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Time allowed : 3 hours Maximum marks : 100

Total number of questions : 6 Total number of printed pages : 20

NOTE : 1. Answer ALL questions.

2. ALL the references to sections in part-I of the question paper relates to the Income-
tax Act, 1961 and relevant assessment year 2024-25, unless stated otherwise.

3. ALL the references to sections in part-II of the question paper relates to the Provision
of GST laws and the Customs Act, 1962.

4. Wherever necessary, suitable assumptions may be made by the candidate and stated
clearly in the answer.

5. Working notes should form part of your answer.

PART–I

1. Bajrang (Age 50 years) a resident is engaged in the business of textile at Chennai. His
wife Usha is employed in ABC Ltd as Accounts Officer. She furnishes you the following
details for the year ended 31st March, 2024 :

Particulars Amount

(`)

Basic salary - per month 1,20,000

Dearness allowance (50% eligible for retirement benefits) - per month 60,000

Lunch allowance - per month 10,000

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Medical allowance - per month 5,000

Children education allowance (` 2,000 per child for 2 children) - per month 4,000

Health club membership fee provided similarly to all staff by ABC Ltd.

paid for whole year 20,000

House Rent Allowance - per month 30,000

Actual rent paid by her to Bajrang (husband) in Chennai - per month 40,000

Contribution to public provident fund ` 1 lakh in her account and

` 40,000 each in the name of two minor children 1,80,000

Bank FD interest 50,000

Savings bank account interest 15,000

Bajrang furnishes you the following details of income for the year ended 31st March,

2024 :

Particulars Amount

(`)

Turnover from retail trade of garments (He does not maintain

books of account for this business, whole of the sale money

is received in cash only) 1,20,00,000

Rent from vacant site at Chennai 96,000

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Rent from house property at Chennai let out to wife Usha 4,80,000

Arrear salary received from Ex-employer 1,50,000

Gift received from relatives on the occasion of birthday 55,000

Gift of motor car from a friend outside India - cost of motor car 5,10,000

Eligible amount of brought forward business loss relating to wholesale

trade of the assessment year 2022-23. This business was discontinued

w.e.f. 01-04-2023. 3,00,000

Sold a vacant land (whose value for stamp duty purposes is ` 15

lakh) on 04-03-2024 14,00,000

The vacant land was acquired by his late father on 01-09-2010 for

` 2 lakh. Bajrang inherited the land on 05-06-2022 as per father’s Will.

Deposited in capital gain bond of REC Ltd. u/s 54 EC on 10-05-2024 9,00,000

Cost inflation index for F.Y. 2010-11 = 167; F.Y. 2022-23 = 331;

F.Y. 2023-24 = 348

Based on the facts of the above information, answer each of the following cases
separately :

(a) Compute the taxable capital gain in the hands of Bajrang for the assessment
year 2024-25.

(3 marks)

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(b) Compute the taxable HRA in the hands of Usha for the assessment year 2024-25,

on the assumption that she has not opted the scheme of section 115 BAC.

(2 marks)

(c) Compute the total income of Bajrang for the assessment year 2024-25, on the assumption

that he has not opted the scheme of section 115 BAC.

(5 marks)

(d) Compute the total income of Usha for the assessment year 2024-25, on the assumption

that she has not opted the scheme of section 115 BAC.

(5 marks)

2. (a) Sanjay has a house consisting of two identical units. One unit is self-occupied and

the other is let out for a monthly rent of ` 30,000 throughout the financial year

2023-24. Municipal tax paid during the year for the total house property amounts

to ` 70,000 (which was paid by cash ` 30,000 and through online banking

` 40,000). The house property was constructed out of housing loan taken from SBI

on 1st July, 2020 for ` 30 lakh @ 8% interest. The construction of property was

completed on 30th March, 2022 and whole of the loan amount was still outstanding

at that day. Interest on housing loan for the financial year 2023-24 was due but

not paid.

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Compute Income from house property of Sanjay for the assessment year 2024-25,

assuming he has not opted to pay tax under section 115 BAC.

