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Income Tax : JAOs face workload imbalances, limited manpower, and systemic issues post-Faceless Assessment Scheme. Suggestions for better resou...
Income Tax : Delhi High Court held that section 153C of the Income Tax Act doesn’t required AO to find or uncover a relationship or an associ...
Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that the very basis of which the Assessing Officer formed the belief that the income liable to tax is escaped ass...
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Income Tax : Delhi High Court held that once addition on the basis of which reasons recorded for reopening of assessment under section 147 of t...
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Income Tax : CBDT introduces ITR-B for search and seizure cases under section 158BC of the Income Tax Act, effective from 1st September 2024....
Income Tax : CBDT sets 30 April 2025 as the last date to file declarations under the Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Scheme, 2024....
Income Tax : HUDCO bonds issued after April 1, 2025, notified as long-term assets under Section 54EC for capital gains exemption, usable for in...
Income Tax : CBDT grants tax exemption to Prayagraj Mela Pradhikaran under section 10(46A) of the Income-tax Act, effective from assessment yea...
The judgment of the Supreme Court is an expression of opinion on the interpretation of statute. Merely because a judgment has been rendered, the same cannot be a ground for reopening the assessment u/s 147 as it amounts to a change of opinion. Austin Engineering 312 ITR 70 (Guj) followed).
Pension products offered by insurers and mutual funds could be included in the long-term savings schemes eligible for tax concession available to individual under the new Direct Taxes Code provided they meet the norms laid out by the government.
The government may allow the Leave Travel Allowance (LTA) to be exempted from taxation once the Direct Tax Code (DTC) comes into effect. The directive to this extent will figure in the rules to be framed by the finance ministry after the DTC is passed by Parliament.
Concerned over Rs 38,000 crore in tax revenue being locked up in legal disputes, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today asked the authorities to step up efforts to realise the taxes. “Rs 28,046 crore is blocked in appeal before CIT (Appeal) and Rs 10,010 crore before Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT),” Mukherjee said after meeting Revenue Department officials here.
A Parliamentary Standing Committee has recommended raising the limit of donations a company can make to the political parties in a year from 5 per cent to 7.5 per cent of the average net profits in three immediate past financial years.
Monday’s announcement of the new Direct Taxes Code (DTC) proposals is among the two far-reaching reforms that will help India sustain high growth rates. For the capital markets, the Bill is positive, says Rakesh Arora, associate director, Macquarie Research. “Lower tax liability for companies at about 10 per cent and no changes in capital gains tax for foreign institutional investors (FIIs) are beneficial for the capital markets and ensure greater investor interest.”
The Life Insurance Corporation of India has made a strong case for continuing tax breaks on life insurance policies bought with an investment objective. Referring to the Direct Tax Code proposal that extends tax-breaks to only those policies that have a sum insured of at least 20 times the premium paid, LIC chairman TS Vijayan said the important thing was that life insurance investments were long-term and protection-oriented.
If the Direct Taxes Code Bill does not undergo further changes, employees in the lower tax bracket will get more retirement benefits, provided they opt for a higher basic salary. “Contributions made towards retirement benefits are linked to the basic salary. And the Bill has removed the existing cap on employers’ contribution towards the superannuation fund,” says Mayur Shah, associate director, Ernst & Young.
Sale proceeds of carbon credits will not escape tax when the new Direct Taxes Code comes into effect from April 1, 2012. This is because the DTC Bill 2010 has explicitly stated that money received or receivable from transfer of carbon credits will be treated as business income and taxed accordingly. Such a provision if enacted will remove the current uncertainty surrounding the taxation of carbon credits, say tax experts.
Notification No. 70/2010-Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 120 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following amendments to the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), (Central Board of Direct Taxes) number S.O. 881(E), dated the 14th September, 2001
