This document summarizes 5 key announcements from the Ministry of Finance and Central Board of Direct Taxes regarding taxation policies and the Income Declaration Scheme. It notes that: 1) Form 60 and 61 filing will now require all fields to be completed and Form 61 can be reported for Q1 2016 with Q3 2016. 2) Printing and publishing has been accepted as a manufacturing activity eligible for additional depreciation under section 32(1)(iia). 3) Explanatory notes have been issued on the Income Declaration Scheme 2016, which allows undisclosed income to be declared by paying 45% tax, surcharge and penalty. 4) Clarifications have been provided on frequently asked questions about the Income Declaration

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TAXATION
1. Digital reporting of Form No.60.
Ministry of Finance, Central Board of
Direct Taxes (CBDT) vide Circular No.
14/2016 dated 18th May, 2016, it is
decided that the filling of all the fields in
Form 60 [Form for declaration to be filed
by an individual or a person (not being a
company or firm) who does not have a
permanent account number and who
enters into any transaction specified in
rule 114B] to be considered mandatory
in respect of transactions entered on or
after 01.04.2016.
It is also decided that online reporting of
declarations in Form 61 [Form of
declaration to be filed by a person who
has agricultural income and is not in
receipt of any other income chargeable
to income-tax in respect of transactions
specified rule 114B] for quarter ending
March, 2016 may be done along with
report for quarter ending September,
2016.
2. Additional Depreciation u/s 32(1)(iia) of
the Income Tax Act, 1961 on printing &
publishing
Ministry of Finance, Central Board of
Direct Taxes (CBDT) Circular No. 15/2016
dated 19th May, 2016.
An assessee, engaged in the business of
manufacture or production of an article
or thing, is eligible to claim additional
depreciation under clause (iia) of sub-
section (1) of section 32 of the Income-
tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as
the Act) in addition to the depreciation
allowance under sub-section (1) of
section 32 of the Act.
Whether or not an assessee engaged in
printing or printing and publishing is
eligible for grant of additional
depreciation under clause (iia) of sub-
section (1) of section 32 of the Act, has
been a contentious issue. In other words,
whether printing or printing and
publishing amounts to manufacture or
production of article or thing has been
contested in legal forums.
The Hon’ble Kerala High Court in the
case of Mathrubhoomi Printing &
Publishing Co. vide its judgment (2015-
LL-0216-3 NJRS) dated 16.2.2015 in ITA
No 23 of 2015 relied upon the Hon’ble
Delhi High Court judgement dated
31.5.2013 in ITA No 49 of 1996 in the
case of Delhi Press Patra Prakashan Ltd.
(2013-LL-0531-176 NJRS) and held that
printing and publishing activity is a
manufacturing activity and therefore,
assessee is eligible for grant of
additional depreciation u/s 32(1)(iia).

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The Board has accepted the position
that printing or printing and publishing
amounts to manufacture or production
of article or thing. The judgments of
Hon’ble Delhi and Kerala High Courts on
this issue have been accepted. Thus the
issue relating to grant of deprecation u/s
32(1) (iia) has not been further
contested, though the Delhi High Court
judgment has been contested on other
issues.
It is, therefore, a settled position that the
business of printing or printing and
publishing amounts to manufacture or
production of an article or thing and is
accordingly eligible for additional
depreciation u/s 32(1)(iia) of the Act.
Henceforth, appeals may not be filed on
this ground by officers of the
Department and those already filed, in
Courts/Tribunals may be withdrawn /
not pressed upon.
3. Explanatory Notes on Provisions of the
Income Declaration Scheme, 2016
Ministry of Finance, Central Board of
Direct Taxes (CBDT) Circular No. 16/2016
dated 20th May, 2016 has issued the
explanatory notes on the provisions of
the Income Declaration Scheme, 2016.
The Income Declaration Scheme, 2016
(referred to here as ‘the Scheme’) is
contained in the Finance Act, 2016,
which received the assent of the
President on the 14th of May 2016.
The Scheme provides an opportunity to
persons who have paid not full taxes in
the past to come forward and declare
the undisclosed income and pay tax,
surcharge and penalty totalling in all to
forty-five per cent of such undisclosed
income declared.
A declaration under the aforesaid
Scheme may be made in respect of any
income or income in the form of
investment in any asset located in India
and acquired from income chargeable to
tax under the Income-tax Act for any
assessment year prior to the assessment
year 2017-18 for which the declarant
had, either failed to furnish a return
under section 139 of the Income-tax Act,
or failed to disclose such income in a
return furnished before the date of
commencement of the Scheme, or such
income had escaped assessment by
reason of the omission or failure on the
part of such person to make a return
under the Income-tax Act or to disclose
fully and truly all material facts necessary
for the assessment or otherwise.
Where the income chargeable to tax is
declared in the form of investment in any
asset, the fair market value of such asset
as on 1st June, 2016 computed in
accordance with Rule 3 of the Income
Declaration Scheme Rules, 2016 shall be
deemed to be the undisclosed income.

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http://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/co
mmunications/circular/circular16_2016
.pdf
4. Clarifications on the Income Declaration
Scheme, 2016
Ministry of Finance, Central Board of
Direct Taxes (CBDT) Circular No. 17/2016
dated 20th May, 2016 has issued the
clarifications/frequently asked questions
with regard to the Income Declaration
Scheme, 2016.
The Income Declaration Scheme, 2016
(hereinafter referred to as ‘the Scheme’)
incorporated as Chapter IX of the
Finance Act, 2016 provides an
opportunity to persons who have not
paid full taxes in the past to come
forward and declare the undisclosed
income and pay tax, surcharge and
penalty totaling in all the 45% of such
undisclosed income declared. The
Income Declaration Scheme Rules, 2016
(hereinafter referred to as ‘the Rules’)
have been notified. In regard to the
scheme queries have been received from
the public about the scope of the scheme
and the procedure to be followed. The
Board has considered the same and
decided to clarify the points raised by
issue of a circular in the form of
questions and answers.
http://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/co
mmunications/circular/circular17_2016
.pdf
5. The Income Declaration Scheme Rules,
2016
Ministry of Finance, vide Notification
dated 19th May, 2016 has issued the
Income Declaration Scheme Rules, 2016.
The above mentioned rules are prepared
in order to carry out the provisions of the
Income Declaration Scheme, 2016.
http://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/co
mmunications/notification/notification
33_2016.pdf
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