Paper – III: PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION LAW

Paper – III: PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION LAW

Reflections, Judgments, and Legal Insights


PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION LAW

Unit - I:


Unit-II:

  • 1. Direct Tax Laws :
  • Income Tax Law:
  • Historical out line,
    • Definitions
    • ‘Income’
    • ‘Agriculture Income’
    • Previous Year’ and Assessee’ Incidence of Tax and Residential Status.
    • Statutory exemptions (Ss 10 to 13A) classification of Income and Heads of Income (Ss 14 to 59): b.
    • Assessment (Ss.109 to158) Collection and Recovery of Tax (ss19A-234) Double Taxation Relief Clubbing of Incomes Ss50-66).
  • 2. Income Tax Authorities, Settlement of cases (S.245).
  • Appeals and Revisions (Ss 246- 269), Penalties, offences and prosecution (Ss 270-280).

Unit-III:

  • 1. Wealth Tax Act: Definitions of Asset, Net Wealth.
  • Valuation Date Deemed Assets, Exempted Assets.
  • 2. Indirect Tax Laws: a) Central Sales Tax Act. 1956
  • Historical outline
    • Definitions
    • A detailed study of Ss. 4 to 6A
    • Registration of Dealers
    • Liability in special cases (Ss 16 to 18): b)
    • A.P. General Sales Tax Act, 1957,
    • Definitions:
    • Business
    • Dealer
    • Casual Dealer
    • Total turn-over
    • Registration of dealers (S. 12) Sales Tax Authorities (Ss 3 and 4).

Unit-IV:

  • 1.VAT
  • Scope of VAT
  • problems and prospects in its application

Books Recommended:

1 Dr. Vinod K. Singhania, Student Guide to Income Tax, Taxman.

2 Dr. Vinod K. Singhania, Direct Taxes Law & Practice, Taxman Allied Service Pvt. Limited.

3 Myneni S.R., aw of Taxation, Allahabad Law Series.

4 Kailash Rai, Taxation Laws, llahabad Law Agency.

5 Dr. Gurish Ahuja, Systematic Approach to Income Tax, Bharat Law House Pvt. Limited, Delhi

6 V.S. Datey: Law and Practice Central Salkes Tax Act, 2003, Taxman Publications.

7. Nani Palkivala: Income Tax, Butterworths Publications.

8. Dr. GK Pillai, VAT- A Model for Indian Tax Reforms

9. Naidu’s Sales Tax Act


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