19 November 2013
whether refining of crude oil amounts to an activity of production of mineral oil in context of section 44bb of income tax act , 1961.if answer is affirmative please provide reasons.
19 November 2013
As per explanation to the Section Mineral Oil includes petroleum and natural gas. . Though, the name mineral oil by itself covers a wide range of oil varieties which further includes white oil, liquid paraffin, and liquid petroleum. Baby oil refers to a perfumed mineral oil.
(Source Wikipedia)
Most often, mineral oil is a liquid by-product of the distillation of petroleum to produce gasoline and other petroleum-based products from crude oil. . So after carrying on certain processes on the crude oil, mineral oil is obtained, which can be differentiated from its mother substance easily from various angles like colour, odor, characteristics etc. . So, in my view , it can be said that for getting the mineral oils, crude oil is refined and it amounts to be a production activity. .