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In AY 2002-03, the assessee suffered a long-term capital loss. U/s 74(1) as it then stood, such loss could be carried forward and set off against all capital gains including short-term capital gains. S. 74 was amended in AY 2003-04 to provide that long-term capital loss could only be set-off against long-term capital gains and not against short-term-capital gain. When the assessee claimed a set-off in AY 2004-05 the question arose whether the amended law should apply or .. Full Article

A summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate, Government of India, under Section 37 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 could not be interdicted by the High Court on the ground that there was no application of mind and the documents sought for would amount to a roving enquiry by the Directorate, the Madras High Court has held. Full Article

In 1918, the scheme of Government Diploma in Accountancy (GDA) was introduced by the Government of Bombay to provide the eligibility to accountants for Unrestricted Certificate to practise accountancy in India. In 1930, the Government of India decided to control and regulate the accountancy profession and provided for the grant of certificates to auditors through [...] Full Article

TAXING a non-resident has always been challenging, and wherever possible the law has provided adequate safeguard for the Revenue. That is how Sec 163 came into being. The issue here is: If a non-resident is assessed independently, can its agent in India be also assessed as Representative Assessee for the same income u/s 163? Full Article