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It's not often that the taxman comes to sting you five-and-a-half months after the budget speech. But finance minister Pranab Mukherjee's decision to abolish the fringe benefits tax (FBT) last July is only now being clarified by the taxman, and the net result is that you will pay more tax.Not everybody, though. The abolition of FBT affects those taxpayers whose salaries have a heavier weighting of perquisites like official accommodation, servants, car allowance, company .. Full Article

Secure Meters Ltd. („the assessee?) is engaged in the business of manufacture of energy meters. The Assessing Officer (AO) inter-alia disallowed expenses on the issue of convertible debentures on the basis that it was capital in nature. This was confirmed by the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals). On further appeal, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal („Tribunal?), however, held that the expenses on issue of debentures was allowable as a revenue expenditure. Aggrieve.. Full Article

ADVANCE RULING DETAILS Decided by:. THE AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULINGS (INCOME-TAX) NEW DELHI, In The case of: Rural Electrification Corpn. Ltd., In re , Appeal No. : AAR NO. 759 OF 2007, Ruling Given on: MARCH 31, 2009 SUMMARY OF ADVANCE RULING Merely because the objective of the provision will be better served, it is [...] Full Article

Buldhana Urban Co-operative Credit Society, the country's largest, has come under the taxman's scanner for suspected money-laundering. A team of Income Tax officials has conducted a search and seizure operation on around 15 premises that include the society's offices as well as those of its promoter Radheyshyam Chandak and other office-bearers. Some premises related to society's top officials in Pune, Nasik, and Akola were also covered in the raid. Some godowns owned by .. Full Article

Officials of the air intelligence unit at Delhi’s IGI Airport recently identified a traveler suspected to be carrying huge cash in his baggage. But before the suspect could be detained, he had boarded the aircraft for Hyderabad. All that the airline staff could divulge about the traveller were his initials and mobile number. The number [...] Full Article

Though happy with the fact that troubled IT major Satyam Computer Services had paid income tax on unreal profits — as claimed by its chairman B Ramalinga Raju — the income-tax department is planning to re-examine the exemptions the company had claimed under the income tax regulations. According to a preliminary report sent by the [...] Full Article

Q1. Whether notice is required to be issued to the assessee before initiating survey? No, the section does not require prior notice of the survey to be given to the affected person - N.K. Mohnot v. Dy. CIT [1995] 215 ITR 275/83 Taxman 238 (Mad.). Q2. Which are the authorities empowered to conduct a survey? Section 133A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 empowers the following income-tax authorities to conduct a survey:— (a) Commissioner of Income-tax, (b) Joint Commissione.. Full Article

The Delhi Income-Tax Tribunal has held that valuation of perquisite determined by the assessee relying on interpretation of Taxman’s Direct Taxes Ready Reckoner, the assessee could not be deemed to be an assessee-in-default and consequently, interest under section 201(1A) could not be levied though the valuation methodology was held not justified. Full Article