Section 3 - Amendment of the First Schedule - Finance (Amendment) Act, 1975

3. Amendment of the First Schedule. In the First Schedule to the principal Act, for Paragraph A of Part III, the following Paragraph shall be substituted, and shall be deemed to have been substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 1975, namely:- PARAGRAPH A Sub-Paragraph I In the case of every individual or Hindu undivided family or unregistered firm or other association of persons or body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, or every artificial juridical person referred to in sub-clause (vii) of clause (31) of section 2 of the Income-tax Act, not being a case to which Sub-Paragraph II of this Paragraph or any other Paragraph of this Part applies,- Rates of income-tax (1) where the total income does not exceed Rs. 8,000 Nil; (2) where the total income exceeds Rs. 8,000 but does not exceed Rs. 15,000 17 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 8,000; (3) where the total income exceeds Rs. 15,000 but does not exceed Rs. 20,000 Rs. 1,190 plus 20 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 15,000; (4) where the total income exceeds Rs. 20,000 but does not exceed Rs. 25,000 Rs. 2,190 plus 30 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 20,000; (5) where the total income exceeds Rs. 25,000 but does not exceed Rs. 30,000 Rs. 3,690 plus 40 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 25,000; (6) where the total income exceeds Rs. 30,000 but does not exceed Rs. 50,000 Rs. 5,690 plus 50 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 30,000; (7) where the total income exceeds Rs. 50,000 but does not exceed Rs. 70,000 Rs. 15,690 plus 60 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 50,000; (8) where the total income exceeds Rs. 70,000 Rs. 27,690 plus 70 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 70,000. Surcharge on income-tax The amount of income-tax computed in accordance with the preceding provisions of this Sub-Paragraph shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union calculated at the rate of ten per cent. of such income-tax. Sub-Paragraph II In the case of every Hindu undivided family which at any time during the previous year has at least one member whose total income of the previous year relevant to the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1976 exceeds Rs. 8,000, Rates of income-tax (1) where the total income does not exceed Rs. 8.000 Nil; (2) where the total income exceeds Rs. 8,000 but does not exceed Rs. 15,000 20 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 8,000; (3) where the total income exceeds Rs. 15,000 but does not exceed Rs. 20,000 Rs. 1,400 plus 30 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 15,000; (4) where the total income exceeds Rs. 20,000 but does not exceed Rs. 25,000 Rs. 2,900 plus 40 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 20,000; (5) where the total income exceeds Rs. 25,000 but does not exceed Rs. 30,000 Rs. 4,900 plus 50 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 25,000; (6) where the total income exceeds Rs. 30,000 but does not exceed Rs. 50,000 Rs. 7,400 plus 60 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 30,000; (7) where the total income exceeds Rs. 50,000 Rs. 19,400 plus 70 per cent. of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 50,000. Surcharge on income-tax The amount of income-tax computed in accordance with the preceding provisions of this Sub-Paragraph shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union calculated at the rate of ten per cent. of such income-tax. .