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Income Tax

July 19, 2013

It is a well-settled principle of statutory interpretation of a taxing statute that a subject will be liable to tax and will be entitled to exemption from tax according to the strict language of the taxing statute - SC

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It is a well-settled principle of statutory interpretation of a ...

Income Tax

July 19, 2013

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