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Corporate Law : Dive into the nexus between Electoral Bonds and money laundering in India, exploring legislative challenges, compliance requiremen...
Income Tax : This type of black money primarily originates from illegal cash transactions. These funds often end up in foreign banks, making it...
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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...
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Goods and Services Tax : GST Council recommended that State can decide on imposition of requirement of e-Way bill for intra-state movement of gold & preci...
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Income Tax : Read Madras High Court's judgment granting 45 days to obtain bank statements for tax case under Black Money & Income Tax Act....
Income Tax : Delhi High Court allows NRI businessman to travel, quashing the LOC opened for investigation under the Black Money Act, setting co...
Income Tax : Explore Delhi High Court's decision allowing the revenue to challenge Black Money Act proceedings in PCIT vs. Ashok Kumar Singh. D...
Corporate Law : Delhi High Court held that PayPal is liable to be viewed as payment system operator and obliged to comply with reporting entity ob...
Income Tax : In the case of Vikash Marda Vs Union Of India, the Calcutta High Court instructs CIT(A) to expedite pending appeals concerning ass...
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 ...
Income Tax : Designation of the Courts in the Himachal Pradesh Special Courts for the purposes of section 280A of the Income tax Act, 1961 and ...
Income Tax : Notification No. 68/2022- Income Tax- Designation of Courts in Uttarakhand as Special Court for the purposes of section 280A of t...
Income Tax : Vide Notification No. 44/2022-Income Tax, Dated: 22.04.2022 CBDT designates Court in the State of Madhya Pradesh as the Special C...
The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 (PBPT Act) which came into effect from 01st November 2016, after amending the 28-year-old law which was also called the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988.
May be I am already late, with just less than a fortnight for the Financial Year to end. For, soon after that, the killing provisions of the Black Money Act – a real ‘black’ legislation passed by this Govt. in 2015 – may help the bloodhounds of the Department to begin their devil dancing against […]
Agreement with other Countries on Money Laundering Information The Government of India has entered into Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTAAs), Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEAs) and Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (MAC) with over 130 countries including tax havens. These agreements allow exchange of information between countries for tax purposes including […]
In a major policy initiative to protect the savings of the investors, the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to introduce the following bills in the Parliament:-
Important Sections i.e. section 19, section 24, section 26, section 47, section 62 and section 63 of The Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988 (Amended, No. 43 of 2016) about summon, Notices, Provisional Attachment Order and Order confirming the Provisional Attachment Order etc.
Various steps have been taken for removal of unaccounted assets by Government like The Black Money Foreign Income and Asset Act, 2015, Income Disclosure Scheme 2016, Demonetization of high denomination currency, Prime Minister Garib Kalyan Yojna, by amendments in Income Tax Act, by amendments in Money Laundering Act, Implementation of GST, Introduction of GAAR, RERA […]
Whoever enters into any benami transaction on and after the date of commencement of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016, shall, notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), be punishable in accordance with the provisions contained in Chapter VII.]
Section 46 of the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015 provides for the procedure for imposing penalty. Sub-section (4) of the said section provides that an order imposing a penalty shall be made with the approval of the Joint Commissioner, in the circumstances specified therein.
Central Bureau of Investigation has today conducted searches at 32 places including the Administrative Office & 17 branches of a Maharashtra based Co-operative Bank Ltd., and the residential premises of the accused persons at Pune, Baramati and Lonavala(Maharashtra) in an on-going investigation of a case relating to alleged exchange of demonetized currency notes. Incriminating documents recovered during searches are being scrutinized.
I-T started initiating action under the new benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 from November 1, 2016. As per the act benami property includes movable or immovable, tangible or intangible, corporeal or incorporeal property. It empowers provisional attachment and subsequent confiscation of benami properties.
