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Section 201

Definitions.

Section

Section Number

201

Chapter

CHAPTER X - DIRECT TAX DISPUTE RESOLUTION SCHEME 2016

Act

Finance Acts

Year

2016

Definitions.

Definitions.

Definitions.

201. (1) In this Scheme, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(a)   "declarant" means a person making a declaration under section 202;
(b)   "designated authority" means an officer not below the rank of a Commissioner of Income-tax and notified by the Principal Chief Commissioner for the purposes of this Scheme;
(c)   "disputed income", in relation to an assessment year, means the whole or so much of the total income as is relatable to the disputed tax;
(d)   "disputed tax" means the tax determined under the Income-tax Act, or the Wealth-tax Act, which is disputed by the assessee or the declarant, as the case may be;
(e)   "disputed wealth", in relation to an assessment year, means the whole or so much of the net wealth as is relatable to the disputed tax;
(f)   "Income-tax Act" means the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961);
(g)   "specified tax" means a tax—
(i)   the determination of which is in consequence of or validated by any amendment made to the Income-tax Act or the Wealth-tax Act with retrospective effect and relates to a period prior to the date on which the Act amending the Income-tax Act or the Wealth-tax Act, as the case may be, received the assent of the President; and
(ii)   a dispute in respect of such tax is pending as on the 29th day of February, 2016;
(h)   "tax arrear" means, the amount of tax, interest or penalty determined under the Income-tax Act or the Wealth-tax Act, in respect of which appeal is pending before the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) or the Commissioner of Wealth-tax (Appeals) as on the 29th day of February, 2016;
(i)   "Wealth-tax Act" means the Wealth-tax Act, 1957 (27 of 1957).

(2) All other words and expressions used herein but not defined and defined in the Income-tax Act or the Wealth-tax Act, as the case may be, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in those Acts.

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