Tunover under income tax act (Income Tax)

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b v narayana

( Author )
05 July 2012

My query is that under income tax act, whether the turnover includes taxes thereon or excluding tax. But under VAT Act, turnover is excluding tax. Pl clarify

CA Sripal Jain

( Expert )
05 July 2012

In the “Guidance Note on Terms used in Financial Statements” published by ICAI, “the expression “Sales Turnover” has been defined as: “The aggregate amount for which sales are effected or services rendered by an enterprises. The term ‘gross turnover/sales’ and ‘net turnover/sales’ are sometimes used to distinguish the sales aggregate before and after deduction of returns and trade discounts”

In the statement issued by ICAI on the companies (Auditors’ Report) Order 2003 the word ‘turnover’ has been defined as under-

“The term ‘turnover’ for the purposes of this clause may be interpreted to mean the aggregate amount for which sales are effected or services rendered by an enterprises”

Whether sales tax and excise duty to be included in the sales/turnover: In our opinion same should be included even if Assessee is have not included the same in Profit and Loss account and shown the same as current Liability.