Customs relief for Strait of Hormuz maritime disruptions remains available, with existing conditions continuing unchanged through the extended validit...
Government grants earmarked for specified purposes and subject to utilisation restrictions do not constitute the recipient's income; accordingly, an unspent micro-irrigation scheme grant was not taxable. Interest payable on unutilised grant under applicable Government resolutions was treated as an allowable liability. Under the block-of-assets principle, depreciation remains available where business assets form part of a used block, even if individual assets have been retired from active use; simultaneous use of every asset is unnecessary. The related depreciation disallowance was deleted, and the capital-gains issue was treated as academic.
Government grants earmarked for specified purposes and subject to utilisation restrictions do not constitute the recipient's income; accordingly, an unspent micro-irrigation scheme grant was not taxable. Interest payable on unutilised grant under applicable Government resolutions was treated as an allowable liability. Under the block-of-assets principle, depreciation remains available where business assets form part of a used block, even if individual assets have been retired from active use; simultaneous use of every asset is unnecessary. The related depreciation disallowance was deleted, and the capital-gains issue was treated as academic.
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