax Act, 1922, all
information contained in any statement or return mad, or furnished under the
provisions of that Act or obtained or collected for the purposes of that Act,
may be used for the purposes of this Act. XI of 1922
(2) All information contained in any statement or
return made or furnished under the provisions of this Act or obtained or
collected for the purposes of this Act may be used for the of purposes of the
Income‑tax Act, 1922. XI of 1922
23. Failure to deliver returns or statements.-- If any person fails, without reasonable cause or
excuse, to furnish in due time any return or statement, or to produce or cause
to be produced, any accounts or documents required to be produced under section
13, he shall on conviction by a Magistrate be punishable with fine which may
extend to five hundred rupees, and with a further fine which may extend to
fifty rupees for every day during which the default continues.
24. False statement and declaration.------If a person makes in any return required under section
13, any statement which is false, and which he either knows or believes to be
false or does not believe to be true, he shall be punishable on conviction by a
Magistrate with simple imprisonment which may extend to six months, or with
fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
25. Institution of proceedings and composition of
offences.--‑--- (1) A person
shall not be proceeded against for an offence under section 23 or section 24
except at the instance of the Inspecting Assistant Commissioner.
(2) No prosecution for an offence punishable under section
23 or section 24 or under the Pakistan Penal Code shall be instituted in
respect of the same facts as those in respect of which a penalty has been
imposed under this Act.
(3) The Inspecting Assistant Commissioner may, either
before or after the institution of proceedings, compound any offence punishable
under section 23 or section 24.
26. Power of Central Board of Revenue to grant relief
in special cases.----‑(1) If
(Ins. by the Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1940 (42 of 1940), s. 8 (with
effect from the 13th April, 1940).)[on an application made to it through the
Excess Profits Tax Officer] the Central Board of Revenue is satisfied in the
case of any business that special circumstances exist which render it
inequitable that the standard profits of the business in relation to any
chargeable accounting period should be computed in accordance with the
provisions of sub‑section (1) of section 6, and that no relief or
insufficient relief has been granted under the provisions of sub‑section
(3) of that section, the Central Board of Revenue may direct that the standard
profits of the business shall be computed to be such greater amount as the
Central Board of Revenue thinks just:---
Provided that such amount shall not exceed the
statutory percentage of the average amount of the capital employed in the
business unless the Central Board of Revenue is satisfied that owing to some
specific cause peculiar to the business it is just that a greater amount should
be allowed and that the relief, if any, afforded by the Board of Referees under
sub‑section (3) of section 6 is inadequate.
[Provided further that a determination on an
application under this sub‑section‑ Proviso added, ibid. (with
effect from the 13th April, 1940).)
(a) shall have effect with respect to all subsequent
chargeable accounting periods;
(b) shall exclude any further application under this
sub-section.]
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the
provisions of sub‑section (1) the Central Board of Revenue shall, in
considering the making of a direction under that sub‑section, have regard
to the following circumstances, namely:‑--
(a) that the capital employed in a business commenced
on or after the 1st day of July, 1938, is so small in relation to the volume of
the activities of the business that to compute the standard profits in
accordance with the provisions of section 6 would be inequitable, taking into
account the normal profits made in similar businesses;
(b) that owing to the nature of the business heavy
expenditure by way of preliminary expenses or expenses in connection with
experimental or development work has been incurred in accounting periods
closely preceding the chargeable accounting period and that during the
chargeable accounting period such expenditure would normally fall to be written
off wholly or partly in the books of the person chargeable to excess profits
tax;
(c) that the business is of a pioneer nature, that is
to say, is concerned with an industrial process or a form of manufacture or
production not undertaken in (Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform)
Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch., for “British India” (with
effect from the 14th October, 1955).)[the taxable territories] before the 1st
day of April, 1932, and has not been in existence long enough to have paid
income‑tax for the previous year as determined for the purpose of the
income‑tax assessment for the year beginning on the 1st day of April,
1937.
