The Tribunal observed that a contribution to approved superannuation fund is deductible in principle as long as the quantum of the said contribution does not exceed the prescribed limits specified in Rule 87 and 88 of the Income-tax Rules. The limi
The air travellers and courier service companies are under the scanner of air intelligence unit (AIU) of the Income Tax (I-T) department, which is trying to get to the black money trail in India. The AIUs conducted a series of search operations at va
Shri U.K. Sinha, (IAS: 1976: Bihar, voluntarily retired in 2008) presently Chairman and Managing Director, UTI AMC, has been appointed as the Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), initially for a period of three years with effect f
Centralized Processing Center (CPC), Bangalore has begun processing of returns for AY 2010-11. As on 31/1/2011 it has processed over 31.3 lakh e-filed returns of AY 2010-11 in ITRs 1, 2, 3, 4 and issued refunds in over 8.3 lakh cases. The processing
Frontier Offshore Exploration (India) Limited v. DCIT This decision strengthens the position that special provisions supersede the general provision of the Act for the purpose of withholding tax. It also acknowledges the view that the assessee may withhold tax by suo moto applying the special regime under the provisions of section 44BB.
It is settled law that the dutiability of the final products or inputs, the benefit of cenvat credit in respect of inputs and input services is made available, provided the assessee has necessary documentary evidence and necessary evidence to show utilisation of such input services and in this case, there is no finding that input services were not utilised in providing output services, for which service tax has been paid.
In continuation to this Ministry’s earlier circular no. 6/2010 dated 03.12.2010 on the subject cited above, it has been decided to extend the Scheme for another three months i.e. upto 30 th April, 2011.
9. This Court in the Tax Appeal No.1367 of 2009 has taken the view that on a conjoint reading of sections 76 and 80 of the Act, it is not possible to envisage a discretion as being vested in the authority to levy a penalty below the minimum prescribed limit. If the authority imposing the penalty is not entitled to levy below the minimum prescrib
The assessee had filed a return of income on 28 November 2000 for assessment year 2001-01 and declared an income of Rs.89.75 crores. On 14 March 2002, the assessee filed a revised return of Rs.80.75 crores. The assessment proceedings commenced on 18 November 2002 with a notice under Section 143(2). The assessment order was passed on 31 March 2003 by which the Assessing Officer determined the income at Rs.97.09 crores under Section 115JA. TDS certificates amounting to Rs. 1,44,34,030/- were submitted during the course of the assessment proceedings. Interest has been allowed to th
General Circular No. 1/2011- Dated the 3rd Feb, 2011 Government of India, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, 5 th Floor, ‘A’ Wing, Shastri Bhavan, Dr. R.P. Road , New Delhi, To, All Regional Director and All Registrars of Companies. Subject: Easy Exit Scheme, 2011 Sir, In continuation to this Ministry’s earlier circular no. 6/2010 dated 03.12.2010 on […]
