The Finance Act, 2017 vide section 234Flevied fees of Rs. 5,000 in case where return is furnished after the due date but on or before 31st December of the relevant assessment year and Rs.10,000, in other cases.
Section 271B of the Income-tax Act, 1961 provides for imposition of penalty at the rate of one-half per cent of the total sales, turnover or gross receipts, as the case may be, in business, or of the gross receipts in profession
The Finance Act, 2016 has inserted a new section 270A providing for penalty in case of under-reporting and misreporting of income. As per the provisions, the said penalty order under section 270A has not been made appeal able under section 246A
The Finance Act, 2012 had inserted the penalty provisions under section 271H providing for penalty ranging from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 1,00,000 for failure to furnish quarterly statements of TDS and TCS within the time prescribed under the Income-tax law.
Under section 276B, the consequence of failure to comply with the provisions of Chapter XVII-B is rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three months but which may extend to seven years and with fine.
The Finance Act, 2016 introduced a tax rate of 29% of total income to (domestic) company assessees provided its total turnover or the gross receipts in the previous year 2014-15 does not exceed five crore rupees.
The definition of accountant was amended vide the Finance Act, 2015. The reason for introducing the amended definition of an accountant as per the Explanatory Memorandum to Finance Bill 2015 was to avoid conflict of interest and for better governance.
The purpose behind introduction of MAT was to bring all zero tax companies within the tax net and to neutralize the impact of certain benefits/ incentives. The Finance Minister while introducing the Finance Act, 2015 announced to reduce the rates of corporate tax from 30 per cent to 25 per cent in a phased manner.
The Finance Minister while introducing the Finance Bill, 2015, proposed to reduce the rate of corporate tax from 30 per cent to 25 per cent over the next 4 years.
In India, separate entities are incorporated based on their specialization in various lines of businesses (like manufacturing, trading, retail, infrastructure etc.) by the parent company.