(3) If (Ins. by the Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act,
1940 (42 of 1940), s. 8 (with effect from the 13th April, 1940).)[on an
application made to it through the Excess Profits Tax Officer] the Central
Board of Revenue is satisfied that the computation in accordance with the
provisions of Schedule I of the profits of a business during any chargeable
accounting period would be inequitable, owing to any of the following
circumstances, namely:‑--
(a) any postponement or suspension, as a consequence
of the present hostilities, of renewals or repairs, or
(b) the provision of buildings, plant or machinery
which will not be required for the purposes of the business after the
termination of the present hostilities, or
(c) difficulties in bringing into (Subs. by the
Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch.,
for “British India” (with effect from the 14th October, 1955).)[the taxable
territories] income arising outside (Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform)
Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch., for “British India” (with
effect from the 14th October, 1955).)[the taxable territories] where the (Ins.
by A. O., 1949.)[State or] country in which the income accrued prohibits or
restricts by its laws the remittance of money to (See foot‑note 1 on
preceding page.)(the taxable territories], and loss in the remittance to (See
foot‑note 1 on preceding page.)[the taxable territories] of such income
because of fluctuations in the rate of exchange between that (Ins. by A. O.,
1949.)[State or] country and (See foot‑note 1 on preceding page.)[the
taxable territories]; (The word “or” and cl. (d) ins. by the Excess Profits Tax
(Second Amdt.) Act, 1941 (24 of 1941), s. 7.)[or
(d) in the case of any business which includes the
winning of any mineral (The word “or” and cl. (d) ins. by the Excess Profits
Tax (Second Amdt.) Act, 1941 (24 of 1941), s. 7.)(uncluding mineral oil) the
winning of which is of exceptional importance for the prosecution of the
present war, an increase in the output of the mineral which was essential in
the national interest and which has bad the effect of shortening the period
during which but for such increased wartime output the source of the mineral
might have been expected to be exhausted;]
the Central Board of Revenue may direct that such
allowances shall be made in computing the profits of the business during that
chargeable accounting period as the Central Board of Revenue thinks just:---
Provided that in making such direction the Central
Board of Revenue may impose such conditions as it deems appropriate.
[(4) An application to the Central Board of Revenue
under this section shall be presented to the Excess Profits Tax Officer(Sub‑section
(4) added by the Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act 1940 (42 of 1940), s. 8 (with
effect from the 13th April, 1940).) before the expiry of the period specified
in the notice issued under sub‑section (1) of section 13 or of the
extended period allowed by the Excess Profits Tax Officer under the proviso to
that subsection, but in the case of an application under sub‑section (1)
of this section, if the person carrying on the business has made or is making
an application under sub‑section (3) of section 6 the application shall
be presented to the Excess Profits Tax Officer before the expiry of forty‑five
days from the date on which the order of the Board of Referees disposing of the
application under sub‑section (3) of section 6 is communicated to the
person who has made that application.]
[26A. Further powers of Central Board of Revenue to
grant certain relief.--(Section 26A
ins. by the income‑tax and Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1947 (22 of
1947), s. 17 (with effect from the 31st March, 1947).)(1) If on an application
made to it through the Excess Profits Tax Officer, the Central Board of Revenue
is satisfied that a person who in a chargeable accounting period ending on the
31st day of March 1946, carried on a business the profits of which for any
chargeable accounting period are charged with excess profits tax,‑--
(i) incurred during the period commencing on the 1st
day of April 1946 and ending on the 31st day of December 1947, in connection
with that business,‑‑-
(a) expenditure on the removal of works constructed
for protection against enemy attack;
(b) where under the orders of a competent authority
the business was wholly or partly removed during the war, expenditure on again
removing the business or part thereof;
(c) where any physical assets held for the purposes of
the business were altered to adapt them to war condition expenditure on re‑adapting
them to normal requirements;
(d) expenditure in consequence of the termination of
any contract for the supply of goods, materials or services, or the lease of
buildings or machinery to him, where that contract is terminated by reason of
the termination of a contract for the provision by him of goods, materials or
services for the purposes of the war; or
(ii) incurred during the period commencing on the 1st
day of April 1946, and ending on the 31st day of December 1947, a loss on the
sale of trading stock held on the 31st day of March 1946 for the purposes of
the business; or
(iii) incurred in any accounting period ending on or
before the 31st day of March 1946 in connection with that business any
expenditure referred to in the sub-clauses of clause (i) which, except under
the provisions of this sub‑section, is not allowable, either wholly or
partly, in computing the profits of such accounting period,
the Central Board of Revenue may direct that such
allowance as it thinks just shall be made in computing the profits of the
business during the chargeable accounting period ending on the 31st day of March
1946, and effect shall be given to such direction by repayment or otherwise, as
the case may require:---
Provided that in giving any such direction, the
Central Board of Revenue may impose such conditions as it considers
appropriate:---
Provided further that where the applicant satisfies
the Central Board of Revenue that it was not possible to complete any work
referred to in sub‑clauses (a), (b) and (c) of clause (i) within the
period specified in that clause, the Central Board of Revenue may extend the
said period to such date as it considers reasonable:---
Provided further that, where any change has taken
place in the persons carrying on the business, the persons carrying it on after
the change shall have the same right to make an application under this sub‑section
in respect of any expenditure referred to in sub‑clauses (b) and (c) of
clause (i) as the persons previously carrying on the business would have had if
there had been no such change.
