Direct tax

Direct tax collections during April-December this fiscal, are up by 14.54 per cent. This is mainly due to an increase in corporate tax mop-up. As per the data released by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the gross collection of corporate tax was up 12.49 per cent at 2,69,850 crore rupees in April-December against 2,39,883 crore rupees in same period in in the previous fiscal. Full Article

In the context of formulating the proposals for the Union Budget of 2012-13, the Ministry of Finance would like to be benefited by the suggestions and views of your Association. You may like to send your suggestions for changes in the duty structure, rates and broadening of tax base on both direct and indirect taxes giving economic justification for the same. Full Article

Both direct and indirect tax arrears increased by about 33% to Rs 3.9 lakh crore in 2010-11. Minister of State for Finance SS Palanimanickam, while replying to different questions in Rajya Sabha, informed that direct tax arrears worth Rs 3,33,077 crore were not realised, while it was Rs 56,889.62 crores in the case of indirect taxes. Full Article

India's tax revenue for 2010-11 has shown healthy growth till March 12 this year, which jumped around 26 per cent over the corresponding period and the government was expecting to end the year with similar growth in mop up. The total tax collection till March 12 of the current fiscal has shown a growth of around 26 per cent over 2009-10 and for the year the trend is likely to be maintained, Revenue Secretary Sunil Mitra said here today at CII annual regional meet. Full Article

A Group for identifying direct tax issues arising from convergence of Indian Accounting Standards (IAS) with International Financial Reporting Standards (Ind AS) was constituted by the ICAI, which comprised both of members of the Council of the Insti Full Article

Since no Reserve Fund has been opened in the Public Account of India for the purpose of crediting the 1% Secondary & Higher Education Cess for expenditure towards related schemes/prgorammes, the expenditure provision for Department of School Educatio Full Article

The Income Tax (I-T) department has witnessed a 25.3 per cent improvement in advance tax collections in the state at the end of the second quarter this financial year. This is significant as the collection figures in Mumbai, which accounts for more t Full Article

The finance minister has set up two panels, one each for direct and indirect taxes, to draw up a road map to reduce rising litigation, asking them to submit a report within a month. Full Article