Person chargeable with duty must be the importer at importation; subsequent purchasers cannot be held liable where beneficial owner rules did not appl...
Prohibited importation of cosmetics without prior regulatory registration attracts seizure and confiscation; warehousing or re export claims do not cu...
Provisional release on security permitted where cash deposit plus bond secures differential duty; classification and treaty benefits referred for deci...
Under the project completion method, only costs that directly bring inventory to its present location and condition may be included in work-in-progress. Expenditure on advertisement, business promotion and commission to agents was treated as promotional and general business outgoings, so it remained revenue expenditure in the year incurred and could not be loaded into project cost merely because revenue had not yet been recognised. By contrast, loan processing charges and security expenses were found to be project-specific and directly connected with the project, so they had to be capitalised as part of work-in-progress.
Under the project completion method, only costs that directly bring inventory to its present location and condition may be included in work-in-progress. Expenditure on advertisement, business promotion and commission to agents was treated as promotional and general business outgoings, so it remained revenue expenditure in the year incurred and could not be loaded into project cost merely because revenue had not yet been recognised. By contrast, loan processing charges and security expenses were found to be project-specific and directly connected with the project, so they had to be capitalised as part of work-in-progress.
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