Thursday 1 August 2013

Section 3 of Income Tax Act 1961-“PREVIOUS YEAR” DEFINED

Section 3 of Income Tax Act 1961-"PREVIOUS YEAR" DEFINED:

(1) Save as otherwise provided in this section, "previous year" for the purposes of this Act, means the financial year immediately preceding the assessment year :

Provided that, in the case of a business or profession newly set up, or a source of income newly coming into existence, in the said financial year, the previous year shall be the period beginning with the date of setting up of the business or profession or, as the case may be, the date on which the source of income newly comes into existence and ending with the said financial year.

 (2)"Previous year", in relation to the assessment year, commencing on the 1st day of April, 1989, means the period which begins with the date immediately following the last day of the previous year relevant to the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1988 and ends on the 31st day of March, 1989:

Provided that where the assessee has adopted more than one period as the "previous year" in relation to the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1988 for different sources of his income, the previous year in relation to the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1989 shall be reckoned separately in the manner aforesaid in respect of each such source of income, and the longer or the longest of the periods so reckoned shall be the previous year for the said assessment year :

Provided further that in the case of a business or profession newly set up, or a source of income newly coming into existence on or after the 1st day of April, 1987 but before the 1st day of April, 1988 and where the accounts in relation to such business or profession or source of income have not been made up to the 31st day of March, 1988, the "Previous year" in relation to the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1989, shall be the period beginning with the date of setting up of the business or profession or, as the case may be, the date on which the source of income newly comes into existence and ending on the 31st day of March, 1989 :

Provided also that where the assessee has adopted one or more periods as the "previous year" in relation to the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1988, for any source or sources of his income, in addition to the business or profession or source of income referred to in the second proviso, the previous year in relation to the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1989, shall be reckoned separately in the manner aforesaid in respect of each such source of income, and the longer or the longest of the periods so reckoned shall be the previous year in relation to the said assessment year. 123

(3) Where the previous year in relation to the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1989, referred to in sub-section (2) exceeds a period of twelve months, the provisions of this Act shall apply subject to the modifications specified in the rules in the Tenth Schedule

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