The Finance Bill 2017 proposes to insert sub-section (3A) in section 71 to provide that set-off of loss under the head Income from house property against any other head of income shall be restricted to two lakh rupees for any assessment year.
Under section 80-IBA, inserted by the Finance Act, 2016 from 1.4.2017, deduction of 100% of profits derived from development of affordable housing projects approved on or after 1st June 2016 is available, subject to fulfilment of specified conditions.
Construction expenses not recorded in books of account, cannot be a ground for assessing rental income under the head income from other sources when conditions of Section 22 of Act for assessing annual value of property have been fulfilled by assessee.
Provisional Ids and Access Token of Phase 3 dealers, are now made available by GSTN. Dealer can obtain their provisional Ids from department’s portal www.mahavat.gpv.in, using their login credentials.
It is befitting to dedicate Vivekananda’s birthday, January 12, to the youth of the country whose entrepreneurial ambition and consumerist desires need be exposed to countervailing moral and ethical values for bringing sanity to their attitudes and actions.
Since the early ages, the transfer of skills has been happening through the tradition of apprentices. A young apprentice would work under the tutelage of a master craftsman to learn the craft, while the master craftsman would get an inexpensive form of labour in exchange of training the apprentice and basic amenities.
The Health Minister has called the National Cancer Institute, the largest public health investment project of Independent India. With 710 beds, 26 Operation Theaters, 15 laboratories for Principal Investigators, a separate Diagnostics Block – the National Cancer Institute is the behemoth of Indian cancer care.
Instead of the requirement of payment of STT on acquisition, it would be desirable to categorically define a list of sham transactions which would not be entitled to exemption of LTCG. This would automatically provide benefit to genuine investors.
Clarity regarding carry forward and set off of MAT credit in cases where the ten year period has expired on or before AY 2016-17 but the fifteen year period has still not expired needed.
Whether the tax needs to be deducted on the rent paid during that previous year although the rent per month for some of the months is less than Rs.50,000 p.m or the rent needs to be deducted on the aggregate amount of rent for the months where rent has exceeded Rs.50,000 pm.
