Deduction

The Income Tax Act, 1961 provides deduction u/s. 80 in pursuance of which an individual (Indian citizen and foreign national) who is resident of India, and who suffers from not less than 40 per cent of any disability is eligible for deduction to the Full Article

32. Whether gross expenses or net expenses (i.e. net of recovery) are to be considered for the purposes of FBT? For example, part of the expenses on various items like travel, may be recovered from the employees. Therefore, whether FBT would be levied on the gross travel expenditure or on the ‘net’ travel expenditure’? Where [...] Full Article

The government is considering a proposal to hike income-tax exemption Make these charges part of your budget available for interest payment on home loans to Rs 2.5 lakh a year, to boost demand and rebuild the slowdown-hit housing industry.The ministry of housing and urban development has urged finance minister Pranab Mukherjee to make an announcement to [...] Full Article

SUMMARY OF CASE LAW The grants and payment of royalty claimed under the head “expenses on direct operations/ grants” are not allowable under section 37(1), but they are allowable under section 36(1)(xii) CASE LAW DETAILS Decided by: ITAT, DELHI BENCH `E’ : NEW DELHI, in the case of : Oil Industry Development Board v.ACIT, AppealNo. : [...] Full Article

Individuals, who invest their savings in annuity plans offered by insurance firm, could see a drop in their tax burden. Insurance regulator IRDA is in talks with the government to make annuity-plans more tax-efficient. If the proposal is accepted in the coming budget, it will augment returns for retired employees and help insurers market these [...] Full Article

The definition of ‘sale’ as per the Maharashtra Value Added Tax (MVAT) Act, 2002 was amended w.e.f. June 20, 2006 so as to include, inter alia, agreement for construction of immovable property, for levy of tax on transfer of property in goods involved in the execution of such works contract. This amendment was made consequent to the Supreme Court decision in the Raheja case 141 STC 298 (SC) . Full Article

It has been proposed under the IT Circular 3/2009 that if the return is electronically furnished under a digital signature, the tax-payer is not required to furnish the Form ITR-V with the Income-tax Department as a follow up to the electronic transmitting of data in the return. Similarly, any return which is digitally signed by [...] Full Article

Closely-held group companies that frequently borrow money from each other should make a mental note of a recent ruling by the income tax appellate tribunal (ITAT), a quasi-judicial tax authority. The tribunal has said that “deemed dividend cannot be taxed in the hands of non-shareholders. ” In order to avoid paying dividend distribution tax (DDT) [...] Full Article