tax

1. B. COM.
Semester – V
ACCOUNTING MAJOR (2) : INCOME TAX, SERVICE TAX & GOA VALUE ADDED TAX,
PAPER- I
(100 Marks – 75 Lectures)
Objective:To providean insightinto main provisionsof theIncomeTax Act, 1961 applicableto the
‘assessmentyear’which shallbesame asthe ‘academicyear’(e.g.foracademicyear 2013-14
theassessmentyearshall be2013-14), and to impart some basicknowledgeaboutthe Service
Tax asamended by the currentFinanceAct up to June30 of the academicyear.
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UNIT-I a) DEFINITIONS: (6 Lectures)
1. Assessee u/s.2(7)
2. Assessmentu/s.2(8)
3. AssessmentYearu/s.2(9)
4. Businessu/s.2(13)
5. Companyu/s.2(17)
6. Income u/s.2(24)
7. Personu/s.2(31)
8. Gross Total Income u/s.80 (B) (5)
9. PreviousYearu/s.3
b) SCOPE OF TOTAL INCOME& RESIDENTIAL STATUS: (6 Lectures )
i Scope of Total Income u/s.5
ii Apportionmentof Income betweenspousesgovernedbythe Portuguese Civil Codeu/s.5A.
iii Residential StatusinIndiau/s.6:- Sec.6(1), 6(6)(a),6(2),6(6)(b),6(3), 6(4).Practical
Problems tocoverdeterminationof residential status of Individualsonly.

2. c) EXEMPTIONS & EXCLUSIONSU/S.10: (10 Lectures )
1. Agricultural Income u/s.10(1)
2. Receiptsbya member,fromaHUF u/s.10 (2)
3. Share of profitfrompartnershipfirmu/s.10 (2A)
4. Leave Travel ConcessioninIndiau/s.10 (5).
5. Gratuityu/s.10 (10)
6. Compensation receivedatthe time of VoluntaryRetirementu/s.10 (10C).
7. AmountreceivedunderLife Insurance Policyu/s.10(10D).
8. PaymentreceivedfromProvidentFundu/s.10 (11),(12).
9. PaymentreceivedfromanApprovedSuperannuationFundu/s. 10(13).
10 House RentAllowance u/s.10 (13A).
11 Special Allowance u/s.10(14): Conveyance,Daily,Uniform,Helper,Research,
Transport, ChildrenEducation,andChildrenHostel Expenditure Allowance.
12 InterestonSecuritiesu/s.10(15).
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14
15
Educational Scholarshipsu/s.10(16)
Income of a minorchildu/s10 (32) [includingbasicprovisionsof sec64(1A)]
DividendsandInterestonUnitsu/s.10 (34), (35).
UNIT-II COMPUTATIONOF INCOME FROM ‘SALARIES’: (16 Lectures)
Sections:15, 16 & 17. Inclusive of allowances(exclusiveof valuationof Perquisites)
UNIT-III COMPUTATIONOF PROFITS & GAINSOF BUSINESS OR PROFESSION:
(25 Lectures)
A Sections:28, 29, 30, 31, 32 (excludingDepreciationRates)
B Section36 : RestrictedtoFollowingclauses:
i. Sec.36 (1) (i) – Insurance Premium
ii. Sec.36 (1) (ii) – Bonus/Commissiontoemployees.

3. iii. Sec.36 (1) (iii) –InterestonBorrowedCapital
iv. Sec.36(1)(iv) –Employer’sContributiontoRPF&ApprovedSuperannuationFund
v. Sec.36(1)(v) – ContributiontowardsApprovedGratuityFund
vi. Sec.36 (1) (vii) –Bad Debts.
C Sec.37 (1) – General Deduction.
D Sec.37 (2B) – AdvertisementExpensesinSouveniretc.of a Political Party.
E Sec.40(a), 40A(2), 40A(3).
F
G
Sec.43(B) – Disallowance of unpaidliabilities.
Sec.44AD and 44AE.
UNIT IV SERVICE TAX (12 Lectures)
A. NEW SERVICE TAX REGIME BASED ON ‘NEGATIVELIST’ APPROACH :
Onlybrief ideaabout whatis‘negative list’ (andnotthe entire list) tobe covered.
B. ADMINISTRATION OF THE ACT AND BASIC PROPOSITIONS:
i). The Administrationof the Act.
ii) Basic Propositions:
a) Act doesnot extendtoJammu& Kashmir
b) Same transactioncannotbe taxedmore thanonce underdifferentservices
c) Composite Services-Abatement

