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.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the government’s apex tax policy and collection body, has suggested that the new direct taxes code abolish Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) and continue to offer individuals tax exemptions on savings under the existing EEE (exempt-exempt- exempt) method.

What would be the rate of service tax on contract entered after July 7th, 2009 where the developer supplies steel and cement free of cost to contractor? The Works Contract (Composition Scheme for Payment of Service Tax) Rules, 2007 has been amended vide Notification No. 23/2009-ST, dated 07.07.09. The Explanation to sub-rule (3) was amended to provide that the composition scheme would be available only to such works contracts where the gross value of works contract includes the value of all goods used in or in relation to the execution of works contract whether received free of cost or for construction under any other contract.

The exchange rate of the currency of a country in relation to the currency of another country depends on the comparative trade advantages and economic strengths of the countries. If one US dollar is equal to 45 rupees, it simply means that in the US, if a dollar fetches 45 oranges while in India, a rupee would fetch only one orange of equivalent size and quality.

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Tally.ERP 9 – Auditors’ Edition provides you, as a CA, the facility to print Form 3CD with the required Annexure, to file Tax Audit returns under section 44AB. Using Tally.ERP 9 – Auditors’ Edition, you can now directly print Form 3CD. You can print the Form after completing the Tax Audit from within Tally.ERP 9 – Auditors’ Edition or externally. The form is easy to fill and comes with some very useful features:

Whether profit from Duty Entitlement Passbook Scheme (DEPB) and Duty Drawback Scheme could be said to be profit derived from the business of the Industrial Undertaking eligible for deduction under Section 80-IB of the Income-tax Act, 1961.

Surchage, Education Cess and applicability on TDS related to A.Y. 2010-11 (F.Y. 2009-10)? Undermentioned provisions are applicable for Financial Year 2009-10 (A.Y. 2010-11) and w.e.f. 01.04.2009. 1. Surcharge: No Surcharge on TDS in case of payment is made to Resident or Domestic Company No Surcharge on TDS in case of payment is made to Non Resident other than Foreign Company 2.5% Surcharge on TDS if the recipient is a foreign company and amount exceeds Rs. 1 Crore.

New Income Tax Rate slabs for Individual, HUF, Women, Senior Citizen for A.Y. 2010-11 & F.Y. 2009-2010 Basic exemption for individual tax payers was increased by Rs 10,000 for general tax payers and women and Rs 15,000 for senior citizens (i.e. 65 years and above) by the finance minister on Monday. The current income tax exemption [...]

1) Medical Services- Services of cosmetic surgery or plastic surgery (zzzzk). However surgery undertaken to restore or reconstruct anatomy or functions of body affected due to congenital defects, developmental abnormalities, degenerative diseases, injury or trauma shall be exempt. 2) Transport other than surface transport-The following Transport services in relation to transport under sub clause (zzzzl) have been made taxable