It is well settled that when a revised return is filed by the assessee, the original return is totally substituted and the revised return alone has to be taken into consideration in completing the assessment. The earlier return, after a revised return has been furnished, cannot form the basis of assessment.

The following assessees have to file compulsorily e return only: – Limited Companies – Compulsory Audit Cases – from A.Y. 2012-13 Individuals/HUFs having Total Income above Rs. 10 Lakhs and assessees who have got foreign assets. To be filed with digital signature only for Limited Companies and for others whose accounts are audited u.s. 44 AB. If filed without digital signature the acknowledgement in Form V duly verified is to be sent to CPC within 120 days by ordinary or speed post.

In general the perception is that income of Co–operative Societies is not chargeable to tax and therefore many societies do not bother to take PAN No. & file Income Tax returns. This is a wrong perception since though certain types of income of CHS are exempt there are other incomes which are chargeable to Tax.

There are two option to know your status of Income Tax Return filed online without digital signature or say Status of ITR-V sent by Post to Bangluru. Login on the Income Tax e-filing Portal www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in and follow the following steps

Government plans to allow reopening of income tax returns of past 16 years of suspected assessees, as against 6 years at present. The move is aimed at strengthening the mechanism to investigate black money cases. A Finance Ministry official said in New Delhi that extending the period of reopening returns is to unearth undisclosed income [...]

Online income tax return filing company TaxSpanner today announced launch of mobile version of its solution that would enable users to file income tax returns (ITR) from their handset. After introducing the eFile by eMail option where customers need to just send us an email with a few details, e-filing of taxes through mobile is the next obvious step for the company, Ankur Sharma, CEO, TaxSpanner said in a statement.

The Income Tax returns of individuals do not enjoy “absolute ban” from disclosure, the Central Information Commission has held while directing the Income Tax department to provide details of the total income of a person to his son-in-law who is facing a dowry case.

The CBDT has decided to extend the due date of filing of Income Tax returns from 31st July 2010 to 4th August 2010. All paper returns or e-returns filed on or before 4th August, 2010 would be considered as filed within the due.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) have directed the Income Tax Department (ITD) to make arrangements for receiving income tax returns on 31st July 2010, the due date for filing tax returns by most taxpayers, as that day happens to be a Saturday.

One of the unkindest cuts is that the auditor of a company, necessarily a CA, shall not render such services as accounting and book-keeping, internal audit, design and implementation of any financial information system, actuarial, investment advisory, investment banking, rendering of outsourced financial services, and management services.