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Clause 493 mandates that entries in records or documents in the custody of an income-tax authority "shall be admitted in evidence" in prosecution proceedings under the chapter and permits proof either by production of the original records or by production of a certified copy signed by the custodian stating it is a true copy and that the originals are in its custody. The clause covers varied formats of records, limits application to criminal proceedings under the chapter, and preserves courts' power to test genuineness and require originals where fairness demands.
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Clause 491 makes prior sanction by designated senior officers a precondition to prosecution for specified tax offences, authorises senior regional heads and the Board to issue directions, permits compounding of offences at any stage by senior officials, bars prosecution where specified penalties have been reduced or waived, and affirms that statements or documents given to tax authorities remain admissible notwithstanding an expectation of penalty reduction or compounding.
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Clause 490 mandates that once the prosecution establishes the actus reus, the court shall presume the existence of a culpable mental state-broadly defined to include intention, motive, knowledge, belief and reason to believe-and permits the accused to rebut that presumption only by proving absence of such mental state beyond reasonable doubt.
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Clause 488 places primary criminal responsibility on the karta of a Hindu Undivided Family by deeming the karta guilty of an offence by the HUF, subject to statutory defences of lack of knowledge or proof of having exercised all due diligence. It further deems any member guilty where the offence is proved to have been committed with that member's consent or connivance or is attributable to their neglect, creating independent member liability while preserving the karta's available exculpatory defences.
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Corporate officer liability: deeming provision shifts initial burden to accused, with due diligence defence for tax offences.
Where a company commits an income-tax offence, the company and every person who was in charge of, and responsible to, the company for the conduct of the business at the time are statutorily deemed guilty and liable to prosecution, subject to a defence that the individual lacked knowledge or exercised all due diligence to prevent the offence; separate liability arises where the offence occurred with the consent, connivance, or neglect of officers, companies are punishable by fine while individuals may face full penal consequences, and definitions explicitly include firms and associations of persons.
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Reasonable cause defence limits criminal liability for certain tax compliance failures, protecting bona fide taxpayers from prosecution.
Clause 486 creates a non obstante statutory reasonable cause defence prohibiting punishment for failures under the specified sections of the Income Tax Bill, 2025 when the accused proves reasonable cause. The provision places the burden of proof on the accused, preserves judicial fact specific assessment of reasonable cause, and operates to limit prosecutions for bona fide or uncontrollable lapses while directing enforcement attention to willful or egregious defaults.
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Enhanced penalties for repeat tax offences impose mandatory imprisonment and fine upon subsequent convictions under specified tax provisions.
A prior judicial conviction under any specified income tax offence triggers enhanced punishment: a person again convicted under any of those listed offences is subject to mandatory rigorous imprisonment and a mandatory fine, regardless of whether the subsequent conviction is for the same or a different listed offence; judicial discretion governs the precise sentence within the prescribed range, and the provision applies only after a prior conviction, not mere charge or prosecution.
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Abetment of false returns: broadened criminal exposure for facilitators with mandatory imprisonment and fines for culpable conduct.
Clause 484 criminalises abetment or inducement in making or delivering false tax-related statements, requiring that the abettor know the falsity or not believe the statement to be true. Punishment is tiered by the quantum sought to be evaded, with mandatory minimum imprisonment terms and fines, while procedural details and definitions such as "induce" are not specified, raising interpretive and evidentiary challenges. The clause mirrors prior law's structure but broad wording could implicate advisors and intermediaries absent judicial or legislative clarification.
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Falsification of accounting records: criminal liability for wilful false entries intended to enable another person to evade tax.
Clause 483 makes it an offence to wilfully make or cause false entries in books of account or other documents with intent to enable another person to evade tax, interest, or penalty; it requires proof of wilful conduct and intent but not proof that the beneficiary actually evaded liability, covers physical and electronic records relevant to tax proceedings, and prescribes rigorous imprisonment and a fine.
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False verification offences: criminal liability requires proved knowledge or recklessness, with graded imprisonment and mandatory fines.
The provision criminalises making false statements in any statutory verification or delivering false accounts where the person knows or believes the statement to be false or does not believe it to be true. Prosecution must prove this mental element beyond reasonable doubt. A graded penalty applies according to the financial impact of the falsity: substantial evasion attracts a higher term of rigorous imprisonment while other cases attract a lower term, and a fine is mandatorily imposed in addition to imprisonment.
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Willful failure to produce accounts triggers criminal liability including imprisonment and mandatory fine under the new tax provision.
Clause 481 establishes a penal offence for willful failure to produce accounts and documents called for by a notice under section 268(1), or willful non compliance with a direction under section 268(5), punishable by rigorous imprisonment for up to one year and liability to fine, with criminal prosecution requiring proof of willfulness beyond reasonable doubt and adherence to procedural safeguards; the clause mirrors prior law while leaving the fine quantum unspecified and raising interpretative issues regarding the threshold for willfulness and potential overlap with other provisions.
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Wilful failure to furnish return in search cases creates criminal liability, exposing taxpayers to imprisonment and fines.
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AMENDMENTS IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE TO THE CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT, 1975

