The agricultural sector has been in a slow down for a past couple of years now. To overcome this, Finance Minister N. Sitharaman through this budget tried to change this situation. The finance minister proposed a 16 point action plan in her speech while presenting the budget so as to improve the condition of the agricultural […]
The period to avail credit in respect of debit notes to be counted from the date of issuance of the debit note instead of the issuance date of invoice Fraudulent availment of input tax credit without invoice or bill has been made a cognizable and a no-bailable offense.
In this Article, we will discuss about change in Section 17 of Income Tax act related to provident and superannuation fund received by salaried employees . Employer Contribution in all 3 specified fund including interest earned on same amount ,during Previous Financial Year, will be taxable in hands of employees if it is exceeding Rs 7,50,000.
Amending definition of ‘work’ in section 194C of the Act Section 194C of the Act provides for the deduction of tax on payments made to contractors. The section provides that any person responsible for paying any sum to a resident for carrying out any work (including supply of labour for carrying out any work) in […]
Aligning purpose of entering into DTAA with Multilateral Instrument (MLI) Section 90 of the Act empowers the Central Government to enter into agreement with foreign countries or specified territories (commonly known as DTAAs) for,- (a) granting relief in respect of — (i) income on which tax has been paid both, in India and that foreign […]
CBIC issues Notification No. 07/2019–Central Tax dated 3rd February, 2020 to prescribe due dates for filing of return in FORM GSTR-3B in a staggered manner for the months of January, 2020, February, 2020 and March, 2020. The last date for filing of GSTR-3B for the taxpayers having annual turnover of Rs 5 crore and above […]
Deferring Significant Economic Presence (SEP) proposal, Extending source rule, Aligning exemption from taxability of Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs), on account of indirect transfer of assets, with amended scheme of SEBI, and rationalising the definition of royalty. Section 9 of the Act contains provisions in respect of income which are deemed to accrue or arise in India. […]
Every moment one should learn, from every bit one should earn. If you waste a second you can’t get knowledge and if you waste a bit u can’t get money. Government intervention, sometimes though well intended, often ends up undermining the ability of the markets to support wealth creation and leads to outcomes opposite to […]
Removing dividend distribution tax (DDT) and moving to classical system of taxing dividend in the hands of shareholders/unit holders. Section 115-O provides that, in addition to the income-tax chargeable in respect of the total income of a domestic company, any amount declared, distributed or paid by way of dividends shall be charged to additional income-tax […]
Rationalization of provisions of section 55 of the Act to compute cost of acquisition The existing provisions of section 55 of the Act provide that for computation of capital gains, an assessee shall be allowed deduction for cost of acquisition of the asset and also cost of improvement, if any. However, for computing capital gains […]