(5 marks)

(b) Giriraj had purchased a residential site at Kanpur on 12th March, 2019 for ` 22

lakh. On 26th May, 2022, this asset was converted by him into stock-in-trade. On

this date, the stamp duty valuation was ` 28 lakh. This asset was sold by him on

25th June, 2023 for ` 34 lakh to an outsider at arm’s length price. The stamp

duty valuation as on this date was ` 40 lakh. Brokerage at 2% on sales value was

paid.

What are the incomes chargeable to tax for Giriraj in respect of these transactions

and what will be the assessment year(s) in which they will be chargeable to tax ?

The cost inflation indices for the various years are as under :

Financial Year CII Financial Year CII

2018-19 280 2022-23 331

2019-20 289 2023-24 348

(5 marks)

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(c) Following details are provided for 2 (two) individuals Umesh and Suresh for the previous

year 2023-24 :

Name Umesh Suresh

Age 50 62

Residential status Resident Non-resident

Cross receipt 72,00,000 60,00,000

Through Cash receipt 47,00,000 27,00,000

Through banking channel 25,00,000 33,00,000

Nature of activity Retail Trade Plying of 3 heavy goods

carriages with capacity of

15 tonnes each

Brought forward loss Long-term capital loss ` 90,000 relating to

` 1,00,000 relating to discontinued business

assessment year 2021-22. loss of assessment year

2020-21.

Compute total income of Umesh and Suresh for the assessment year 2024-25 by
applying the relevant presumptive provisions under section 44AD and 44AE, assuming
none opted to pay tax under section 115 BAC.

(5 marks)

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3. (a) Laxmi (age 68) is a resident and retired pensioner of State Government. Her Income

details for the financial year 2023-24 are as under :

S. Particulars Amount

No. (`)

(i) Pension from State Government 6,80,000

(ii) Family pension (her husband died 3 years ago) 1,20,000

(iii) Dividend from Indian companies 90,000

(iv) Interest on moneys borrowed for investment in shares of

Indian companies referred in (iii) above. 35,000

(v) Consultant fee for portfolio investments in shares of Indian

companies, which fetched dividend income 10,000

(vi) Agricultural income from land located outside India 60,000

Compute Total Income of Laxmi for the assessment year 2024-25, on the assumption

that she has opted the scheme of section 115 BAC.

(5 marks)

(b) M/s WE & Co., is a proprietorship firm engaged in manufacture of an engineering

product, at Chennai. On 12th January, 2023, it had purchased a new machinery for

` 10,00,000, which was immediately put to use.

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During the previous year 2023-24, it purchased the following assets for business purposes,

from Indian sellers :

Date of purchase Type of asset Amount New or Second

(`) hand

23rd May, 2023 Machinery 12,20,000 New

14th June, 2023 Motor car 12,80,000 New

12th January, 2024 Machinery 18,00,000 Second hand

The opening WDV of the block of plant and machinery, as on 1st April, 2023 was

` 32,00,000 (include the machinery purchase on 12th January, 2023).

Compute the total depreciation allowable as per the provisions of section 32 for the

assessment year 2024-25. All the assets were put to use immediately after purchase.

Normal rate of depreciation for all these assets may be taken as 15%. The firm

has not opted the scheme of section 115 BAC.

(5 marks)

(c) Ramesh working in ABC Pvt. Ltd draws the following amount by way of salary

for the previous year ended 31st March, 2024 :

(i) Basic salary ` 1,25,000 per month.

(ii) Commission on sales @ 2% on sale made by him, Commission amount

` 40,000 (per annum).

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(iii) Employer’s contribution to Recognized Provident Fund (RPF) ` 3,00,000.

(iv) Employer’s contribution to National Pension Scheme (NPS) ` 1,00,000.

(v) Employer’s contribution to Superannuation Fund ` 2,00.000.

(vi) The company has given him a housing loan of ` 15,00,000 on 1st June,

2023 on which it charges interest @ 6% per annum. The entire loan is still

outstanding.

(Assume the interest charged by SBI for same kind of home loan is 9.5% p.a.)

