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Section 16

Amendment of section 44AE

Section

Section Number

16

Chapter

CHAPTER III - DIRECT TAXES

Act

Finance Acts

Year

2014

Amendment of section 44AE

Amendment of section 44AE

Amendment of section 44AE.

16. In section 44AE of the Income-tax Act, with effect from the 1st day of April, 2015,—

(i)   for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—
  "(2) For the purpose of sub-section (1), the profits and gains from each goods carriage shall be an amount equal to seven thousand five hundred rupees for every month or part of a month during which the goods carriage is owned by the assessee in the previous year or an amount claimed to have been actually earned from the vehicle, whichever is higher.";
(ii)   in the Explanation, for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—
'(a)   the expression "goods carriage" shall have the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988);'.

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