When you sell an asset like a stock or mutual fund after a year and in some cases, like Gold, three years – you need to pay long term capital gains tax. Equity- oriented mutual funds (where more than 65% of the holding is equity) do not have to pay long term cap gains tax currently, and neither when the period of holding is over a year . However in both cases, you will pay a Securities Transaction Tax on the sale.
A new sub-section (4) to section 90 has been inserted by the Finance Act, 2012 w.e.f. 01.04.2013 wherein a non-resident assessee who claims any relief under Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement [DTAA] is required to obtain a Tax Residency Certificate [TRC] from the Government of that country of which he is resident.
The benefit under section 54EC can be availed of only if there is an income from a capital asset, being long-term in nature. Long-term capital gains are the profit that a person makes when he sells any capital asset (wef A.Y 2019-20, the said long term capital asset shall be land or building or both) which he has held for a period exceeding 24 months. An exception is his holding of shares in which the holding period has been fixed at one year.
Whether you are an Indian citizen or an NRI, if you are filing taxes or have financial transactions in India you will almost always need a PAN card.
Once the Payment is made now the dedcuctor is required to issue TDS certificate in form 16B to the seller of the Property. Now the question is how to prepare or from where deductor can get such certificate for the purpose of issue to the seller? Answer is deductor can download such certificate from Traces website and issue to the seller.
Any person purchasing immovable property ( other than rural agricultural land) of Rs. 50 lac or more is required to deduct tax @1% from the payment made to seller. This new rule (Section 194IA of the Income Tax Act) introduced in the budget this year, is applicable from June1, 2013.
The Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) Programme in India is six years old now and has been heralded as a success. The CBDT is extremely proud of this Programme and its achievements. The Programme has been successful in winning the confidence of taxpayers by providing them with an alternate dispute resolution mechanism in respect of transfer […]
FORM NO. NCLT. 9 [See rule 72, 76, 82, 84, 88 and 154 and also General Form for all purposes if no specific form is prescribed under these rules and Forms] BEFORE THE NATIONAL COMPANY LAW TRIBUNAL NORTHERN REGION BENCH Company Application No ………………………. of 2017 ‘in Company Petition No ……………………….. of 2017 In the […]
Essel Propack Ltd. Vs Commissioner of CGST, Bhiwandi (CESTAT Mumbai) To pin point the dispute, it is now to be looked into as to if CSR can be considered as input service and be included within the definition of “activities relating to business” and if in so doing, a company’s image before corporate world is […]
Tariff Notification No. 76/2018-CUSTOMS (N.T.) dated 31st August, 2018 in respect of Fixation of Tariff Value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seeds, Areca Nut, Gold and Sliver.