Compute the Income chargeable to tax under the head of Salary for the assessment year

2024-25 on the assumption that Ramesh has not opted for section 115 BAC.

(5 marks)

Attempt all parts of either Q. No. 4 or Q. No. 4A

4. (a) What are the provisions for clubbing of income of a minor child under section

64(1A) of Income Tax Act, 1961 ? Mention the cases where income of minor child

is taxable in the hands of minor himself.

(5 marks)

(b) Explain the provisions relating to advance payment of income-tax and its due date

under Income Tax Act, 1961 .

(5 marks)

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(c) State the person by whom the Return of income to be furnished under section 139
of the Income Tax Act, 1961 has to be signed, in the case of the following persons,
as per section 140 :

(i) When an individual is unable to verify due to ill health;

(ii) In case of HUF, when the karta is unable to verify;

(iii) Scientific research association;

(iv) Limited liability partnership;

(v) Political party.

(5 marks)

OR (Alternative question to Q. No. 4)

4A. (i) Following is the Profit and Loss account of Vinod for the year ended 31st March,
2024 :

Particulars Amount Particulars Amount

(`) (`)

To Administrative expenses 1,50,000 By Gross profit 11,50,000

To Income-tax 45,000 By Agricultural income 70,000

To Depreciation 60,000 By PPF interest 80,000

To Interest paid to non-resident 30,000

To Provision for bad debts 3,10,000

To Life insurance premium (self) 30,000

To Net profit 6,75,000

13,00,000 13,00,000

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Other Information :

(1) Depreciation allowable as per section 32 is ` 52,000.

(2) No tax was deducted on interest paid to non-resident.

(3) Amount of ` 25,000 due to MSME relating to purchase of goods in December,

2023 was outstanding as on 31st March 2024. It is pending beyond the time
period under MSMED Act, 2006.

Compute the Total Income of Vinod for the assessment year 2024-25, on the assumption
that he has not opted for section 115 BAC.

(5 marks)

(ii) Briefly state the applicability of TDS provision and the effective rate of TDS in the
following cases :

(a) Rent paid for business premises by a partnership firm to individual X resident
in India ` 3,60,000.

(b) Call Centre charges paid by a company in Mumbai to another company located
in Bengaluru ` 60,000.

(c) Carton boxes manufactured by ALT & Co, Sivakasi with logo of MN
Co Ltd and amount paid ` 5 lakh is inclusive of materials.

(d) Purchase agent commission paid to Lal of Delhi ` 70,000 by AMC Pvt.
Ltd, Goa.

(e) Directors sitting fees ` 20,000 each paid to 5 directors by Rama Pvt. Ltd,
Chennai.

(5 marks)

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(iii) Mrs. Tina is an Indian citizen and holder of Indian passport. For the past 7 years,
she has been living in Dubai, where there is no personal income-tax. During the previous
year 2023-24, she migrated back to India on 1st Jan., 2024. In immediate four earlier
years, she has stayed in India for 56 days.

During the previous year 2023-24, she has earned gross salary income of ` 9,00,000
in Dubai. After she returned to India her friends gave her a grand reception and
presented her cash gifts of ` 21,00,000.

You are required to determine the residential status of Mrs. Tina and her total income
for the AY 2024-25.

(5 marks)

PART–II

5. Majumdar Industries is a partnership firm located in Jaipur. It is presently engaged in manufacture

of machinery parts. Industries has given the following information relating to input tax credit
for the month of December, 2023.

Particulars GST

Amount (`)

Purchase of raw material received in two equal instalments viz. the first

one in December, 2023 and the second instalment in January, 2024 5,50,000

Purchase of consumables delivered directly to the job workers. Only

invoice was received by the firm. 1,50,000

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Purchase of bus (seating capacity 18) for transport of employees from

residence to factory and back. 8,40,000

Input tax credit in respect of general insurance for motor cars of the

firm used by Chief Engineers and Supervisors for official work. 12,000

Payment made to ABC Caterers for providing breakfast and lunch to

the workers as voluntary staff welfare measure. 60,000

Now it is proposing to add trade in textile goods in addition to such manufacturing activity
in Kota (Rajasthan) w.e.f. 1st April, 2024. Also, it proposes to open its machinery parts
rnanufacturing activity in places such as Udaipur, Jodhpur and Bikaner (all places located
within the State of Rajasthan). The management wants to obtain separate GST registration
for the said multiple places of business. As regards trade in textile goods, it would be on
pan India basis and it has appointed you as GST consultant.

