Finance Act, 1947

Amendment of Rule 6 of Miscellaneous Rules applicable to Schedule D.

4.—Where—

(a) the proper officer having the management of the accounts of a body may, in pursuance of Rule 6 of the Miscellaneous Rules applicable to Schedule D of the Income Tax Act, 1918, be charged with tax for any year of assessment, and

(b) in that year that body occupies any property, in respect of which any tax under Schedule A of the said Act for that year would, but for this section, be ultimately borne by that body,

then, in computing the amount on which the said proper officer may be so charged for that year, a deduction shall be made of a sum equal to whichever of the following is the lesser—

(i) the amount on which, but for this section, the said proper officer might be so charged,

(ii) the net amount on which the tax, referred to in paragraph (b) of this section, would, but for this section, be ultimately borne by that body.