A new section 80CCG under the Income Tax Act, 1961 on ‘Deduction in respect of investment under an equity savings scheme’ has been introduced to give tax benefits to ‘New Retail Investors’ who invest up to Rs. 50,000 in ‘Eligible Securities’ and have gross total annual income less than or equal to Rs.10 Lakhs.

 1)        Profession Tax E-Enrollment- 3rd proviso to Sec 3(2) is inserted from 01.05.2012. Which states that, a person who is liable to pay tax has remained un-enrolled; then, his liability to pay tax under this section for the periods for which he has remained so un­enrolled shall not exceed eight years from the end of [...]

We have attached below an excel utility to compute the MAT as per provisions of Section 115JB of Income Tax Act, 1961. While preparing the utility Author of the utility has  considered various income-tax cases decided by various judicial authorities both in favour of assessee and in favour of revenue.

Provident Fund is a Social Security Benefit to employees. During an employee’s productive life he along with his employer contribute monthly to a PF Fund which then serves as a nest on retirement for his/her old age. This act is an important piece of Labour Welfare legislation enacted by the Parliament to provide social security benefits to the workers.

As the Financial Year of 2012-13 is about to end, most of the employees get busy with their income-tax planning, increment calculation etc but if they are wishing to avail Home Loan, Personal Loan or any other loan from Financial Institutions and are NOT regular in filing Income Tax Returns

Deductor related reasons : • Non filing of quarterly TDS statements • Omission to include details of challan in TDS statement • Quoting wrong CIN in challan details in the TDS statement • Entering wrong amount in challan details • Quoting of wrong TAN in the challan while remitting the TDS in the bank • Quoting of wrong minor head in the challan while remitting the TDS

If a deductor has deposited excess amount of TDS , the procedure for getting refund was given in Board Circular 285 dated 21-1-1980. Now CBDT has issued new circular in this respect.

As you would be aware that normally the service provider is the person liable to pay Service tax, except in certain notified cases where the service receiver is made liable to pay Service tax. This was popularly termed as Reverse Charge.

In my earlier write up Applicability of Service Tax for Software Freelancer, I had mentioned that if the service is provided to non-taxable territory, Service Tax is not leviable. Receipt of payment in convertible foreign exchange is no more a pre-condition on and after 01.07.2012.

For employees of large Indian and multinational companies, benefits go beyond salaries to include lifestyle perks such as company accommodation or club membership. Growth in business operations and competition for talent are now prompting even mid-sized companies to adopt the HR practices of such large companies.