President of India has given assent to Finance Bill 2013 on 10.05.2013 and on assent the Finance bill has become the Finance Act,2013 (No. 17 of 2013). The act has given effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government for the financial year 2013-2014.  Finance Act, 2013 contains the amendment in Income Tax Rates, [...]

Finance Act 2013 Has Inserted New Rules For Computation Of Net Agricultural Income & Amended The Definition Of Net Agricultural Income Vide Section 2(13)(c). Text of Such Rules & section Are As Follows:- Rules for Computation of Net Agricultural Income Rule 1.—Agricultural income of the nature referred to in sub-clause (a) of clause (JA) of [...]

Finance Bill gets enacted as Act No.17 of 2013; President gives assent on 10th May,2013

Excise duty on jaggery powder has been reduced from 12 % to 2 % (without CENVAT) and 6 % (with CENVAT). For this purpose, notification No. 1/2011-CE and 2/2011-CE, both dated 1-3-2011 have been amended by notification No.16 /2013-Central Excise, dated 08-05-2013.

(a) for a residential unit satisfying both the following conditions, namely:– (i) the carpet area of the unit is less than 2000 square feet; and (ii) the amount charged for the unit is less than rupees one crore; (b) for other than the (a) above.

While there are over 17 lakh registered Service Tax assessees in India, only about 7 lakh people file their Service Tax returns. By all means, it is a very disappointing number. Thus, only 40 percent of the registered assessees file their returns (and pay tax).

Interest payable to Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and Qualified Foreign Investors (QFIs) on rupee denominated corporate bonds or government securities The proposal made in the Finance Bill 2013, to provide that the concessional rate of TDS on payment of interest will be available where a non-resident or a foreign company has deposited any sum of [...]

1.      Reference to FEMA, 1999 in the place of FERA, 1973/ FERA, 1947 under the Income-tax Act, 1961 Even after repeal of Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973, the Income-tax Act, 1961 continued to make a reference to the said Act in many of its sections, for example, section 10(4)(ii), 10(4B), etc. In order to correct [...]

Sub-section (4) of 90 and 90A provides that treaty benefit will not be available to any Non Resident unless he furnishes TRC from the Government of his country of residence containing such particulars as may be prescribed. The Finance Bill, 2013 had proposed to insert sub-section (5) in sections 90 and 90A to provide that [...]

 LOK SABHA THE FINANCE BILL, 2013 [As introduced in Lok .Sabha] Notice of Amendments SHRI P.CHIDAMBARAM: 1. Page 2, line 31 for”194LC”, substitute “194I LC, 194LD”. 2. Page 6, after line 13, insert— 3A (New) – Substitution of reference of certain expression by other expression    3A. In the Income-tax Act, for the expression “the [...]