Finance Act, 1941

PART II.

Excess Sur-Tax.

Definitions in this Part of this Act.

4.—In this Part of this Act—

the expression “accounting year” means the period of twelve months for which the accounts of the trade or business in relation to which the said expression is used are customarily made up or, where in any year beginning on a 6th day of April no accounts have been made up for a period of twelve months ending on a day in that year, such period of twelve months as the Revenue Commissioners shall determine;

the expression “total income” means (save as is otherwise provided in this Part of this Act) the total income from all sources without regard to the provisions of section 34 of the Income Tax Act, 1918, and as if the profits from a trade or business to which this Part of this Act applies included in such total income from all sources were computed without regard to the provisions of paragraph (3) of Rule 6 of the Rules applicable to Cases I and II of Schedule D of the Income Tax Act, 1918, or the provisions of section 14 of the Finance Act, 1929 (No. 32 of 1929).