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Gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) as a proportion of GDP had reached a peak of 32.9 per cent in 2007/08, the year preceding the global crisis. It dropped to 32.3 per cent in 2008/09 and then to 31.6 per cent in 2009/10. Initial estimates are that in 2010/11 this ratio slipped further to 30.4 per cent. The AE for 2011/12 suggest that there may have been further slippage to 29.3 per cent. That is a decline of almost 4 percentage points over the last four years. Full Article

The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee said that with the introduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST), we are now perhaps at the door-step of the most significant reform in the history of indirect taxes in the country. He said that GST is expected to be a more efficient system of taxation and is likely to give a boost to the tax revenues of the Centre and the States. Full Article

Extending benefits to its employees, the Centre has decided to remove the minimum age bar of five years for claiming educational allowance and hostel subsidy for their children. The move, which will benefit lakhs of workers, comes after the government received a number of representations and decided to get the matter duly examined by the Ministry of Finance. Full Article

With the induction of 1976-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Sudha Sharma as Member (Audit and Judicial) this month, the Central Board of Direct Taxes for the first time in its 48-year-long history has three women in the seven-member body. The two other women officers are Member (Personnel and Vigilance) Manjari Kacker and Member (Legislation and Computerisation) Poonam Kishore Saxena, both 1974-batch IRS (I-T) officials. Full Article

Examination Pattern for Foundation Course (Entry Level) Part-I from June 2012 onwards. Examination shall  have  Multiple Choice Questions to be answered/marked in OMR answer sheets. The Examination of Foundation Course (Entry Level) Part-I shall be held on a single day (Sunday) in two sessions Morning Session Paper I (10.00 am to 12.00 pm) Section A:- [...] Full Article

The Income Tax Calculator given below is for A.Y. 2012-13 or Financial year 2011-12. The Calculator Calculates taxable Income and tax thereof. Calculator can be used for calculating income tax on all types of Income. It have the option to set off carried forwarded losses and to compute rebate for Agricultural income. Calculator calculates tax on income of Male, Female, Senior Citizen, Very senior Citizen after considering basic exemption limit available to them. Full Article

Excel based Challan Utility for ITNS 280 and ITNS 281 - The utility given below will fill your Income Tax Challan No. 280 (For Payment of Income tax) and Income Tax Challan No. 280 (Related to Payment of TDS/TCS). With the excel utility files we attached one help file in word format which can be referred to understand how to use both the utilities. Full Article

Government may grant the Income Tax department powers to re-open tax returns of beyond six years in specific cases of black money where "foreign assets" are involved.The I-T department needs these powers to pursue the ongoing cases where funds were found to be stashed abroad and these came to light after India received a classified list of bank account holders which include those in HSBC bank Geneva and LGT Bank of Liechtenstein. Full Article