According to Income-tax Act, 1961 “the Act” companies need to withhold tax under section 194H on amount of commission paid to its distributors/ agents or anyone else. Generally the companies selling goods through agents sell its product to agents at price less than market price, Now here arise the point of legal action, whether difference between the retail price (at which product is sold to end user) and the price at which product is transferred to agents is “discount” or “commission”. Income-tax authorities consider it to be commission to try cover such transactions under the ambit of section 194H and on the other hand companies consider it to be a discount. In recent times there flowed numerous judgements from various forums dealing on this issue, some against and some in favour of the assessee.

When the first draft of the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) was released in August 2009, the provision dealing with Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) was one of the most discussed and deliberated provision. It proposed to levy tax on the gross value of assets. There were certain drawbacks and limitations which were pointed out to the government, as a result of which, the government decided to reinstate the earlier regime of levying MAT on book profits. However, after reading the proposed MAT provision in conjunction with the entire code, one is left wondering whether it will turn out to be a boon or a bane to taxpayers in India.

The three judges – two Hindus and a Muslim – of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court who Thursday authored the long-awaited verdict on the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi dispute:

IDFC is coming out with the country’s first ever public issue of infrastructure bonds through which the lender expects to mop up Rs 3,400 crore. The issue would open on September 30 and closes on October 18. It is the first public issue of bonds by an infrastructure finance company under Sec 80CCF of the Income Tax Act that allows tax benefits for investment in long-term infrastructure bonds. The bond issue proceed would be utilised to finance the infrastructure projects in the country.

India will soon enter into an era where investors can indulge in stock trading via their mobile phones from any where in the world, irrespective of what they may be doing at that particular moment. You can visualize a situation where you are watching

Under the Income Tax Law (ITL), tax incentives linked to the profits of the relevant business (profit-linked incentives) are available for a specified number of years. Direct Taxes Code (DTC) 2010 proposes to withdraw or substitute these profit-linke

Direct Tax Code (DTC) 2010 consolidates the withholding tax provisions as well as the procedural law dealing with reporting of income (including branch profits), net wealth and dividends distributed. To ensure compliance with the reporting requirements under DTC 2010, certain amendments have been proposed to the penal provisions, as also provisions relating to prosecution. This article summarizes the key amendments to the procedural law, including amendments to the assessment procedures, tax withholding provisions, penalty and prosecution.

The draft Direct Taxes Code along with a Discussion Paper was released on 12 August 2009 for public comments to simplify direct tax legislation in India. Subsequently, comments were solicited from the public and examined by the Government. A Revised Discussion Paper was issued to respond to the major concerns and comments of stakeholders were released on 15 June 2010.

With the Bombay Stock Exchange launching its mobile trading platform, the stock market is all set to get a tech boost.Especially since the National Stock Exchange also plans to launch a similar service in the first week of October. A month ago, the S

As per the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (Rules), a return of income which is required to be filed electronically can be filed either under a digital signature or by transmitting the data in the return electronically and thereafter submitting the signed ver