"FCA. Amarjit Singh having vast and diversified experience of 10 years in the field of direct taxation, indirect taxation and GST"
In the new budget for the fiscal year 2020-21, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the new income tax rate for tax-payers in India. The Finance minister said in her budget speech that the Current Income Tax Act is full of various exemptions and deductions that make compliance complicated and a burdensome process for the taxpayers.
For some people, the tax-planning season has just started. You know that house rent allowance (HRA) and the deduction related to home loan repayment can lower your tax liability. You will be pleased to know, in certain cases, you can avail tax benefits from both of these.
Discover the 7 common reasons why you receive income tax notices, from TDS mismatches to high-value transactions.
Those with income from salary, one house property and other sources (like interest) use the most basic one-page ITR-1 or Sahaj form. In the last assessment year, around 30 million taxpayers used this form. The form now seeks additional details of salary. The taxpayer first needs to fill up salary amount excluding allowances, perquisites, and so on.
The Indian income tax laws cast an obligation on an employer to withhold taxes at the time of payment of salaries. Employers, therefore, withhold taxes on salary paid after allowing a deduction to the extent of prescribed investment/savings.
Those who are required to file ITR for the AY 16-17 and AY 17-18 and have not filed are requested to file well before 31st March 2018.
As a taxpayer we need to be aware of the tax proposals of this year’s Union Budget as they are going to impact our earnings as well as the day-to-day lives from the upcoming financial year (2018-2019). Here we are taking a look at 10 such tax rules which will change from 1st April 2018.
