Circular No. 258 — Finance Act, 1979 - Circular No. 258, Dated 14-6-1979

What this is

Circular No. 258 was issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes on 14 June 1979. Its subject is Finance Act, 1979 - Circular No. 258, Dated 14-6-1979.

The instrument, as the Board published it

The words below are the department’s own, reproduced from its published text. Where the department’s copy carried a publisher’s notes after the instrument, those are not reproduced.

FINANCE ACT, 1979 - CIRCULAR NO. 258, DATED 14-6-1979

Amendments at a glance

Rate structure

Amendments to Income-tax Act

Amendments to Wealth-tax Act

Amendments to Gift-tax Act, 1973

Amendments to Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation Act

Amendments to Finance Act, 1973

Amendments to Compulsory Deposit Scheme (Income-tax Payers) Act

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A circular binds the department, not you and not a court. The Board issues a circular to its own officers. An assessee may hold the department to a circular that helps him; the department cannot hold an assessee to one that hurts him, and the Tribunal and the courts decide the law for themselves.

Source: the Income Tax Department’s own published text — its page for this instrument.