| COURT: | Supreme Court |
| CORAM: | A.K. Sikri J., Ashok Bhushan J |
| SECTION(S): | Wealth-tax Act |
| GENRE: | Domestic Tax |
| CATCH WORDS: | valuation of property |
| COUNSEL: | Baij Nath Patel |
| DATE: | October 13, 2017 (Date of pronouncement) |
| DATE: | October 20, 2017 (Date of publication) |
| AY: | 1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75 |
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| Entire law on the valuation of immovable properties under the 'rent capitalisation' method versus the 'land and building' method explained in the context of s. 7(2) of the Wealth-tax Act, 1957. Also, law on taking the view in favour of the assessee if two reasonable constructions of a statute are possible explained | |
It is true that subsection (2) of Section 7 begins with non obstante clause which enables the Wealth Tax Officer to determine the net value of the assets of the business as a whole instead of determining separately the value of each asset held by the assessee in such business. The language of subsection (2) which provides overriding power to the Wealth Tax Officer to adopt and determining the net value of the business having regard to the balance sheet of such business. The enabling power has been given to Wealth Tax Officer to override the normal rule of valuation of the properties that is the value which it may fetch in open market, Wealth Tax Officer can adopt in a case where he may think it fit to adopt such methodology. The appellants’ submission is that the provision of Section 7(2)(a) is a stand alone provision and is to be applied in all cases where assessee is carrying on a business. We do not agree with the above submission
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