Income Tax : The scheme allows eligible taxpayers to declare undisclosed foreign income or assets with payment of prescribed dues and limited i...
Income Tax : The Finance Bill, 2026 proposes immunity from prosecution for undisclosed foreign assets below ₹20 lakh, excluding immovable pro...
Income Tax : Resident taxpayers must report foreign assets and income under Schedule FA, even if tax isn’t affected. Non-disclosure can attra...
Income Tax : Learn about the taxation of undisclosed foreign income & assets under the Black Money Act, 2015, including penalties and legal pro...
Income Tax : Explore conflicting rulings on whether bonafide mistakes in disclosing foreign assets under the Black Money Act can avoid penaltie...
Income Tax : A summary of government agencies' efforts to curb black money, including search operations, tax assessments under the Black Money ...
Corporate Law : CBDT starts a campaign for AY 2024-25 to assist taxpayers in accurately reporting foreign assets and income in ITR under Black Mon...
Income Tax : New amendments to the Black Money Act from October 2024 raise the exemption threshold for penalties on foreign assets to ₹20 lak...
Income Tax : From October 1, 2024, the Black Money Act, 2015 will be included in tax clearance certificate requirements for Indian residents le...
Income Tax : Explore Income Tax Department's advisory on reducing cash transactions. Learn about societal, individual, and national factors dri...
Corporate Law : The High Court denied bail, holding that serious allegations of loan diversion through shell entities were supported by bank recor...
Income Tax : The case involved a penalty for alleged non-disclosure of a foreign bank account. The Tribunal held that ambiguity regarding linke...
Income Tax : The issue was whether an assessment under the Black Money Act can survive once the foundational notice is held invalid. The Tribun...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that overseas shares acquired from reinvested dividends cannot be taxed as undisclosed assets when the source is...
Income Tax : The Court upheld the deletion of penalty under the Black Money Act after finding the wife was only a joint holder and the husband ...
Income Tax : The CBDT has amended its instruction on the Black Money Act raising the exemption for prosecution to ₹20 lakh for certain foreig...
Income Tax : KSCAA urges Union Finance Minister to reform Black Money Act (BMA) penalties. Sug-gestions include amnesty, proportional fines, hi...
Income Tax : Notification designates special courts in Tamil Nadu under the Income Tax Act, 1961, and Black Money Act, 2015, for specific distr...
Corporate Law : Explore 2023 updates to Prevention of Money-laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules. Learn how these changes impact trust, contr...
Income Tax : CBDT notifies Special Courts in Odisha vide Notification No. 127/2022-Income Tax | Dated: 26th December, 2022 under Black Money ...
Tulsiram Vs ACIT (Benami Prohibition) (Chhattisgarh High Court) To decide the core issue whether the amended Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 can be made applicable for initiating proceedings against the petitioner in respect of the properties which were purchased or acquired prior to 01.11.2016, it would be necessary to read the Prohibition of Benami […]
Note on Retrospective Operation Of Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988: Section 1(3) provides that ‘the provisions of section 3, 5 and 8 shall come into force at once (5th September 1988) and the remaining provision of this Act shall be deemed to leave come into force on the 19th day of May,1988. The decision of […]
Ganpati Dealcom Pvt. Ltd. Vs Union of India & Anr. (Calcutta High Court) By an amendment an existing Act is supplemented by new provisions adding to or subtracting from it. It is usual that parts of the existing Act are retained. Say for example, there is a provision in the existing Act for penalty in […]
INTRODUCTION ‘Benaml’ means ‘no name’ or ‘without name’. Benami properties are those that ore held by an owner through proxies. The property is purchased in the name of or held In the name of a person who has neither paid for it nor actually enjoys it it may even be held in the name of […]
A large number of assessments pertaining to cash deposited in banks during demonetization period are pending. The article analysis relevant sections of I.T. Act as well as various legal issues to assist assessing officers in passing error free sustainable assessment orders.
The invoking by Assessing Officers of the recently promulgated Black Money Act has its first brushes with the Courts of Law with the Hon’ble Delhi High Court and later on The Apex Court rendering almost diametrically opposite judgements. The author attempts a critical analysis of the issue and the various facets of the judgements.
An analysis of the search cases, conducted by Income Tax Department (ITD), involving cash seizures of more than Rs 5 crores in the last three Financial Years reveals that there is a declining trend visible in the seizure of unaccounted cash in denomination of Rs 2,000 notes.
Union of India and Ors. Vs Gautam Khaitan (Supreme Court) Scheme of the Black Money Act is to provide stringent measures for curbing the menace of black money. Various offences have been defined and stringent punishments have also been provided. However, the scheme of the Black Money Act also provided one time opportunity to make […]
Four crore rupees worth of black money seized since declaration of Maharashtra Assembly Elections: DGIT (Investigation). DG of Income Tax (Investigation) briefs the media on steps taken by the Income Tax Department to curb use of black money and cash in elections
India’s sovereign obligation to keep the information obtained through the EOI process of tax treaties with the other jurisdictions confidential. Any disclosure of the information received under tax treaties with unauthorized persons, either intentionally or by accident, is a serious matter. The field authorities are, therefore, required to take all steps to ensure that the information received under tax treaties is not disclosed inappropriately. This is necessary for continued co-operation in the EOI process from our treaty partners.