4. C. MEGA EXEMPTION NOTIFICATION:
1. ServicesprovidedtoUnitedNationsoranInternational Organisation.
2. ServicesprovidedtoDeveloper/Unitin Special EconomicZone:
(i) Developer
(ii) SEZ
3. Value of GoodsandMaterialssoldby service provider.
4. ThresholdExemption:
 ExemptiontoSmall Service Providers.
 PersonsexcludedfromExemptionBenefit:
i)Personusingbrandname / trade name of anotherperson.
ii)Where service tax ispayable bypersonsotherthanservice providers.
 Exemptionislinkedwithprecedingyear’sturnover.
 New service providers(new servicescommencedduringthe year).
D.
E.
F.
G.
REGISTRATION:
Personswhomust Mandatorilyobtain Registration,TurnoverLimit,Applicationfor
Registration,Onlinesubmissionof ApplicationforRegistration,CentralisedRegistration,
RegistrationCertificate,Penaltyforlate Registration,
FURNISHING OF RETURN:
Form of Return,PeriodicityforFilingof Return,Due Date forFilingof Return,
DelayinFilingof Return(feesforlate filingof return),Filingof RevisedReturn,
e- filingof Return,
RATE OF SERVICE TAX.
PAYMENT OF SERVICE TAX:
Monthly/Quarterly Paymentof Service Tax,Due DatesforPaymentof Service Tax,
e-paymentof Service Tax,PenaltyforFailure topayService Tax.InterestforLate
Paymentof Service Tax.
(Note:- Problems on computation of Income of Individuals only to be covered here separately
under the heads ‘Salaries’ and ‘Profits &Gains of Business or Profession’ respectively. In case of
Service Tax small problems for 5 marks each may be covered on Calculation of Service Tax, Date of
entitlementforRegistrationandPaymentof ServiceTax, Penalty fornon-paymentof Service Tax)

5. Books for Study and Reference :
A. For Income Tax:
Title Author(s) Publisher
1 Taxmann’sStudentsGuide toIncome
Tax
Dr. VinodSinghania&Monica
Singhania.
TaxmannAlliedServicesPvt.
Ltd
2 SystematicApproachToIncome Tax,
Service Tax & VAT
Dr. GirishAhuja,Dr. Ravi
Gupta
Bharat Law House
3 Student'SHandbookOnIncome-Tax,
VAT& Service Tax
T. N. Manoharan Snow White PublicationsPvt.
Ltd
4 DirectTaxes - Law & Practice Dr. VinodKSinghania,Dr
Kapil Singhania
TaxmannAlliedServicesPvt.
Ltd.
5 Income Tax Law andPractice Gaur V P, NarangD B Kalyani Publications
6 Income Tax Law AndPractice Bhagwati Prasad WishwaPrakashan
7 Income Tax Law andPractice DinkarPagare SultanChand& Sons,New
Delhi
8 Income Tax Law & Practice Dr.H.C.Mehrotra SahityaBhavan,Agra,
9 DirectTaxes – practice and Planning B.B.Lal KonarkPublishers
10 Income Tax -Law& Practice B.B.Lal and N.Vashisht DorlingKindersley(India) Pvt.
Ltd.,Delhi-110017
B. For Service Tax:
1.Taxmann’sService Tax – By S.S.Gupta , (as amendedto-date)- TaxmannAllied
ServicesPvt.Ltd.
2. Service Tax-ReadyReckoner- ByV.S.Datey, TaxmannAlliedServicesPvt.Ltd.