DEFINATION OF INCOME TAX ACT
24) "income"20 includes20— (i) profits and gains20 ;
(ii) dividend ;
21[(iia) voluntary contributions received by a trust created wholly or partly for charitable or religious purposes or by an institution established wholly or partly for such purposes 22[or by an association or institution referred to in clause (21) or clause (23)22a, or by a fund or trust or institution referred to in sub-clause (iv) or sub-clause (v) 23[or by any university or other educational institution referred to in sub-clause (iiiad) or sub-clause (vi) or by any hospital or other institution referred to in sub-clause (iiiae) or sub-clause (via)] of clause (23C) of section 10 24[or by an electoral trust]].
Explanation.—For the purposes of this sub-clause, "trust" includes any other legal obligation ;]
(iii) the value of any perquisite or profit in lieu of salary taxable under clauses (2) and (3) of section 17 ;
25[(iiia) any special allowance or benefit, other than perquisite included under sub-clause (iii), specifically granted to the assessee to meet expenses wholly, necessarily and exclusively for the performance of the duties of an office or employment of profit ;
(iiib) any allowance granted to the assessee either to meet his personal expenses at the place where the duties of his office or employment of profit are ordinarily performed by him or at a place where he ordinarily resides or to compensate him for the increased cost of living ;]
(iv) the value of any benefit or perquisite26, whether convertible into money or not, obtained from a company either by a director or by a person who has a substantial interest in the company, or by a relative of the director or such person, and any sum paid by any such company in respect of any obligation which, but for such payment, would have been payable by the director or other person aforesaid ;
27[(iva) the value of any benefit or perquisite27a, whether convertible into money or not, obtained by any representative assessee
(ii) dividend ;
21[(iia) voluntary contributions received by a trust created wholly or partly for charitable or religious purposes or by an institution established wholly or partly for such purposes 22[or by an association or institution referred to in clause (21) or clause (23)22a, or by a fund or trust or institution referred to in sub-clause (iv) or sub-clause (v) 23[or by any university or other educational institution referred to in sub-clause (iiiad) or sub-clause (vi) or by any hospital or other institution referred to in sub-clause (iiiae) or sub-clause (via)] of clause (23C) of section 10 24[or by an electoral trust]].
Explanation.—For the purposes of this sub-clause, "trust" includes any other legal obligation ;]
(iii) the value of any perquisite or profit in lieu of salary taxable under clauses (2) and (3) of section 17 ;
25[(iiia) any special allowance or benefit, other than perquisite included under sub-clause (iii), specifically granted to the assessee to meet expenses wholly, necessarily and exclusively for the performance of the duties of an office or employment of profit ;
(iiib) any allowance granted to the assessee either to meet his personal expenses at the place where the duties of his office or employment of profit are ordinarily performed by him or at a place where he ordinarily resides or to compensate him for the increased cost of living ;]
(iv) the value of any benefit or perquisite26, whether convertible into money or not, obtained from a company either by a director or by a person who has a substantial interest in the company, or by a relative of the director or such person, and any sum paid by any such company in respect of any obligation which, but for such payment, would have been payable by the director or other person aforesaid ;
27[(iva) the value of any benefit or perquisite27a, whether convertible into money or not, obtained by any representative assessee