The Honible Union Minister of Finance in the Budget speech for 2014-15 has announced enhancement in statutory wage ceiling for enrollment under the EPF & MP Act 1952 to Rs. 15,000/- per month from the current maximum of Rs. 6,500/- per month. The notification for same is likely to be issued shortly.
The existing provisions of section 115JC of the Act provide that where the regular income tax payable by a person, other than a company, for a previous year is less than the alternate minimum tax for such previous year, the person would be required to pay income tax at the rate of eighteen and one […]
The existing provisions of section 40(a)(i) of the Act provide that certain payments such as interest, royalty and fee for technical services made to a non-resident shall not be allowed as deduction for computing business income if tax on such payments was not deducted, or after deduction, was not paid within the time prescribed under […]
Section 115BBD of the Act was introduced as an incentive for attracting repatriation of income earned by Indian companies from investments made abroad. It provides for taxation of gross dividends received by an Indian company from a specified foreign company at the concessional rate of 15 per cent. if such dividend is included in the […]
Capital gains exemption on investment in Specified Bonds The existing provisions contained in sub-section (1) of section 54EC of the Act provide that where capital gain arises from the transfer of a long-term capital asset and the assessee has, within a period of six months, invested the whole or part of capital gains in the […]
Rationalisation of taxation regime in the case of charitable trusts and institutions The existing provisions of section 11 of the Act provide for exemption to trusts or institutions in respect of income derived from property held under trust and voluntary contributions subject to various conditions contained in the said section. The primary condition for grant […]
Existing scheme of section 11 as well as section 10(23C) provides exemption in respect of income when it is applied to acquire a capital asset. Subsequently, while computing the income for purposes of these sections, notional deduction by way of depreciation etc. is claimed and such amount of notional deduction remains to be applied for […]
The existing provisions under section 140 of the Act provide that the return under section 139 shall be signed and verified in the manner specified therein. With a view to enable the verification of returns either by a sign in manuscript or by any electronic mode, it is proposed to amend section 140 of the […]
Budget 2014- Tax deduction at source from non-exempt payments made under life insurance policy Under the existing provisions of section 10(10D) of the Act, any sum received under a life insurance policy, including the sum allocated by way of bonus on such policy is exempt subject to fulfillment of conditions specified under the said section. […]
Tax on long-term capital gains on units Under the existing provisions of section 112 of the Act, where tax payable on long-term capital gains arising on transfer of a capital asset, being listed securities or unit or zero coupon bond exceeds ten per cent of the amount of capital gains before allowing for indexation adjustment, […]