(2) Where an accounting period included, but did not
end on the 31st day of March 1946, all expenditure referred to in the sub‑clauses
of clause (f) of sub‑section (1) which would, apart from the provisions
of this sub‑section and rule 11 of Schedule I, be allowable as a
deduction in computing the profits of the said accounting period, shall be
treated for the purposes of sub section (1) as if it were incurred after that
day, and if an application is made under this section, no deduction from, or in
computing, the profits of any accounting period or chargeable accounting period
shall be allowed in respect of such expenditure otherwise than under sub‑section
(1).
(3) Where a change takes place in the persons carrying
on a business, or a person carrying on a business, being a body corporate,
becomes or ceases to be a subsidiary company or principal company within the
meaning of sub‑section (6) of section 9, and where except for the
happening of that event relief would be allowable under this section, the
Central Board of Revenue may, if it thinks fit, allow such relief under this
section as it considers just, having regard to the extent to which the persons
directly or indirectly interested in the business or body corporate, as the
case may be, before the change remain interested therein after the change.]
27. Power to make rules.---‑‑(1) The Central Board of Revenue may,
subject to the control of the Central Government, make rules for carrying out
the purposes of this Act.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the
foregoing power, such rules may,---
(a) prescribe the procedure to be followed on appeals,
applications for rectification of mistakes, and applications for refunds;
(b) provide for the adaptation to excess profits tax
of any of the provisions of the Income‑tax Act, 1922, which are made
applicable to excess profits tax by section 21; or of any rules made under any
such provision;
(c) provide in regard to companies whose business
consists wholly or mainly in the dealing in or holding of investments, for the
granting of exemption or relief from liability to excess profits tax of profits
derived from investments in other companies the profits of which have been
subjected to excess profits tax in (Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform)
Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch., for “British India” (with
effect from the 14th October, 1955).)[the taxable territories];
(d) provide for any matter which by or under this Act
is to be prescribed.
(3) The power to make rules conferred by this section
shall be exercised in like manner as the power to make rules under section 59
of the Income‑tax Act, 1922.
SCHEDULE I
[See section 2 (19) ]
RULES FOR THE COMPUTATION OF PROFITS FOR PURPOSES OF EXCESS
PROFITS TAX.
1. The profits of a business during the standard
period, or during any chargeable accounting period shall be separately
computed, and shall, subject to the provisions of this Schedule be computed on
the principles on which the profits of a business are computed for the purposes
of income‑tax under section 10 of the Income‑tax Act, 1922:---
[Provided that (Ins. by the Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.)
Act, 1940 (42 of 1940) s. 9 (with effect from the 13th April, 1940).)any sums
(Ins by the Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1941 (11 of 1941), s. 6 (with
retrospective effect).)[(other than any interest paid by a firm to a partner of
the firm)] excluded under the proviso to clause (iii) of sub‑section (2)
or clause (a) of sub‑section (4) of that section from the allowances made
in computing the profits of the business for the purposes of income‑tax
shall, if paid, be included in those allowances when computing the profits of
the business for the purposes of excess profits tax:]---
Provided (Ins. by the Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act,
1940 (42 of 1940) s. 9 (with effect from the 13th April, 1940).)[further] that
where the profits during any stand‑ and period have already been
determined for the purpose of an assessment under the Income‑tax Act,
1922, such profits as so determined shall, subject to the adjustments required
by this Schedule, be taken as the profits during that period for the purpose of
excess profits tax:---
Provided further that where a standard period or
chargeable accounting period is not an accounting period, the profits or losses
of the business during any accounting periods wholly or partly included within
the standard period or chargeable accounting period shall be so computed as
aforesaid, and such division and apportionment to specific periods of those
profits or losses and such aggregation of those profits and losses, or any
apportioned part thereof shall be made as appears necessary to arrive at the
profit during the standard period or chargeable accounting period and any such
apportionment shall be made in proportion to the number of months or fractions
of months in the respective periods unless the Excess Profits Tax Officer,
having regard to any special circumstances, otherwise directs.
2. The profits of a business during the standard
period shall be computed on the same basis and in the same manner as the
profits of that business are under the Income‑tax Act, 1922, as amended
by the Indian Income‑tax (Amendment) Act, 1939, computed for the
chargeable accounting period, notwithstanding that the Indian Income‑tax
(Amendment) Act, 1939 may not have been in force in the standard period.
