The Finance Minister, in paragraph 89 of his speech, while presenting the Union Budget, 2007-08, had announced that the National Housing Bank (NHB) will introduce a reverse mortgage scheme for senior citizens. In pursuance of this announcement, some of the banks have already formulated scheme for reverse mortgage.
45. Commodities Transaction Tax 45.1 Chapter VII of the Finance Act, 2008 has introduced a new tax called Commodities Transaction Tax (CTT) to be levied on taxable commodities transactions entered in a recognized association. 45.2 ‘Taxable commodities transaction’ has been defined to mean a transaction of purchase or sale in a recognized association of – (i) […]
Some persons were exempt from tax and, therefore, not required to compute their income under the head “profits and gains of business or profession”. Upon withdrawal of exemption, such persons became liable to income-tax and hence were required to compute their income for income-tax purposes. In this context, dispute has arisen regarding the basis for allowing depreciation
Stockbrokers who have been taking advantage of the ambiguity in the Income Tax Act rules to reduce their tax payouts could be in for a rude shock. The Bombay high court has ruled that brokers cannot set off losses in the trading business against their other income and that these losses can only be neutralised […]
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In the case of one third of every mid cap company in India, the roles of the chairman and managing director or CEO were played by the same person. A majority of such companies (66%) do not have a policy for rotation for the members of their audit committees.
