Where a person required to furnish a return of income under Section 139, fails to do so within the time prescribed in sub-section (1) of said section, he shall pay, by way of fee, a sum of- (a) Five thousand rupees, if the return is furnished on or before the 31st day of December of the assessment year; (b) Ten thousand rupees, in any oth...

The Section 2(13) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, contains an inclusive definition of the term business. There are differences between the meaning of words business & profession in various English dictionaries. Also as per the terminology of income-tax difference has been made in the above words yet no demarcating line has been drawn in res...

The Delhi High Court, has held in CIT vs. Samara India(P) Ltd. (2013) 216 Taxman 93 , following the decision of Supreme Court in T.R.F. Ltd. Vs. CIT(2010) 323 ITR 397:190 Taxman 391(SC), that for an assessee to claim deduction in relation to bad debts it is, now, no longer necessary to establish that debt had become irrecoverable and it i...

The provisions of the Income-tax Act relating to allowances disclose that the expenditure or outgoing sought to be deducted should bear a character which has a connection with or relation to the particular activity which produces the income or constitutes its source....

In CIT vs. Bharti Hexacom Ltd. [2014] 221 TAXMAN 323, the Delhi High Court has observed (at page 341), that if the money paid related to structure of assessee’s profit making apparatus and affected the conduct of business, the sum received for cancellation or variation of agreement, would be a capital receipt....

Government of India is thinking of change of Financial Year (April to March) to Calendar Year (January to December). Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi has given a proposal in this respect in a NITI Aayog’s meeting. If this is done, it will close the chapter of Financial Year of April to March introduced by Britishers, 150-year ago....

There are discrepancies, in many cases, in respect of spellings, date of birth, phone number, address, etc. in the data of PAN and Aadhaar, it becomes practically not possible to link Aadhaar with Income tax e-return filing site in such cases....

Time For Full/Good Knowledge Of Laws For Tax Practitioners, Chartered Accountants In Order To Save Themselves And Doing Work Of Clients As Per Legal Provisions...

The Puja Expenses incurred by an assessee can be allowed as an expenditure, depending on the facts & circumstances of the case as per section 37(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (for short the Act)....

Many times reference has been sought regarding the question whether inaugural expenses incurred by a person are deductible under section 37(1) or not while computing the profits & gains from business or profession (of that person)....