Treatment of connected person and accommodating party [ Section 99 ] - Income Tax - Ready Reckoner - Income Tax

Treatment of connected person and accommodating party [ Section 99 ] As per section 99, for the purposes of this Chapter X-A , in determining whether a tax benefit exists,- (i) the parties who are connected persons in relation to each other may be treated as one and the same person; (ii) any accommodating party may be disregarded; (iii) the accommodating party and any other party may be treated as one and the same person; (iv) the arrangement may be considered or looked through by disregarding any corporate structure. The term connected person is defined in clause(4) of section 102 . connected person means any person who is connected directly or indirectly to another person and includes:- (a) any relative of the person, if such person is an individual; (b) any director of the company or any relative of such director, if the person is a company; (c) any partner or member of a firm or association of persons or body of individuals or any relative of such partner or member, if the person is a firm or association of persons or body of individuals; (d) any member of the Hindu undivided family or any relative of such member, if the person is a Hindu undivided family; (e) any individual who has a substantial interest in the business of the person or any relative of such individual; (f) a company, firm or an association of persons or a body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, or a Hindu undivided family having a substantial interest in the business of the person or any director, partner, or member of the company, firm or association of persons or body of individuals or family, or any relative of such director, partner or member; (g) a company, firm or association of persons or body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, or a Hindu undivided family, whose director, partner, or member has a substantial interest in the business of the person, or family or any relative of such director, partner or member; (h) any other person who carries on a business, if- (i) the person being an individual, or any relative of such person, has a substantial interest in the business of that other person; or (ii) the person being a company, firm, association of persons, body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, or a Hindu undivided family, or any director, partner or member of such company, firm or association of persons or body of individuals or family, or any relative of such director, partner or member, has a substantial interest in the business of that other person.