Income Tax, Wealth Tax and Direct tax Code Related News

  • Feb
  • 02
  • 2013

Validity of Reopening for involvement in accommodation entry?

Added In Income Tax
Whether issue of notice u/s 148 for reopening of assessment u/s 147 on the reason that assessee company is involved in accommodation entry in valid?

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  • Feb
  • 01
  • 2013

Govt to raise income tax exemption limit to Rs 3 lakh in revised DTC

Added In Income Tax
The government will come up with a modified Direct Taxes Code (DTC) Bill after incorporating the suggestions of the Standing Committee on Finance, which among things had suggested raising annual income tax exemption limit to Rs 3 lakh.

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  • Feb
  • 01
  • 2013

India-Malaysia new Treaty – Recognizes branch as arm of foreign HO, Tax on dividend reduced to 5%

Added In Income Tax
The Government of the Republic of India and the Government of Malaysia, desiring to conclude an Agreement for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and with a view to promoting economic cooperation between the two countries, have agreed as follows:

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  • Feb
  • 01
  • 2013

Download New Lighter Form 16A Traces PDF Converter

Added In Income Tax
New utility for generation of Form 16A in pdf format provided by https://www.tdscpc.gov.in is very light and is sized only 8.43 MB while earlier utility was sized 58.04 MB.

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  • Jan
  • 31
  • 2013

Zero tolerance for corruption in tax department – Revenue Secretary

Added In Income Tax
In the recent past, instances of some officers of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) being subjected to searches investigations by Anti-Corruption Branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have been reported.

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  • Jan
  • 31
  • 2013

Amendment in Jurisdiction of CCIT Chennai

Added In Income Tax
Notification No. 5/2013 Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), Central Board of Direct Taxes, number S.O. 733(E), dated the 31st July, 2001 namely

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  • Jan
  • 31
  • 2013

Amendment in Jurisdiction of Commissioner of Income-tax Chennai

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Notification No.6/2013 Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), Central Board of Direct Taxes, number S.O. 732(E), dated the 3rd July, 2001, namely

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  • Jan
  • 29
  • 2013

PPF Account -Frequently Asked Questions

Added In Income Tax
 Can I maintain more than 1 Public Provident Fund (PPF) account under my name? Only one PPF account can be maintained by an Individual, except an account that is opened on behalf of a minor. What is the eligibility for investing under Public Provident Fund (PPF) Scheme, 1968? A Public Provident Fund (PPF) account can [...]

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  • Jan
  • 29
  • 2013

How to Download / Install TRACES PDF Generation Utility & Procedure to convert text file into PDF

Added In Income Tax
Download TRACES PDF Generation Utility Deductor can download TDS Certificate (Form 16 (Part A) and Form 16A) from TRACES. The file will be provided in text format and will contain certificate details for all requested PANs. Text file is password protected and password will be ‘<TAN>’. Deductor will have to convert the text file into [...]

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  • Jan
  • 28
  • 2013

Amendment in Section 40(a)(ia) In Finance Act, 2012: Rerospective or Prospective

Added In Income Tax
Ever since the insertion of provision of Section 40a(ia) ( “the section”)through finance act, 2004, the subject of TDS has gained a lot of momentum in terms of anxiety from general public. Non deduction or even untimely deduction of tax results to disallowance or deferment of allowance of expenditure,

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