Earlier a person who has, for a continuous period of not less than three years held an office, not below the rank of Joint Commissioner of Sales Tax, in the Sales Tax Department of the State Government was eligible to be a Member of the Tribunal. Now this period of three Year been reduced to two years vide Notification No. No. VAT-1513/CR.96/Taxation-1 Dated 7th August 2013.
The due date for filing of Income Tax Return for Individuals, HUFs and non-auditable cases for A.Y. 2013-14 was extended by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) from 31st July to 5th August, 2013 as there was an overwhelming response to e-filing from every corner of the country. 123.03 lakh returns have been e-filed till 5th August, 2013 which is 68.3% higher than 73.11 lakh returns e-filed in the corresponding period during last year.
Gross direct tax collections during April-July of the Financial Year 2013-14 is up by 13.27 percent at Rs. 1,57,169 crore as against Rs. 1,38,751 crore in the same period last year. While gross collection of Corporate taxes has shown an increase of 9.75 percent and stands at Rs. 92,115 crore during April-July in F.Y. 2013-14 as against Rs. 83,932 crore in the same period last year.
While Bombay HC has refused to grant bail application pending payment of Service tax for service tax evasion for the period starting before 10.05.2013 in the case of Kandra Rameshbabu Naidu but on the other hand Kolkutta High Court in the case of Sudip Das granted to bail to accused who had been charged for commission of offence punishable under Section 89(1)(d) of the Finance Act, 1994.
. It has been decided to move the NRD-CSR reporting to eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) platform to provide validations for processing requirement in respect of existing NRD schemes, improve data quality, enhance the security-level in data submission, and enable banks to use various features of XBRL-based data submission, and tracking.
It has come to the notice of the department that Tax Identification Number (TIN) issued to the newly registered dealers during the month of April, 2013 had some validation problem. The department has resolved the issue and fresh TINs have been issued to such dealers. Hence, they are required to immediately deposit their due tax.
Tax Deductors Who Default In Depositing TDS by Due Date Shall be Liable for Prosecution: CBDT It has come to the notice of Income Tax Department that many times the tax deductors, after deducting TDS from specified payments, are deliberately not depositing the taxes so deducted in Government account and continue to deploy the funds […]
Any AIF proposing to change its category shall make an application to SEBI for the same along with application fees of Rs. 1 lakh. The application shall include the updated Form A (Refer First Schedule to the AIF Regulations), other updated supporting documents, if any and rationale for the proposed change. Registration fees shall not apply for such applications.
In the Indirect Tax Bracket net, there would be plethora of case laws passed by various Tribunals, High Courts and Supreme Court. Further, the CBEC also clarifies the issues to the Industry by way of Circular, Trade Instructions. There may be a scenario, where there would be contradictory view between the Legal Decisions and Departmental […]
The following categories of cases / returns shall be compulsorily scrutinized for F.Y. 2013-14 / A.Y. 14-15:- a) Cases where value of international transaction as defined u/s 92B of IT Act exceeds Rs. 15 crores. b) Cases involving addition in an earlier assessment year on the issue of transfer pricing in excess of Rs. 10 Crores or more which is confirmed in appeal or is pending before an appellate authority.
