The purpose behind introduction of MAT was to bring all zero tax companies within the tax net and to neutralize the impact of certain benefits/ incentives. The Finance Minister while introducing the Finance Act, 2015 announced to reduce the rates of corporate tax from 30 per cent to 25 per cent in a phased manner.
The Finance Minister while introducing the Finance Bill, 2015, proposed to reduce the rate of corporate tax from 30 per cent to 25 per cent over the next 4 years.
High Court of Delhi held Section 9(2)(g) of Delhi VAT Act to the extent it disallows Input tax credit to purchaser due to default of selling dealer in depositing tax, as violative of Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of Constitution of India.
In India, separate entities are incorporated based on their specialization in various lines of businesses (like manufacturing, trading, retail, infrastructure etc.) by the parent company.
The Finance Act, 2016 has introduced a levy of 6% on consideration paid or payable by an Indian resident carrying on business or profession, or by an Indian permanent establishment of a non-resident to a non-resident not having a permanent establishment in India, for providing specified online advertisement services.
When the present Income Tax Act was enacted way back in 1961, the per capita income of this country was extremely low. During the course of five decades of the working of the Income Tax Act, the national per capita income has increased multifold
Multiple reports to be issued by chartered accountants be compiled and a single form of audit/ certificate be prepared. The said format may have multiple annexures i.e. existing formats in different sections.
In the Budget Speech on 1.2.17, the Honble Finance Minister mentioned that the assessees, having taxable income upto Rs.5 lakhs other than business income, will not be subjected to scrutiny unless there is specific information available with the Department regarding his high value transaction
At present, we have different ITR forms for different assessees which make filing of ITR a cumbersome task. There should be a single form for all the assessees so that filing of return will be done in a simplified & effective manner.
Income tax return forms are such that they have reasons to capture some Information about other tax payments like service tax, VAT etc.