3.‑(1) The principle of adding the allowance for
depreciation for any one period to the allowance for depreciation for any
subsequent period and deeming it to be part of the allowance for such
subsequent period shall not be followed.
(2) No allowance shall be made for any loss other than
a loss sustained in a business to which this Act applies.
(3) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as
permitting the application, in computing profits for the purposes of the excess
profits tax, of the provisions of sub‑section (2) of section 24 of the
Income‑tax Act, 1922.
4.‑(1) Income received from investments shall be
included in the profits in the cases and to the extent provided in sub‑rules
(2), (Ins by the Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1940 (42 of 1940), s. 9 (with
effect from the 13th April, 1940).)[(2A)] and (4) of this rule and not
otherwise.
(2) In the case of the business of a building society,
or of a money lending business, banking business, insurance business or
business consisting wholly or mainly in the dealing in or holding of
investments, the profits shall include all income received from investments,
whether or not such income is included in the profits charged under section 10
of the Income‑tax Act, 1922, or is charged under any other section of
that Act, or has been subjected to deduction of tax at source or is free of or
exempt from income‑tax.
[(2A) In the case of a business part of which
consists, (Ins. by the Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act 1940 (42 of 1940), s. 9
(with effect from the 13th April, 1940).)in banking, insurance or dealing in
investments, not being a business to which sub‑rule (2) of this rule
applies, the profits shall include all income received from investments held
for the purposes of that part of the business, being income to which the
persons carrying on the business are beneficially entitled.]
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub‑rule
(2) (Ins. by the Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act 1940 (42 of 1940), s. 9 (with
effect from the 13th April, 1940).)[or (2A)], where the profits of a subsidiary
company are under the provisions of section 9 to be included in the profits of
the principal company for the purposes of assessment to excess profits tax,
dividends from the subsidiary company out of such profits shall not also be
included in the profits of the principal company.
(4) In the case of a business which consists wholly or
partly in the letting out of property on hire, the income from the property
shall be included in the profits of the business whether or not it has been
charged to income‑tax under section 9 of the Income‑tax Act, 1922,
or under any other section of that Act.
(5) Where the person carrying on a business is the
beneficial owner of any investments, the income from which is by virtue of the
provisions of this rule not to be taken into account in computing the profits
of the business, and a deduction would, apart from the provisions of this rule,
fall to be made in respect of interest on borrowed money, the deduction (if
any) to be made in respect of that interest shall be computed as if the
principal of the borrowed money were reduced by the value of those investments:---
Provided that where the person carrying on the
business is not a company, no such reduction shall be deemed to be made in the
principal of any borrowed money in respect of any investments unless the
investments are mortgaged, charged or pledged as security for the repayment of
that money and interest thereon.
5. If at any time after the close of the standard
period any increase in the capital employed in a business has been effected by
means of a loan from a bank carrying on a bona fide banking business, or by
means of a public issue of debentures secured on the property of the company,
the interest on so much of the loan or debentures as has been utilised in effecting
the increase in the capital shall not be deducted in computing the profits for
the purposes of excess profits tax and, notwithstanding the provisions of rule
2 of Schedule II, that amount of such loan or debentures shall not be deducted
in arriving at the amount of the capital employed in the business.
[5A.—(Rule 5A ins. by the Excess Profits Tax (Second
Amdt.) Act, 1941 (24 of 1941), s. 8.)(1) In computing for any chargeable
accounting period ending after the end of March, 1941, and in relation thereto
for the standard period, if any, the profits of a business other than a
business to which sub‑rule (2) of rule 4 of this Schedule applies, or the
profits of a part of a business other than a part of a business to which sub‑rule
(2A) of the said rule applies, no deduction shall be made in respect of
interest on borrowed money or in respect of any other consideration given for
the use of borrowed money:---
Provided that, as respects any such chargeable
accounting period which commences before the said end of March, the application
of this rule shall be subject to the provisions of section 7A of this Act:---
Provided further that this rule shall not apply to the
computation of profits of any business for any chargeable accounting period the
standard profits for which are ascertained by reference to the minimum amount
specified in sub‑section (4) of section 6 of this Act:---
Provided further that where a direction has been given
by a Board of Referees under sub‑section (3) of section 6, or by the
Central Board of Revenue under sub‑section (1) of section 26 of this Act,
that the standard profits shall be computed as if the profits during the
standard period were such greater amount as it think just, such amount shall be
increased by the amount of the interest on or other consideration for the
borrowed money during the standard period.
