With the aim of creating capacity for research amongst the officers of the Income Tax Department and the Customs and Central Excise Department, it has been decided to introduce a scheme of free research from departmental officers.
(1) This Act may be called the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2017. (2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, it shall be deemed to have come into force on the 7th day of January, 2016.
In exercise of powers conferred by clause (b) of section 2 of the Central Excise Act, 1944(1 of 1944) read with sub-rule (1) of rule 3 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, the Central Board of Excise and Customs makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), Notification No. 38/2001-Central Excise (N.T.) dated the 26th June, 2001, namely
Falsely Padding Deductions on Returns: Taxpayers should avoid the temptation to falsely inflate deductions or expenses on their returns to pay less than what they owe or potentially receive larger refunds. Think twice before overstating deductions such as charitable contributions and business expenses or improperly claiming credits such as the Earned Income Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit.
Right from the beginning there have been emphasis on the changing and incorporating the suitable provisions in respect of Income Tax Return (ITRs) forms. Going are the days for the manual filling and filing of the ITRs. There is continuous emphasis on the e-filing of the ITRs.
Insurers can invest in Units of REITs / InvITs which conform to the following: i. The REIT /InvIT rated not less than AA shall form part of Approved Investments. REIT / InvIT rated less than AA shall form part of Other Investments.
NEBULA Watch, which is predominantly a jewellery, is made of gold, precious metals and /or precious stones /diamonds and is made of 18 Karat gold. Under the circumstances, the same can be said to be an Article or Jewellery falling within Entry No.13(ii) of Schedule II of the Act.
Out of the 238 listed companies identified as Vanishing Companies, due to the efforts of the Ministry and law enforcement agencies, 161 such companies have been traced and 77 more companies are still in the list of Vanishing Companies.
By consent of the learned advocates appearing for the parties, all these writ petitions are taken up for hearing together, as similar questions of law are involved in these writ petitions, in order to avoid a conflicting judicial opinion. We are also informed that facts are, almost, identical.
It upheld the view of the Tribunal that the imposition of penalty was not justified as admission of appeal in quantum proceeding on this issue as substantial question of law was proof enough of the issue being debatable.
