13 May 2011
Sir, first understand that, Section 288 is meant computation of total income under income tax act to compute the tax.It is not applicable to CA exam.In CA exam you have to give the correct figure.Other wise you have to put a note that,I have solved this problem after taking into the consideration of Sec 288 of Income Tax Act.Otherwise examiner may treat your calculation as incorrect one;
14 May 2011
Agree with expert CA Krishna, quoting section while solving problems in Income Tax gets more attention to evaluator and there are chanceses of fetching more marks in exam.