1990 (11) TMI 214

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....m of exemption in respect of a factory site. 2. The assessee is a company. On 24-2-1988 it entered into a 99-year lease with SIPCOT (State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil nadu Limited) for acquiring a factory site at the industrial complex at Gummidipoondi. The assessee immediately started laying the foundation. As on the valuation date 31-3-1988, the construction of the factory build....

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....ee that the authorities below were in error in treating the land as an unused land when in fact construction of the factory was in progress. On the other hand, the revenue supported the orders of the authorities below by contending that the assessee must be treated as a land other than agricultural land in section 40(3)(v) of Finance Act, 1983 and, therefore, it was liable to tax. 4. On a consi....

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....be treated as falling within the item "land other than agricultural land" and therefore taxable. The contention of the assessee is that since construction of the building has started, it cannot be treated as a vacant land falling under clause (v) but must be treated as building or land appurtenant thereto used as a factory or business premises. It is in this context that the proviso introduced to ....

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....ntive for growth and modernisation, it is proposed to amend this section to provide that the following assets shall not form part of the net wealth for the purposes of levy of wealth-tax under the section:- (i) Precious metals used as raw-material in industrial production; (ii) Land other than agricultural land proposed to be utilised for industrial purposes, for a period of two years from t....