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We may without prejudice also examine the assessee's claim of being a primary co- operative agricultural and rural development bank. The Revenue has rejected the assessee's claim on the ground that it does not meet the definition thereof inasmuch as its area of operation is not confined to a Taluk (Explanation (b) of section 80P (4)). In this regard, we firstly observe that the assessee has not clarified if it is a member of the Rajasthan State Co-operative Land Developm.. Full Article

According to a Supreme Court order as given below, there is no need for the Charitable & Religious Trusts Registered in Maharashtra to pay the 2% Annual Cess / Levy / Fees Tax Contribution to the Charity Commissioner's Office, of their total income, which is used to run the Charity Commissioner's office. Full Article

1) Deduction allowable from Income for payment of Life Insurance Premium (Sec. 80C). (a) Life Insurance premia paid in order to effect or to keep in force an insurance on the life of the assessee or on the life of the spouse or any child of assesse Full Article

Transfer of right to use goods is a well recognized constitutional and legal concept. Every transfer of goods on lease, license or hiring basis does not result in transfer of right to use goods. Transfer of right of goods involves transfer of possession and effective control over such goods in terms of the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of State of Andhra Pradesh v. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. [Judgment dated 6/2/2002 in Civil Appeal no. 31 of 1991]. Transfer o.. Full Article

This excel utility should be used when PAN has already been allotted to the applicant but applicant wants to make change/correction in PAN data. A new PAN card bearing the same PAN with updated details will be issued to applicant. The form is updated with recent changes made in the same and applicable from 08.04.2012. Full Article

The existing restriction in exemption u/s. 54EC is clearly an attempt to prevent home owners from fully enjoying the benefits. The treatment of long-term capital gains (LTCG) has been a contentious issue in recent years. Section 54EC of the Income-tax Act, 1961, exempts from taxation capital gains arising from transfer of a long term capital asset, provided the assessee invests the whole or part of the capital gains in long term specified assets for three years. Full Article

ITR-1 SAHAJ, ITR 2, ITR 3, SUGAM (ITR-4S), ITR-4, I in excel, word and Pdf Format for A.Y. 2012-13 / Financial Year 2011-12. We have uploaded below ITR 1- Sahaj, ITR 2, ITR 3, ITR-4, SUGAM (ITR-4S), in Excel Word and Pdf Format applicable for Assessment year 2012-13 and Financial Year 2011-12. Full Article

Guidelines for Online Change-Correction in Pan Data- 1. STEPS FOR ONLINE APPLICATION a. Applicant will fill PAN Change Request Form online and submit the form. The same form will be applicable for citizens as well as non-citizens of India. b. If the data submitted fails in any format level validation, a response indicating the error(s) will be displayed on the screen.c. The applicant shall rectify the error(s) and re-submit the form. d. If there are no format level error.. Full Article