3 February, 2020

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Tariff rate changes for Basic Customs Duty [to be effective from 02.02.2020] * [Clause 115 (a) of the Finance Bill, 2020]

Rate of Duty

S.No.

Heading, sub-heading, tariff item

Commodity

From

To

 

 

Food processing

 

 

1.

0802 32 00

Walnuts, shelled

30%

100%

 

 

Chemicals

 

 

2.

3824 99 00

Other Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified

10%

17.5%

 

 

Footwear

 

 

3.

6401, 6402,

6403, 6404, 6405

Footwear

25%

35%

4.

6406

Parts of footwear

15%

20%

 

 

Household Items

 

 

5.

6911 10, 6911 90 20, 6911 90 90

Tableware, kitchenware, water filters (of a capacity not exceeding 40 litres) and other household articles, of porcelain of china.

10%

20%

6.

6912 00 10, 6912 00 20, 6912 00 40, 6912 00 90

Ceramic tableware, kitchen-ware, clay articles and other household articles

10%

20%

7.

7013

Glassware of a kind used for table, kitchen, toilet, office, indoor decoration or Similar purposes (other than that of heading 7010 or 7018)

10%

20%

8.

7323

Table kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, of iron or steel, iron or steel wool; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of iron or steel, including pressure cookers pans utensils, misc articles such as iron & steel wool, polishing pads, gloves etc.

10%

20%

9.

7418 10

Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, of copper; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of copper.

10%

20%

10.

7615 10

Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, of aluminum; pot scourer and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of aluminum.

10%

20%

11.

8301

Padlocks and locks (key, combination or electrically operated) of base metal; Clasps and frames with clasps, incorporating locks of base metals; keys for any of the foregoing articles, of base metals (Other than lock of a kind used for automobiles.)

10%

20%

12.

9603

Brooms, brushes, hand operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorized, mops and feather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; paint pads and rollers; Squeegees (other than roller squeegees).

10%

20%

13.

9604 00 00

Hand sieves and hand riddles.

10%

20%

14.

9615

Combs, hair-slides and the like, hairpins curling pins, curling grips, hair curlers and the like other than those of heading 8516 and parts thereof.

10%

20%

15.

9617

Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases; parts thereof other than glass inners.

10%

20%

16.

8414 51 10

Table Fans

10%

20%

17.

8414 51 20

Ceiling Fans

10%

20%

18.

8414 51 30

Pedestal Fans

10%

20%

19.

8414 59 20

Blowers, Portable

10%

20%

20.

8509 40 10

Food Grinders

10%

20%

21.

8509 40 90

Other grinders and Mixer

10%

20%

22.

8509 80 00

Other Appliances

10%

20%

23.

8510 10 00

Shavers

10%

20%

24.

8510 20 00

Hair Clippers

10%

20%

25.

8510 30 00

Hair-removing appliances

10%

20%

26.

8516 10 00

Water heaters and immersion heaters

10%

20%

27.

8516 21 00

Storage heating radiators

10%

20%

28.

8516 29 00

Other electrical space heating apparatus

10%

20%

29.

8516 31 00

Hair Dryers

10%

20%

30.

8516 32 00

Other hair dressing apparatus

10%

20%

31.

8516 33 00

Hand Drying apparatus

10%

20%

32.

8516 40 00

Electric smoothing irons

10%

20%

33.

8516 60 00

Other ovens, cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers and roasters

10%

20%

34.

8516 71 00

Coffee and Tea Makers

10%

20%

35.

8516 72 00

Toasters

10%

20%

36.

8516 79 10

Electro-thermic fluid heaters

10%

20%

37.

8516 79 20

Electrical or electronic devices for repelling insects

10%

20%

38.

8516 79 90

Other electro-thermic appliances used for domestic purposes

10%

20%

39.

8516 80 00

Electric heating resistors

10%

20%

 

 

Precious Metals

 

 

40.