From June, 2024 Majumdar Industries is further planning to send the raw materials and
semi-finished goods to job workers across Rajasthan for scaling up its production quantity
of machinery parts. For the purpose of manufacture of the goods it would also send moulds
and dies, jigs and other tools to the job workers for getting the product manufactured as
per specifications and to achieve uniformity in production.

As a GST Consultant, you are required to give the following answers with reference to
GST Law :

(a) Determine the eligible input tax credit available to Majumdar Industries for the month
of December, 2023 by giving brief explanations for treatment of various items.

(5 marks)

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(b) State the time limit for return of semi-finished goods sent to job workers including

moulds and dies given to them. When would such movement be treated as supply

of goods ?

(5 marks)

(c) State the conditions to be satisfied by Majurndar Industries seeking separate registration

for different places of business within the same State.

(5 marks)

(d) When should the E-way bill be generated ? Mention the salient features of

e-way bills.

(5 marks)

Attempt all parts of either Q. No. 6 or Q. No. 6A

6. (a) Determine the time of supply under the GST provisions in the following situations :

(i) X & Co., a registered supplier, rendered taxable service for ` 90,000 on

15-08-2023. Invoice was issued on 10-09-2023, 50% of Payment was received

on 05-09-2023 and balance 50% received on 05-10-2023.

(ii) Lalit purchased some goods covered under reverse charge mechanism. The

goods received on 15-07-2023, date of invoice is 20-06-2023 and the payment

is made on 25-07-2023.

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(iii) Sujata engineering services received advance of ` 50,000 from clients on

27-12-2023 for service to be rendered on 01-04-2024.

(iv) PQR Ltd entered into an arrangement with ‘Fashion Mart’ and bought vouchers
on 15-03-2024. It distributed these vouchers with denomination of ` 5,000
each to every employee on 20-03-2024 and the vouchers were valid till
30-04-2024 for purchase of any garment of their choice. The employees used
the vouchers before the said date i.e., 30-04-2024.

(v) Manoj bought a voucher from Shoppers Paradise for ` 10,000 and gifted
to Arun on 28-03-2024. The voucher was valid for purchase of any item
in the shop but valid till 27-04-2024. Arun redeemed the vouchers at the
nearby Shoppers Paradise on 20-04-2024.

(5 marks)

(b) State which of the following supply of service is a taxable service or exempt
service for the financial year 2023-24, with reference to the provisions of CGST
Act, 2017.

(i) ABC Pvt. Ltd sold a division engaged in manufacture of cement as a going
concern to XYZ Pvt. Ltd for ` 50 lakh on slump sale basis.

(ii) Moon Pvt. Ltd paid ` 50,000 to Pandit for conducting Diwali pooja in the
factory premises.

(iii) Ajay Enterprises paid ` 2,00,000 to Kongu Incubate for the services rendered
by it. The total turnover of Kongu Incubate was ` 93 lakh during the financial
year 2022-23 and the agreement between the parties was entered into on
01.08.2021.

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(iv) Mahesh & Co availed services of Rishi & Co for fumigation in its warehouse
(where it has stored agricultural produce) and paid ` 3 lakh during the financial
year 2023-24.

(v) Larry Ltd engaged an artist for performance in folk art theatre performance
on the occasion of its founder’s day celebration and paid ` 1.85 lakh as
consideration to the artist group by name ‘Megha Theatres’.

(5 marks)

(c) Determine the Value of Supply with reference to the provisions of the CGST Act,
2017 for the following independent cases :

(i) State Government authorized a lottery where the face value per ticket was
` 640. The price notified in the official gazette was ` 450 per ticket.

