Today (22nd September 2017) the Income Tax department has asked for details of email id, mobile no & bank account from the taxpayers. The said data is to be updated on the efiling website of the Income Tax department failing which the taxpayer cannot gain access to the site.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs has yet again revised the provisions relating to acceptance of deposits under the Act, 2013 with its notification dated September 19, 2017. The Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Second Amendment Rules, 2017 substitutes the proviso to sub-rule (3) of rule 3 relating to acceptance of deposits by members and brings about insignificant changes in the return of deposits in Form DPT-3.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has today arrested a Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, Mumbai and his two accomplices (private persons) in an alleged bribery of Rs. Three crore. A case was registered against the Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, Mumbai on the allegations of demanding an illegal gratification amounting to Rs. 3 crore from the complainant for showing undue favour in his tax assessment.
High Court held that The failure by the AO to adhere to the mandatory requirement of Section 144C (1) of the Act and first pass a draft assessment order would result in invalidation of the final assessment order and the consequent demand notices and penalty proceedings.
Please refer to the meeting held between your good self and office bearers of Punjab Tax Bar Association in which various issues were discussed point wise in very healthy atmosphere. This information was passed on by member PTBA Punjab to ATL. It was really appreciable for the concern shown by your good self towards the problems discussed.
There are lot of speculations in the media about the credit of Rs. 65,000 crore claimed by taxpayers in respect of Central Excise and Service Tax in the pre-GST period. Some people are under the impression that because of Rs. 65,000 crore claimed as transition credit, the income of Government this month has plummeted.
There are lot of apprehensions expressed in the media about the problem of blockage of working capital for exporters post-GST. There are various figures also being discussed on the blockage of such funds, which are wild estimates. Such media reports are not based on facts.
In a significant ruling delivered on Friday, a division bench of the ITAT Bengaluru held that the benefit of section 54F of the Income Tax Act, 1961 can be extended to the cost incurred by the assessee on alteration / renovation on the purchased unit.
Provisional Ids and Access Token of Phase 13 dealers, are now made available by GSTN. Dealer can obtain their Provisional Ids from department’s portal www.mahavin using their login credentials. The list of all such dealers is published under GST Tab on Mahavat portal. This phase 13 mainly considers the 367 dealers whose Provisional IDs are recently restored.
Section 271AAA imposes an additional condition of the assessee having to substantiate the manner in which, the undisclosed income was derived. This requirement, however, must be seen as consequential to or corollary to the base requirement of specifying the manner, in which, the undisclosed income was derived. It is only when such declaration is made, the question of substantiating such disclosure or claim would arise.