7118

Coin

10%

20%

 

 

Machinery

 

 

41.

8414 51 40

Railway Carriage fans

7.5%

10%

42.

8414 51 90

Other fans with a self-contained electric motor not exceeding 125W

7.5%

20%

43.

8414 59 10

Air Circulator

7.5%

10%

44.

8414 59 30

Industrial fans blowers and similar blowers

7.5%

10%

45.

8414 59 9

Other industrial fans

7.5%

10%

46.

8414 30 00, 8414 80 11

Compressor of Refrigerator and Air conditioner

10%

12.5%

47.

8419 89 10

Pressure vessels

7.5%

10%

48.

8418 10 10

Commercial type combined refrigerator freezers, fitted separate external doors

7.5%

15%

49.

8418 30 10

Commercial freezer of chest type, not exceeding 800 litre capacity

7.5%

15%

50.

8418 30 90

Other chest type freezers

10%

15%

51.

8418 40 10

Electrical freezers of upright type, not exceeding 800 litre capacity

7.5%

15%

52.

8418 40 90

Other freezers of upright type, not exceeding 800 litre capacity

7.5%

15%

53.

8418 50 00

Refrigerating or freezing display counters, cabinets, Show-cases and the like

7.5%

15%

54.

8418 61 00

Heat pumps other than air conditioning machines

7.5%

15%

55.

8418 69 10

Ice making machinery

7.5%

15%

56.

8418 69 20

Water cooler

10%

15%

57.

8418 69 30

Vending machine, other than automatic

10%

15%

58.

8418 69 40

Refrigerating equipment/devices used in leather industry

7.5%

15%

59.

8418 69 50

Refrigerated farm tanks, industrial ice cream freezer

7.5%

15%

60.

8418 69 90

Others (like freezers of capacity 800 litres and more etc.]

7.5%

15%

61.

8515 (except 8515 90 00)

Welding and Plasma cutting machines

7.5%

15%

 

 

Other Electronic goods

 

 

62.

8504 40 (except 8404 40 21)

Static Converters

15%

20%

63.

8504 40 21

Dip bridge rectifier

10%

20%

64.

8517 70 10

Populated, loaded or stuffed printed circuit boards

10%

20%

 

 

Automobile and automobile parts

 

 

65.

8421 39 20, 8421 39 90

Catalytic Convertor

10%

15%

 

 

Furniture Goods

 

 

66.

9401

Seats and parts of seats (other than aircraft seats and their parts)

20%

25%

67.

9403

Other Furniture and parts thereof

20%

25%

68.

9404

Mattress supports: Articles of bedding and similar furnishing

20%

25%

69.

9405

Lamps and lighting fittings including searchlights and spotlights and pads thereof; Illuminated signs, illuminated name plates and the like, having a permanently fixed light source, and parts thereof (except solar lantern and solar lamps).

20%

25%

 

 

Toys

 

 

70.

9503

Tricycles, scooters, pedal-cars and similar wheeled-toys; dolls' carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-Size (“scale”) models and similar recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds

20%

60%

 

 

Stationary items

 

 

71.

8304 00 00

Filing, cabinets. card-index cabinets, paper-trays, paper rests, pen trays, office-stamp stands and similar office or desk equipment of base metal, Other than office furniture of heading 9403

10%

20%

72.

8305

Fittings for loose-leaf binders or files, letter clips, letter corners, paper clips, indexing tags and similar office articles, of base metal; staples in strips (for example, for offices, upholstery, packaging), of base metal

10%

20%

73.

8310

Sign-plates, name-plates, address-plates and similar plates, numbers, letters and other symbols, of base metal, excluding those of heading 9405

10%

20%

 

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

74.

6702

Artificial Flowers

10%

20%

75.

7018 10 20

Glass Beads

10%

20%

76.

8306

Bells, gongs, statuettes, trophies and like, non-electric of base metal; statuettes and other ornaments of base metal; photograph, picture or similar frames, of base metal; mirrors of base metal.

10%

20%

B.

New entries added to the First Schedule [to be effective from 02.02.2020] * [Clause 115(b) of the Finance Bill, 2020]

S. No

Tariff Item

Description

Tariff Rate

Effective rate

1.

8414 51 50

Wall fans

20%

20%

2.

8529 90 30

Open cell for television set

15%

0%

3.

8541 40 11

Solar cells, not assembled

20%

0%

4.

8541 40 12

Solar cells, assembled in modules or made up in panels

20%

0%

*Will come into effect immediately owing to a declaration under the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1931.

 


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