(2) In this rule and in rule 2A of the Second Schedule
“borrowed money” means borrowed money which, apart from the provisions of the
said rule 2A, would have been deductible in computing capital.]
6. No deduction shall be made on account of liability
to pay, or payment of, income‑tax, super‑tax, or excess profits
tax.
7.‑[(1) In the case of a business carried on, in
(Subs. by the Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1940 (42 of 1940), s. 9, for the
original sub‑rule (1) (with effect from the 13th April, 1940).)any
accounting period which constitutes or includes a chargeable accounting period,
by a company the directors whereof have throughout that accounting period a
controlling interest therein,---
(a) in computing the profits for that accounting
period; and
(b) if the standard profits of the business are
computed by reference to the profits of a standard period, also in computing,
in relation to any such chargeable accounting period, the profits for the
standard period, no deduction shall be made in respect of directors’
remuneration.]
(2) [In sub‑rule (1) of this rule] (Subs. ibid.,
for “in this rule” (with effect from the 13th April, 1940).)the expression “directors’
remuneration” does not include,---
(a) the remuneration of any director who is required
to devote substantially the whole of his time to the service of the company in
a managerial or technical capacity and is not the beneficial owner of, or able,
either directly or through the medium of other companies or by any other
indirect means, to control, more than five per cent. of the ordinary share
capital of the company, or
(b) the remuneration of any managing agent where such
remuneration is included in the profits of the managing agent’s business for
the purposes of excess profits tax.
[(3) If, in the case of a business carried on by a
company in any accounting period which constitutes or includes a chargeable
(Sub‑rule (3) added, ibid. (with effect from the 13th April, 1940).)accounting
period, the directors of the company,---
(a) have during any part of that accounting period, or
(b) had during the whole or any part of any previous
accounting period which includes the whole or any part of any chargeable
accounting period or the whole or any part of the standard period (if any), a
controlling interest therein, and the case is not one to which sub. rule (1) of
this rule applies, then, except in so far as the Central Board of Revenue
otherwise directs, no deduction shall be made in respect of directors’
remuneration either in computing the profits for the first‑mentioned
accounting period or in computing in relation to any chargeable accounting
period wholly or partly included in that accounting period, the profits of the
standard period (if any).]
8. In the case of a business carried on by a company,
if the standard profits of the company are computed by reference to the profits
during a standard period, no deduction shall be allowed in respect of
remuneration paid to a managing agent in excess of the amount which would have
been payable to that managing agent if the agreement in force in the standard
period had been in force in the chargeable accounting period except where such
remuneration is subjected to excess profits tax in the hands of the managing
agent.
9. Where the performance of a contract extends beyond
the accounting period, there shall (unless the Excess Profits Tax Officer,
owing to any special circumstances, otherwise directs) be attributed to the
accounting period such proportion of the entire profits or loss which has
resulted, or which it is estimated will result, from the complete performance
of the contract as is properly attributable to the accounting period, having
regard to the extent to which the contract was performed therein:---
Provided that when any such contract has been
completed and the profits have been finally ascertained, if the aggregate of
the amounts attributed to previous accounting periods exceeds the profit, as
finally ascertained, from the complete performance of the contract, an
adjustment shall be made to reduce the amounts so attributed to the various
chargeable accounting periods to the amount of the profits as finally
ascertained.
10. In respect of any building erected on or after the
1st day of September, 1939, which during any chargeable accounting period has
ceased to be required for the purposes of the business or has been sold, any
amount by which the value of the building at the date when it ceased to be
required for the purposes of the business or the price obtained for the
building, as the case may be, falls short of the written down value of the
building shall be allowed as a deduction in arriving at the profits of that
chargeable accounting period,
[11. Where in respect of any accounting period a
deduction would, apart from the provisions of this rule, (Rule 11 added by the
Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1940 (42 of 1940), s. 9 (with effect from the
13th April, 1940).)be allowable in computing profits, and, in the opinion of
the Excess Profits Tax Officer, the deduction does not represent a sum
reasonably and properly attributable to that accounting period, only such part
of the deduction shall be allowable as a deduction for that period as appears
to the Excess Profits Tax Officer to be reasonably and properly attributable to
that period, and any balance of the deduction shall be treated as attributable
to such other accounting period or periods (whether or not they include, or
fall wholly or partly within, the standard period, if any, or any chargeable
accounting period) as the Excess Profits Tax Officer thinks proper:---
[Provided that where any loss or expenditure incurred
during the period commencing (Proviso added by the Income‑tax and Excess
Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1947 (22 of 1947), s. 18 (with effect from the 31st
March, 1947).) on the 1st day of April 1946 and ending on the 31st day of
December 1947 is reasonably and properly attributable, wholly or partly, to any
chargeable accounting period or standard period, such deduction as appears to
the Excess Profits Tax Officer to be seasonable shall be allowed in computing
the profits of such chargeable accounting period or standard period; and any
relief accruing from such deduction shall be given by repayment or otherwise,
as the case may require.]