(ii) A money changer exchanged USD 10,000 sold by a customer @ ` 80 per

USD. The RBI reference rate for USD was ` 78 for that day.

(iii) An air travel agency charged ` 60,000 as basic fare and ` 3,000 as other
charges and fee and ` 2,000 by way of taxes for domestic booking.

(iv) X & Co supplied a mobile handset for ` 30,000 along with an exchange
of an old handset. The price of new phone without exchange would be
` 35,000.

(v) Y Ltd supplied goods to its agent who is also acting as agent for other suppliers.
The goods of like kind and quality were subsequently supplied by agent at
a price of ` 5,000 per unit on the day of supply. Another independent supplier
supplied the same goods of quality and kind at a price of ` 4,600 per unit.

(5 marks)

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(d) Madhav Ltd imported a machinery from USA for which the payment was made in

USD. The following details are furnished :

Particulars Amount

(USD)

Cost of machine at the factory of the exported country 50,000

Transport charges incurred by exporter from his factory

to port for shipment 3,000

Handling charges paid for loading the machine in the ship 500

Designing charges for the machine paid in USA 9,500

Buying commission paid to the agent 22,500

Air freight charges from USA to port in India 8,000

Insurance charges could not be ascertained

RBI Exchange rate as on date of bill of entry was 1 USD = ` 81

CBIC Exchange rate notified as on date of bill of entry was 1 USD

= ` 80

Find out the assessable value of the imported goods under the Customs Act, 1962

for Madhav Ltd.

(5 marks)

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OR (Alternative question to Q. No. 6)

6A. (i) (a) Abdut & Co is engaged in manufacture of plastic items supplied 10,000 units

to Khan & Co. It gave usually 1% discount in respect of supplies upto 5,000

units and 2% discount for supplies above 5,000 units to 10,000 units. As

a special case, it gave 4% discount to Khan & Co since the order was

placed in one lot for 10,000 units. This discount was based on the agreement

entered into between the parties and after completion of total supply of units.

It was not shown in the invoice. Explain how the supplier and receiver i.e.,

Abdul & Co and Khan & Co respectively should deal with the discount with

regard to supply.

(3 marks)

(b) Deepak supplied biscuits to Arnold & Co regularly. It supplied 10,000 packets

@ ` 20 per packet in the month of June 2023. Due to financial crises Arnold

& Co could not make payment to Deepak. Later, it was negotiated and the

parties agreed the price @ ` 19 per packet. Arnold & Co make the payment

accordingly on 10th September, 2023. Deepak issued a credit note on difference

amount on same date. Assume the CST rate @ 18% determine the taxable

value of supply of the transaction.

(2 marks)

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(ii) Lamb & Co. commenced business in retail trade of electronic goods on 5th June,

2023. It applied for registration under regular scheme on the same day. The goods

are liable for CGST @ 9% and SGST @ 9%. Its turnover for the year ended

31st March, 2024 was ` 72 lakh. It was decided that it would opt for composition

levy for the financial year 2024-25. It has input tax credit balance available in electronic

credit ledger on 31st March, 2024 was ` 30,000 in CGST and ` 18,000 in SGST.

State the procedure and other requirements to be followed by Lamb & Co. for change

over to composition scheme for financial year 2024-25.

(5 marks)

(iii) B Homes Ltd., was planning to construct a ten storied building complex in Pune.

It obtained permission from the Corporation for the same. Another firm J Constructions

was constructing a six storied building in the adjacent area. Since the ten storied

structure may affect the ventilation of its flats, J Construction approached B Homes

Ltd. with a proposition of giving up construction of 4 floors, for which it agreed

to pay one time compensation of ` 75 lakh. B Homes Ltd. accepted the offer and

received the compensation.

Examine whether the aforesaid compensation will attract GST liability. If yes, compute

the same, assuming that the applicable SGST and CGST is 9% each. Your answer

should also contain the conditions to be complied with, if any.

(5 marks)

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(iv) State with reasons, whether the following statements are true or false, under Customs

Act, 1962 :

(a) Customs area include warehouse.

(b) Customs station does not include international courier terminal.

(5 marks)

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