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Have you taken an education loan to support higher studies of yourself or of your spouse, Children or for the student of whom you are legal guardian and you are not aware of the tax benefits that you are entitled to. Then here is a guide that will assist you to know tax benefits on education loans. These benefits help you to reduce the overall cost of your education loan. Full Article

The deduction under section 80E is available to an individual if following conditions are satisfied: 1. Deduction available only to Individual not to HUF or other type of Assessee. 2. Deduction amount: – The amount of interest paid is eligible for deduction and moreover there is no cap on the amount to be deducted. You can deduct the entire interest amount from your taxable income. However there is no benefit available on the repayment of principal amount of the .. Full Article

Service tax on Banking and other financial services was imposed w.e.f.16-07-2001. After going through many changes, expansion in scope, clubbing of some services, modification to the definition of service providers etc. the present coverage of this service , with abatement, exemption, clarification etc. Full Article

DBOD. AML.BC. No. 68 /14.01.001/2009-10- Some of the salient features of the amendment, relevant to banks and financial institutions are as under: • Clause (ca) inserted in sub-rule (1) of Rule 2 defines "non-profit organization" • Clause (BA) inserted in sub-rule (1) of Rule 3 requires banks/financial institutions to maintain proper record of all transactions involving receipts by non-profit organizations of value more than rupees ten lakh or its equivalent in forei.. Full Article

The taxpayer was a banking company. In the current appeal, the Revenue’s grievance was that the CIT(A) had erred in directing that the written back ”provision of bad-debts” was not taxable as ”business income” especial y when a deduction of a sum was already al owed under Section 36(1) (vi a). The AO in the assessment order held that such write off of the provision for bad and doubtful debts was allowed as deduction in the previous years and therefore the cu.. Full Article

Know Your Customer (KYC) norms / Anti-Money Laundering (AML) standards / Combating Financing of Terrorism (CFT) / Obligation of banks under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 – Urban Co-operative Banks. Full Article

SUMMARY OF CASE LAW A primary agricultural co-operative credit society is not a co-operative bank and therefore, not entitled to any deduction under section 80P(2)(a)(i) as a bank; but as it is a primary co-operative credit society, it may be entitled to some deductions on the income earned by it from its transactions with its [...] Full Article

What is Annual Information Return (AIR)? As per the amendment to Section 285BA of the Income Tax Act, 1961, specified entities (Filers) are required to furnish an Annual Information Return (AIR) in respect of specified financial transactions registered/recorded by them during the financial year (beginning on or after April 1, 2004) to the income tax [...] Full Article