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D.O. No. FTS-799468/2010- MEMBER (R) You may be aware that the Tax Credit Statement (in Form 26AS) in respect of each PAN holder is being compiled by the Income Tax Department on real time basis. Such statements are available for online view to the PAN holder, to enable him/her to take timely corrective steps in case of missing gaps. It is thus considered desirable to increase the awareness about the same among all sections of society.
The following major changes have been made for real estate builders post the Finance Act 2010, which are made applicable from 1.7.2010. It may be noted that the said amendments would be effective only from this date onwards. The following are these amendments:
The Income Tax department will soon launch an Internet-based grievance redressal system for taxpayers to lodge their complaints with taxman. The new online facility will also enable taxpayers to register their complaints and put applications to the I-T Ombudsman present in 12 cities across the country including Mumbai and Delhi, the two topmost tax paying regions respectively.
What changes have been effected by the Finance Bill, 2010 with respect to construction of commercial / industrial premises and residential complexes?Following changes have been carried out by the Finance Bill, 2010.
In a bid to plug the tax loophole foreign investors use by routing their money to India through Mauritius, the government has sought amendments in its bilateral treaty with the island nation and offered cash compensation for revenue loss on account of the changes.
The securities transaction tax (STT) is here to stay even under the proposed new regime for direct taxes slated to come into force from April 1 next year. But the rate of STT now hinges on the firming up of a revised taxation regime for capital gains and the flow of funds to the capital market, a senior Finance Ministry official said.
Price Waterhouse auditor S. Gopalakrishnan and Satyam’s former internal audit head V.S. Prabhakar Gupta are accused of conniving with B. Ramalinga Raju, the software company’s founder, in the Rs7,136 crore fraud that came to light in January 2008.
In what is seen as a bid to prevent further inflation spiral in the economy, the Finance Ministry has once again deferred the implementation of service tax levy on transport of goods by rail. The levy will now come into effect from January 1 next year.
The Finance Ministry has specified July 1 as the date from which service tax levy would be applicable on the eight new services brought under the tax net in Budget 2010-11. The eight new services include services of promoting, marketing or organising of games of chance, including lottery, health services undertaken by hospitals for employees of business organisation and health services provided under health insurance schemes offered by insurance schemes, services provided for maintenance of medical records of employees of a business entity and promoting a ‘brand’ of goods, services, events and business entity etc.
Corporate earnings from trading in certified emission reduction or carbon credits has caught the eyes of income-tax department. Tax authorities plan to closely look at companies found active in carbon trading after finding non-payment of taxes on such earnings.