Any person who is dissatisfied with a determination of
the Excess Profits Tax Officer under this rule may, at any time before the
expiry of forty‑five days from the date on which such determination is
communicated to him, appeal to the Board of Referees through the Excess Profits
Tax Officer.]
[12.‑(1) In computing the profits of any
chargeable accounting (Rule 12 added by the Excess Profits Tax (Second Arndt.)
Act, 1941 (24 of 1941), s. 8.) period no deduction shall be allowed in respect
of expenses in excess of the amount which the Excess Profits Tax Officer
considers reasonable and necessary having regard to the requirements of the
business and, in the case of directors fees or other payments for services, to
the actual services rendered by the person concerned:---
Provided that no disallowance under this rule shall be
made by the Excess Profits Tax Officer unless he has obtained the prior
authority of the Commissioner of Excess Profits Tax.
(2) Any person who is dissatisfied with the decision
of the Excess Profits Tax Officer under this rule may appeal in the prescribed
time and manner to the Appellate Tribunal.]
[(3) In relation to chargeable accounting periods ending after the 31st day of
December, 1942, the (Sub‑rule (3) added by the Excess Profits Tax
Ordinance, 1943 (16 of 1943), s. 4.)Central Government may make rules for
determining the extent to which deductions shall be allowed in respect of
bonuses or commissions paid.]
SCHEDULE II
[See section 2 (3)]
RULES FOR COMPUTING THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF CAPITAL
1.‑(1) Subject to the provisions of this
Schedule the average amount of the capital employed in a business (so far as it
does not consist of money) shall be taken to be,---
(a) so far as it consists of assets acquired by
purchase on or after the commencement of the business, the price at which those
assets were acquired, subject to the deductions hereafter specified;
(b) so far as it consists of assets being debts due to
the person carrying on the business, the nominal amount of those debts, subject
to the said deductions;
(c) so far as it consists of any other assets which
have been acquired otherwise than by purchase as aforesaid, the value of the
assets when they became assets of the a business, subject to the said deductions.
(2) The price or value of any assets other than a debt
shall be subject to such deductions for depreciation as are necessary to reduce
the asset to its written down value (Ins. by the Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.)
Act, 1940 (42 of 1940), s. 10 (with effect from the 13th April, 1940).)[and to
such other deductions in respect of reduced values of assets as are allowable
in computing profits for the purposes of income‑tax), and in the case of
a debt, the nominal amount of the debt shall be subject to any deduction which
has been allowed in respect thereof for incometax purposes.
(3) Where the price of any asset has been satisfied
otherwise than in cash, the then value of the consideration actually given for
the asset shall be treated as the price at which the asset was acquired.
2.‑(1) Any borrowed money and debts shall be
deducted, (Subs. by the Finance Act, 1944, s. 8, for “and in particular any
debt for income‑tax or super‑tax or for excess profits tax in
respect of the business shall be deducted”.)[and in particular there shall be
deducted any debts incurred in respect of the business for income‑tax or
super‑tax or excess profits tax, or for advance payments due under any
provision of the Income‑tax Act, 1922, or for any further sum payable in,
relation to excess profits tax under section 2 of the Excess Profits Tax
Ordinance, 1943:] XI of 1922 XVI of 1943.
Provided that any such debt for income‑tax or
super‑tax or excess profits tax shall, for the purposes of this Schedule,
be deemed to have become due,---
(a) in the case of income‑tax and super‑tax,
on the last day of the period of time within which the tax is payable under
section 45 of the Income‑tax Act, 1922;
(b) in the case of excess profits tax, on the first
day after the end of the chargeable accounting period in respect of which the
tax is assessable notwithstanding that the excess profits tax may not have been
assessed until after that date;
[(c) in the case of any advance payment due under any
provision of the Income‑tax Act, 1922, (Clauses (c) and (d) ins. ibid.)
on the date on which, under the provisions of that section, the payment first
become due; XI of 1922
(d) in the case of any further sum payable in relation
to excess profits tax under section 2 of the Excess Profits Tax Ordinance, 1943,
on the date on which, under the provisions of that section, the further sum
became payable.] XVI of 1943.
