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In income-tax jurisprudence on the scope of 'business' and 'profession', consider the following…

Both I and II are correct. In income-tax law 'business' is the wider term: a profession is an occupation carried on for gain and so falls within the wider notion of…

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In income-tax jurisprudence on the scope of 'business' and 'profession', consider the following statements:
I. All professions are businesses.
II. All businesses are not professions.

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Correct answer C

Both I and II are correct. In income-tax law 'business' is the wider term: a profession is an occupation carried on for gain and so falls within the wider notion of business, whereas a business counts as a profession only when its income depends mainly on the specialised intellectual skill and personal qualifications of the person carrying it on. Hence every profession is a business, but not every business is a profession.

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