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Tax Unit 1-2 - 3-4
Tax Unit 1-2 - 3-4
Any allowance granted to the assessee either to meet his personal expenses at the plia
where he performs his duties or to compensatehim for the increased cost of livin.
The value a
of any benefit or perquisite obtained from acompany by director or a pers pe
who has substantial interest in the company or by relative of a director or such person,
The following propositions shouldbe kept in view:
o The value of arising to a company-director
has to be quantified at an am
any benefit
that he would have spend otherwise with regard to his personal needs-CIT
Ramakrishnan [1980]124 ITR 545 (Mad).
o The words "benefit/perquisite" obtained from company would only include suchbepel
which company has agreed to provide and the person concerned can claim it as a maul
of
of right. Amere advantagewithout authority or knowledge company not includedi
is
it- CITv. A.R.AdaikappaChettiar [1973]91 ITR 90(Mad.). Even remission of loan taken
K.S. Malik v.
CIT[1980] 129 ITR
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of hndui|1I*IY
tieiil
income),iiyotlhcr' Teceip is
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as
it
According tothe Shorter
asthe periodicalproduct Oafondlnylish Dietiomarv, "nu
ol "tha whie ne" meas lhe
on in
on*'s wonk,
interms ol moncy); iunnual or perienlicalbusins,land»,on investnents(comuon ejned
In CIT v.
& reeipte aceung fo pet
Shuw Wallaer Cia 6 ITC T78 ('C),Siu
en
on pt ilien
(icogelowies oelncd "k
"Income connotes A perioxicaal
expectedregularitylromdelinite
to
nonelary retun'oming in' witlh oneleolhn
n
ol ol rcgul. ilv,
sorees,ThemICeisnot necessarily one
wlhich isesee led
becontinuously productive, but mUst be oe
it
whoe objert is the produe tionolale fnnle
return, excluding anything in the natune ol
a meie winlall".
Anything which can be properly deseribed as
income is lAxAblee under the Al, unuless
expressly exciptcd-(GopalSaranNarain
not necessarily be recurring in nature,
Singhv,CIT |1935|.3ITR 237 (PC), m.av loe
though it is pener:allyol that churacteTAnakslhva
Narain SinghofRarmgarhv. C1T |1943| 11 ITR S13
(PC).
Though therearedillerent conceptsof "inconme"lorthe
purpose ol tAxation,incone is broadly
defined asthetrucincrease in the amount of
wealth vhicheones toa peTson duriug.a slatcd
period of time- Comn. of Corprationand Taxation v. Filom 38
NI:. 2d 693, 700.