The Finance Ministry will soon unveil the simpler income tax return form ‘Sugam’, which is aimed at reducing compliance burden on small businessmen and professionals. “Sugam is currently being examined by the Law Ministry and will be notified soon,” a Revenue Department official said.
The Income Tax department has refunded as much as Rs 72,000 crore to tax payers across the country in 2009-10, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman Sudhir Chandra said here. “The Income Tax department has improved its tax refund rate and Rs 72,000 crore have been refunded to tax payers in the fiscal year 2009-10 against Rs 57,000 in the previous financial year,” Chandra said addressing the 63rd outgoing batch of Indian Revenue Services (IRS), here yesterday at the National Academy of Direct Taxes.
The government has released norms for appointment of relatives in companies, a decision that will allow directors or managers to engage services of close ones without seeking permission of the Centre. A company, however, will be required to seek the permission of the central Government if monthly payment made to relatives is more than Rs 2,50,000, the Corporate Affairs Ministry said in a notification.
Rallis India Ltd. Vs. Poduru Vidya Bhusan & Ors. (Supreme Court) – When partners of a firm issue cheques which are dishonoured, it is presumed that they were responsible for issuing them unless they prove that they were not in charge of the daily affairs of the firm. They have to discharge the burden during the trial under the Negotiable Instruments Act, the Supreme Court stated in the case, Rallis India Ltd vs Poduru Vidya. In this case, the company filed criminal complaints against three partners. They denied responsibility arguing that they had resigned before the date of the cheques. The Andhra Pradesh accepted their plea and quashed the criminal cases against them. Rallis appealed to the Supreme Court. It set aside the high court judgement and stated that the partners’ denial of responsibility and their status at the time of the issuance of cheques must be tested during the trial. The complaint against them could not be quashed by the high court using its discretionary power.
Notification No 36/2011 – Income Tax Income Tax department has last amended the 3CD report by inserting a New Clause 17A after Clause 17 by NOTIFICATION NO. 36/2009, DATED 13-4-2009 , which require auditors to report Amount of interest inadmissible under section 23 of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006. In addition to that there were some changes in provisions of fringe benefit. I am attaching herewith a Revised Form 3CD for Tax Audit incorporating all the changes and amendments till 31st August 2011 and same is applicable for Assessment year 2009-2010, 2010-11 and 2011-12. Download Form 3CD in Excel Format
