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Have you taken an education loan to support higher studies of yourself or of your spouse, Children or for the student of whom you are legal guardian and you are not aware of the tax benefits that you are entitled to. Then here is a guide that will assist you to know tax benefits on education loans. These benefits help you to reduce the overall cost of your education loan. Full Article

From now on, when you get a gift in kind, valued at more than Rs. 50,000, from your parents or other relatives, make sure you have a sworn affidavit declaring the donor your kin.The Central Board of Direct Taxes has ruled that any such gift will be taxable for the donee unless it is from relatives or given during occasions such as marriage or by way of inheritance. Full Article

The Budget 2009-2010 amended the Income Tax Act so as to tax notional income resulting from transactions in immovable properties under section 56 i.e. Income from other sources. Our focus in this write-up will be only on newly inserted provisions in section 56 pertaining to Immovable Property which is bound to result in more questions than their answers. Full Article

CASE LAW DETAILS Decided by: ITAT, AHMEDABAD `A’ BENCH, In The case of: Ramjibhai P. Chaudhry  v. DCIT, appeal No. :IT (SS) A. No. 324/Ahd./2004, Decided on: July 31, 2008 RELEVENT PARAGRAPH 3. The briefly stated facts are that that the assessee and his two other relatives Shri Ramjibhai Prabhudas and Shri Bhagubhai Valjibhai invested a sum [...] Full Article

Under the existing provisions, in a nutshell, gifts received by individuals and HUFs, only as sum of money from non relatives in excess of Rs.50000/- per annum are taxable. Gifts on the occasion of marriage or under a will are also outside the tax net. Gifts in kind are also not taxable. Now the gifts in kinds are being made taxable in the hands of recipients. Cases of deemed gifts due to inadequate considerations are also being brought in the tax net. Full Article

More than seven of 10 independent directors sitting on the boards of listed companies to improve corporate governance are “home” members, while only few women make it to such positions, says a study.”Nearly 75 per cent of all independent directors are ‘home’ members whoare natural allies of the promoters are not independent in any sense,” [...] Full Article

Decided by ITAT Mumbai in the case of Chandrakant H. Shah v. ITO . Appeal No. ITA NO. 3966/MUM/2008 Decided on JANUARY 12, 2008. In a first-of-its-kind judgement, the ITAT Mumbai recently ruled that a recipient of an interest-free loan from a non-relative is not liable to pay tax. The judgement will come as a major [...] Full Article

Three world famous magicians were in the bar drinking and boasting about their achievements. The first one said,” During my latest show, I made three women from the audience disappear, it was so convincing that their relatives started panicking, no one could find the trick” The second one said, ” Hey, that is nothing, during [...] Full Article