Archive for July, 2009

The Finance Minister announced a slew of amendments on both income-tax and service tax fronts to achieve the objective of “generating economic activity in the present environment of economic slowdown.” The Lok Sabha later passed the Finance Bill (No 2) 2009, completing the third and final stage of the Budget exercise for 2009-10. Full Article

A look at what constitutes as Income on Indian soil and what is not from the perspective of the IT department. The IT department defines certain incomes as Accruing or Arising in India. This is the basis of calculating your income and income tax. Let’s know more. The IT department says that for any company [...] Full Article

Construction and laying of new roads attract zero service tax, but repairs and maintenance do attract service tax. Government by Notification No. 24/2009-Service Tax, dated 27th July, 2009 exempted Repairs and maintenance work of Roads too from service tax. Notification is given below:- New Delhi, the 27th July, 2009.  Notification No. 24/2009-Service Tax G.S.R.      (E).- [...] Full Article

In the case of: Madhushree Gupta vs. UOI, Decided by: Delhi High Court In Ram Commercial Enterprises 246 ITR 568 (Del) {affirmed in Rampur Engineering 309 ITR 143 (Del) (FB)}, the Delhi High Court held that if the AO did not record his satisfaction that the assessee had concealed particulars of his income before completion [...] Full Article

In the case of: Meghraj Jain vs. UOI, Decided by: Bombay High Court Pursuant to a search under FERA, the premises of the appellant were searched on 11.4.1989. Foreign currency was recovered though no incriminating material was found. In his statement recorded on the same day, the appellant confessed to indulging in various foreign exchange [...] Full Article

The RBI has kept the key rates unchanged and increased the inflation forecast to 5 per cent. The GDP is expected to grow at 6 per cent and the money supply growth is seen at 18 per cent, according to the quarterly review of the economy, released on Tuesday. The deposit growth is seen at [...] Full Article

1. Agricultural income: Any income which you receive as income from any agricultural activity is deemed as not included in total income. If your father is into agriculture and he gives you a part of the income as a gift, then you don’t need to pay tax on it, provided, your father files his tax [...] Full Article

The Lok Sabha has passed the Finance Bill for 2009-10 by a voice vote on Monday, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that economic recovery has begun and India would achieve 8-9 pc economic growth by the end of 2010. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has announced a slew of concessions, including one pc interest subsidy for [...] Full Article