[The debts to be deducted under this sub‑rule
shall include any such sums in respect of accruing liabilities as are allowable
as a (Ins by the Excess Profits Tax (Amdt.) Act, 1940 (42 of 1940), s. 10 (with
effect from the 13th April, 1940).)deduction in computing profits for the
purposes of excess profits tax or would have been so allowable if the period
for which the amount of capital is being computed had been a chargeable
accounting period; and the said sums shall be deducted notwithstanding that
they have not become payable.]
(2) Where any debt for the excess profits tax
assessable in respect of any period is to be deducted under this rule, the amount
thereof shall not be reduced as the result of any relief to be given in respect
of a deficiency of profits occurring in any subsequent period, and the amount
of any such relief shall be treated as having become an asset of the business
on the first day after the end of the chargeable accounting period to which the
deficiency occurred,
[2A. In computing for any chargeable accounting period
ending after the end of March, 1941, and (Rule 2A ins. by the Excess Profits
Tax (Second Amdt.) Act, 1941 (24 of 1941), s. 9.)in relation thereto for the
standard period, if any, the average capital of a business other than a
business to which sub‑rule (2) of rule 4 of the First Schedule applies,
or the average capital of a part of a business other than a part of a business
to which sub‑rule (2A) of the said rule applies, no deduction shall be
made in respect of borrowed money:---
Provided that, as respects any such chargeable
accounting period which commences before the said end of March, the application
of this rule shall be subject to the provisions of section 7A of this Act,---
Provided further that the same deduction shall be made
in respect of accruing liabilities for interest as would have been made if this
rule had not been enacted.]
3.‑[(1)] Any investments (Re‑numbered as
sub‑rule (1) by the Excess Profits Tax Ordinance, 1943 (16 of 1943), s.
5.)the income from which is by virtue of the provisions of the First Schedule
not to be taken into account in computing the profits of the business, and any
moneys (Ins. Ibid.)[or as regards any chargeable accounting period ending after
the 31st day of December, 1942, any trading stock or stock of raw materials]
not required for the purposes of the business, shall be left out of account,
but where any investments in the beneficial ownership of the person carrying on
the business are so left out of account, the sum (if any) to be deducted under
(Subs. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1945 (6 of 1945), s. 3, for “the last
preceding rule”.)[rule 2 of this Schedule] in respect of borrowed money shall
be computed as if the principal of the borrowed money were reduced by the value
of those investments,---
Provided that where the person carrying on the
business is not a company, no reduction shall be deemed to be made in the principal
of any borrowed money in respect of any investments unless the investments are
mortgaged, charged or pledged as security for the repayment of that money and
the interest thereon.
[(2) The Central Government may make rules defining
for the purposes of this rule the principles to be followed(Ins. by the Excess
Profits Tax Ordinance, 1943 (16 of 1943), s. 5.) in leaving out of account
trading stock and stocks of raw materials.]
4. Notwithstanding anything contained in rule 3, in
the case of the business of shipping, to which this Act applies, the sale
proceeds of any tonnage sold or the amount of compensation in respect of loss
of ships or the amount of accumulation of reserves, whether invested or not,
shall be taken into account in computing the average amount of capital employed
in such business:---
Provided that any income received from investment of
such funds shall be included in computing profits for purposes of the excess
profits tax.
5. For the purpose of ascertaining the average amount
of capital employed in a business during any period, the profits or losses made
in that period shall except so far as the contrary is shown, be deemed,---
(a) to have accrued at an even rate throughout the
period; and
(b) to have resulted, as they accrued, in a corresponding
increase or decrease, as the case may be, in the capital employed in the
business.
6. Where, in accordance with the (Subs. by the Excess
Profits Tax (Second Amdt.) Act, 1941 (24 of 1941), s. 9.)[second or third
proviso] to section 5 of this Act, this Act is applicable to part only of a
business, the capital employed in that part shall be computed separately from
any other capital of the person carrying on the business, and all references to
capital employed in a business shall be construed as references to capital
employed in that part of the business only.
