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| (1) The statutory income of every person for each year of assessment from every source of his profits or income in respect of which tax is chargeable, shall be the full amount of the profits or income which was derived by him or arose or accrued to his benefit from such source during that year of assessment, notwithstanding that he may have ceased to possess such source or that such source may have ceased to produce income. |
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| (2) Where the Commissioner-General directs under the provisions of subsection (4) that the accounts in respect of any trade, business, profession or vocation be made up for such periods as may be specified in that direction, he may further direct that the statutory income from that source for any year of assessment be computed on the amount of the profits of the period ending in that year of assessment. Where however, the statutory income of any person from a trade, business, profession or vocation has been computed by reference to an account made up for a certain period and such person fails to make up an account for the corresponding period in the year following, the statutory income from that source, both of the year of assessment for which such failure occurs and of the two years of assessment following, shall be computed on such basis as the Commissioner-General shall consider just and equitable in the circumstances of the case: |
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| (3) Every person who carries on or exercises any trade, business, profession or vocation shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (4), make up the accounts of that trade, business, profession or vocation for each successive period of twelve months ending on the thirty-first day of March of each year: |
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| (4) Where any person is unable to comply with the provisions of subsection (3) in relation to any trade, business, profession or vocation carried on or exercised by him, he shall give notice in writing to the Commissioner-General setting out the reasons for his inability to comply with such provisions. The Commissioner-General may, if satisfied with the reason set out in such notice, direct such person to makeup the accounts of that trade, business, profession or vocation for such periods as may be specified in that direction, and it shall be the duty of such person to comply with the direction: |
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