Articles on Tax, Corporate Law, Recent Judgement

Download Revised Form 49A Excel Auto utility - This form should be used when the applicant has never applied for a PAN or does not have PAN allotted to him. An applicant can visit Income Tax Department (ITD) website to find whether a PAN has been allotted to him or not. Full Article

1. What kind of activities would come under ‘transaction only in money’? ♦ Deposits in or withdrawals from a bank account. ♦ Advancement or repayment of principal sum on loan to someone. ♦ Conversion of Rs. 1,000 currency note into one rupee coins to the extent amount is received in money form. Full Article

1. Are all services provided by an employer to the employee outside the ambit of services?No. Only services that are provided by the employee to the employer in the course of employment are outside the ambit of services. Services provided outside ambit of employment for a consideration would be a service. For example, if an employee provides his services on contract basis to an associate company of the employer, then this would be treated as provision of service. Likewis.. Full Article

NEGATIVE LIST OF SERVICES (a) Services by Government or a local authority excluding the following services to the extent they are not covered elsewhere: (i) services by the Department of Posts by way of speed post, express parcel post, life insurance and agency services provided to a person other than Government; (ii) services in relation to an aircraft or a vessel, inside or outside the precincts of a port or an airport; (iii) transport of goods or passengers; or Full Article

Recently, the Section 44AD has been revised and now it is applicable to all businesses instead of only to civil construction business. On the other outset, limit of tax audit u/s 44AB is increased to Rs. 60 lakh from earlier limit of Rs. 40 lakh. Being an entrepreneur first, I had lot of disappointments on increase of limit as now there will be lesser business men falling under the tax audit bracket. While secondly, I was really happy all business men who want to show pr.. Full Article

Where a taxpayer believes that its total income justifies withholding of tax at a lower rate, it can apply to the assessing officer for a certificate of withholding tax at a lower rate. The application by the taxpayer to the AO for a certificate of withholding tax at a lower rate is governed by Rule 28AA of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (the Rules). Full Article

In order to enable you to generate the TDS Certificates through TIN Website, you will be required to follow the following steps: 1. The deductor has to register their TAN with NSDL website. Click on the "Online TAN Registration" available in the home page of www.tin-nsdl.com and follow the due procedures mentioned therein. 2. Upon registration the deductor would be allotted a Reference Number. Note down this number. 3. The deductor will also receive an email from NSDL .. Full Article

All deductors (including government deductors who deposit TDS in the Central Government Account through book entry) shall issue TDS certificate in Form No. 16A generated through TIN central system and which is downloaded from the TIN website with a unique TDS certificate number in respect of all sums deducted on or after the 1st day of April, 2012 under any of the provisions of Chapter-XVII-B other than section 192. Full Article