[7.‑(1) (Rule 7 added by the Excess Profits Tax
(Amdt.) Act, 1940 (41 of 1940), s. 10 (with effect from the 13th April,
1940).)If,---
(a) the Central Board of Revenue is satisfied, as
respects any assets of any business the standard profits of which are computed
by reference to the profits of a standard period, that during that period or
any part thereof those assets were inherently unproductive, and
(b) an application that this rule shall have effect is
made through the Excess Profits Tax Officer to the Central Board of Revenue by
the person carrying on the business,
then, in computing the average amount of the capital
employed in the business in the standard period and in all chargeable accounting
periods, those assets, and any other assets of the business, shall be treated
as not having been assets thereof during any part of the period during which,
in the opinion of the Central Board of Revenue, they were inherently
unproductive:---
Provided that in the case of a business the standard
profits of which depend directly or indirectly upon a direction of the Board of
Referees under sub‑section (3) of section 6, or of the Central Board of
Revenue under sub‑section (1) of section 26 of this Act the provisions of
this rule shall have effect to such extent only as the Central Board of Revenue
thinks proper:---
Provided further that an application to the Central
Board of Revenue under this rule shall be presented to the Excess Profits Tax
Officer before the expiry of the period specified in the notice issued under
sub‑section (1) of section 13 of this Act or of the extended period
allowed by the Excess Profits Tax Officer under the proviso to that sub‑section.
(2) Where sub‑rule (1) of this rule has effect
on the application of the person carrying on any business, any computation of
capital of the business made before the making of the application, and any
assessment affected by that computation shall be revised accordingly.)
SCHEDULE III
[See section 9 (7)]
RULES FOR DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF CAPITAL HELD BY A
COMPANY THROUGH OTHER COMPANIES.
1. Where, in the case of a number of companies, the
first directly owns ordinary share capital of the second and the second
directly owns ordinary share capital of the third, then, for the purposes of
this Schedule, the first shall be deemed to own ordinary share capital of the
third through the second and, if the third directly owns ordinary share capital
of a fourth the first shall be deemed to own ordinary share capital of the
fourth through the second and third, and the second shall be deemed to own
ordinary share capital of the fourth through the third, and so on.
2. In this Schedule,---
(a) any number of companies of which the first
directly owns ordinary share capital of the next and the next directly owns
ordinary share capital of the next but one and so on, and, if they are more
than three, any three or more of them, are referred to as “a series”;
(b) in any series,---
(i) that company which owns ordinary share capital of
another through the remainder is referred to as “the first owner”;
(ii) that other company the ordinary share capital of
which is so owned is referred to as “the last owned company”;
(iii) the remainder, if one only, is referred to as an
“intermediary” or, if more than one, is referred to as a “chain of
intermediaries”;
(c) a company in a series which directly owns ordinary
share capital of another company in the series is referred to as an “owner”;
(d) any two companies in a series of which one owns
ordinary share capital of the other directly, and not through one or more of
the other companies in the series, are referred to as being directly related to
one another.
3. Where every owner in a series owns the whole of the
ordinary share capital of the company to which it is directly related, the
first owner shall be deemed to own through the intermediary or chain of
intermediaries the whole of the ordinary share capital of the last owned
company:---
4. Where one of the owners in a series owns a fraction
of the ordinary share capital of the company to which it is directly related,
and every other owner in the series owns the whole of the ordinary share
capital of the company to which it is directly related the first owner shall be
deemed to own that fraction of the ordinary share capital of the last owned
company through the intermediary or chain of intermediaries.
5. Where,---
(a) each of two or more of the owners in a series owns
a fraction, and every other owner in the series owns the whole, of the ordinary
share capital of the company to which it is directly related; or
(b) every owner in a series owns a fraction of the
ordinary share capital of the company to which it is directly related;
the first owner shall be deemed to own through the intermediary
or chain of intermediaries such fraction of the ordinary share capital of the
last owned company as results from the multiplication of those fractions.
6. Where the first owner in any series owns a fraction
of the ordinary share capital of the last owned company in that series through
the intermediary or chain of intermediaries in that series, and also owns
another fraction or other fractions of the ordinary share capital of the last
owned company, either,---
(a) directly; or
(b) through any intermediary or intermediaries which
is not a member or are not members of that series; or
(c) through a chain or chains of intermediaries of
which one or some or all are not members of that series; or
(d) in a case where the series consists of more than
three companies, through an intermediary or intermediaries which is a member or
are members of the series, or through a chain or chains of intermediaries
consisting of some but not all of the companies of which the chain of
intermediaries in the series consists;
then, for the purpose of ascertaining the amount of
the ordinary share capital of the last owned company owned by the first owner,
all those fractions shall be aggregated and the first owner shall be deemed to
own the sum of those fractions.
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