Government of India enhanced the Government debt investment limits by USD 5 billion in June 2013. Vide circular CIR/IMD/FIIC/8/2013 dated June 12, 2013, the additional limits of USD 5 billion were made available within the overall Government debt limit of USD 30 billion. This additional limit was made available only to FIIs which are registered with SEBI under the categories of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs), Multilateral Agencies, Endowment Funds, Insurance Funds, Pension Funds and Foreign Central Banks.
Sections 139C and 139D of the Income-tax Act contain provisions for facilitating filing of annexure-less return of income in electronic form by certain class of income-tax assesses. In order to facilitate electronic filing of annexure-less return of net wealth, new sections 14A and 14B have been inserted vide Finance Act,2013 in the Wealth-tax Act on similar lines.
Wealth tax is not leviable on urban land which is, (i) classified as agricultural land in the records of the Government; and (ii) used for agricultural purposes.
Income, by way of contribution from a depository, of the Investor Protection Fund set up by the depository in accordance with the regulations prescribed by SEBI will not be included while computing the total income
The provisions contained in clause (14) of section 2 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, before amendment by the Finance Act, 2013 define the term capital asset as property of any kind held by an assessee, whether or not connected with his business or profession.
While registering DSC, some of the users might be facing “System has encountered a Technical Error”. This is due to a technical issue and will be resolved soon. Source- https://www.tdscpc.gov.in/
A new section 32 AC has been inserted by the Finance Act,2013 to provide a tax incentive by way of investment allowance to encourage huge investment in plant or machinery. This is a new policy of the government which attract the attention of businessman in respect of investment in new plant and machinery. The deduction under section 32 AC is investment linked.
In pursuance of the powers conferred by sub-clause (ii) of clause (17A) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby approves any payment made, whether in cash or in kind, as a reward by the Central Government or a State Government to the medal winners of the Olympic Games or Common Wealth Games or Asian Games with effect from the date of this order.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 11 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the
With effect from February 1, 2014, it is mandatory to submit Form 27A generated by TDS/TCS FVU (File Validation Utility) duly signed, along the TDS/TCS statement/(s). Any other Form 27A submitted will be treated as invalid submission and the same will be rejected by TIN-FC branches. (27/01/2014)
