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Clause 31 - Amendment of section 132B - FINANCE BILL, 2013

FINANCE BILL, 2013
Chapter III - Part I
DIRECT TAXES - Income-tax
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Amendment of section 132B

      31. In section 132B of the Income-tax Act, the Explanation shall be numbered as Explanation 1 thereof and after Explanation 1 as so numbered, the following Explanation shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of June, 2013, namely:––

           ‘Explanation 2.––For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the “existing liability” does not include advance tax payable in accordance with the provisions of Part C of Chapter XVII.’.

 



 

Notes on Clauses:

Clause 31 of the Bill seeks to amend section 132B of the Income-tax Act relating to application of seized or requisitioned assets.

    The existing provisions of the aforesaid section 132B, inter alia, provide that the assets seized under section 132 or requisitioned under section 132A may be adjusted against the amount of any “existing liability” under this Act, the Wealth-tax Act, 1957, the Expenditure-tax Act,1987, the Gift-tax Act, 1958 and the Interest-tax Act, 1974 and the amount of liability determined on completion of assessment pursuant to the search, including penalty levied or interest payable in connection with such assessment and in respect of which, such person is in default
or is deemed to be in default.

    It is proposed to insert a new Explanation in the aforesaid section so as to provide that for the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the “existing liability” does not include advance tax payable in accordance with the provisions of Part C of Chapter XVII of the Act.

    This amendment will take effect from 1st June, 2013.

 
 
 
 

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