Clause 1 of the Code on Wages, 2019 provides that the Code shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the official gazette appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions under the Code.
Under the latest provisions, any sum of money received without consideration (in excess of Rs 50,000), by an individual or Hindu Undivided Family (HUF), during a financial year, are taxable in the hands of the recipient. For the purpose of computation of the threshold limit of Rs 50,000, the aggregate value of gifts received from all sources by the recipient needs to be considered.
Piyush Bokaria Vs RBI (Madras High Court) Facts- The RBI’s master circular dated 01.07.2015 is challenged on the ground that it violates Article 14, 19, 21, 253 and 300-A of the constitution. Further, it is also challenged to be contrary to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the Transfer […]
The issue under consideration is whether the funds raised from buy back of FCCB at discounting rate is considered as business income and tax u/s 28 of the Income Tax Act?
The issue under consideration is whether Third Party Administrator (TPA) is required to deduct tax at source (TDS) on payments made to hospitals under Section 194J of the Income Tax Act?
Request for extension of due date of filing of Tax Audit Report & Income Tax Return for A.Y.2020-21 as there was delay in notification of ITR forms/release of schema and due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Under the provisions of Section 56(2)(vi) certain gifts are liable to income tax as income from other sources. However, this provision is applicable only for individuals and Hindu Undivided Families (HUFs). Thus, if gift is received by any Trust or A.O.P., then it is not liable to income tax as “income from other sources”. The provision of taxation of gifts became applicable in respect of gifts received on or after 1.9.2004 and before 1.4.2006 if the gift money exceeded Rs. 25,000. From 1.4.2006, this amount has been increased to Rs. 50,000 so that cash gifts and gifts by cheque or bank draft from non-relatives and from non-exempted categories can be fully exempt from income tax up to Rs. 50,000 in aggregate in one financial year.
The word ‘Gratuity’, has not been defined in the Income-Tax Act, 1961(the Act). In the absence of any definition of ‘Gratuity’ in the Act, its meaning as provided in the dictionaries has to be referred to. The word ‘Gratuity’ has been variously defined in the Advanced Law Lexicon by P.R. Aiyar. The aforesaid definition is to be found on page 2038 of Book – 2, 3rd Edition,2005,
Under the Income Tax Act, the Search and Seizure operations are a carefully and secretly devised plan of action on the basis of authentic and bonafide information and material (something more than a rumor and gossip), which may be gathered on its own or given by some informer.
The issue under consideration is whether a TPA, was required to deduct tax at source on payments made to hospitals under Section 194J of the Act?
