Relief for non-filers of income-tax returns from higher TDS/TCS rate – Budget 2023 Section 206AB & 206CCA provide special provision for higher TDS/TCS rate for non-filers.
Interest payable under section 234B shall be computed on an amount equal to the assessed tax as reduced by the amount of advance tax, the credit for which has been claimed in the earlier return, if any.
Budget 2023 brings non-resident investors within the ambit of section 56(2)(viib) of the Act to eliminate tax avoidance possibilities.
Amendments carried out in the Finance Bill, 2023, vide clause 128 to 144 except clause 142 will come into effect from a date to be notified, as far as possible, concurrently with the corresponding amendments to the similar Acts passed by the States & Union territories with legislature.
In cases where a search under section 132 is initiated or a search for which the last of the authorization is executed or requisition is made under section 132A, after the 15th March of any financial year a period of fifteen days shall be excluded for the purpose of computing the period of limitation for issuance of notice under section 148 and the notice so issued shall be deemed to have been issued on the 31st day of March of such financial year.
Section 285BA of the Act makes it mandatory to furnish a statement for any specified financial transaction or reportable account to the prescribed income-tax authority. Penalties for furnishing inaccurate SFT or reportable account as per the Budget 2023 outlined in Finance Act, 2014.
It is proposed to amend section 271C inserting two new sub-clauses under clause (b) in sub-section (1) providing reference to the first proviso to section 194R and the first proviso to section 194S. Similar amendments are also proposed in section 276B.
Non- Banking Financial Companies [NBFCs] which are engaged in the business of financing should also be excluded from the scope of this section as they are undertaking the similar functions and are now being subject to similar regulations and compliances in respect of those functions.
Benefit of tax treaty may be considered at the time of TDS so that if the treaty provides a rate lower than 20%, TDS is made at that lower rate.
The digital age has brought with it a host of new opportunities, including the ability to conduct business electronically. However, with this newfound convenience comes the potential for fraud, which can have a devastating impact on an organisation’s finances and reputation.
