Since inception, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (‘Code’), has made great strides. As per the Financial Stability Report of the RBI, this Code that came into existence only in December, 2016, had around 4300 applications registered with the National Company Law Tribunal (‘NCLT’) by November, 2017.
For understanding key highlights of the Budget, Mr. Bimal Jain has recorded a Video Presentation on Union Budget, 2018, discussing the various amendments brought/proposed in Indirect Taxes along with suggesting the GST road map which could have been the part of Budget.
The tax rate on used old car transactions has been reduced to 18 percent for large cars and SUVs, and 12 percent for small vehicles, from 28 percent (for both categories) earlier. The new rates have come into effect from January 25, 2018.
The new budget which was introduced by Mr Jaitley saw the reintroduction of tax on Long term capital gain @10% with certain restrictions. The pivotal part of this restriction can be entirely put into one word i.e GRANDFATHERING as on 31st January 2018 , which certainly is inspired by tweets of Mr Shashi tharoor considering the usage of such a rare word.
The key Union Budget 2018 Announcements are summarized here under and a detailed executive summary of Income Tax Provisions is also attached for your ready reference.
This Union Budget 2018 presentation is restricted to the direct tax proposals only. All tax proposals are applicable with effect from 01/04/2019 i.e. from Assessment Year 2019-20, unless and otherwise specified. This presentation is for knowledge sharing purpose only and for private circulation only. It should not be considered as professional advice in any form or manner.
India is one of the first movers of such digital PE taxation and is setting up precedence in the International Taxation. It might be a rightful move for the Indian Government to capitalize on the consumer base and get a share of the profits swept by the non-resident players exploiting the huge consumption market base.
An e-way bill is electronic form of way bill. Way bill is physical document to carry supply of goods. Under the past tax regime i.e. VAT consignment used to accompany by DELIVERY NOTE also known as way bill which were to be obtained from authorities which was cumbersome process.
A fiscal deficit of 3.3% of GDP is proposed for 2018-19. This has been conservative approach by the govt. considering the impact of GST & Demonetization in the prior years.
Article provides detailed analysis of budget 2018 in relation personal taxation along with that comparison has also been made with budget expectations.
