Income Tax : The FAQs explain that FAST-DS, introduced through the Finance Act, 2026, offers eligible taxpayers a one-time opportunity to discl...
Income Tax : The Jaipur Tribunal held that every foreign asset or remittance cannot be treated as undisclosed wealth under the Black Money Act....
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 : 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...
Income Tax : The ITAT Jaipur held that a remittance received from a foreign employer under a retirement plan did not amount to concealment of f...
Income Tax : The ITAT held that penalty under Section 43 of the Black Money Act was not justified where foreign bank deposits arose from overse...
Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that penalty under Section 43 of the Black Money Act could not be imposed when foreign assets were subsequentl...
Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT held that notifications issued under TOLA extending limitation periods applied only to specified statutes and not t...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court ruled that Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act covers attempts to obtain undue advantage through subor...
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 ...
Circular No. 15 of 2015 – Vide circular No. 13 of 2015 dated 6th July, 2015 CBDT provided clarifications to 32 queries related to Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets. Subsequently, further queries have been received from the public about the tax compliance provisions under Chapter VI of the Act. The Board has considered the same and the following clarifications are issued.-
Komal Tyagi ⇒ It extends to whole of India & shall come into force on the 1st day of April 2016. ⇒ Basis of charger – There shall be charged on every assessee for every assessment year commencing on or after 1st day of April’16, a tax in respect of his total undisclosed foreign income […]
FACE To FACE With the Ministry of Finance, Government of India WORKSHOP ON the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015 26th August, 2015 (4.30 PM to 7.00 PM) at ICAI Tower, Plot no. C40, G Block, BandraKurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai As the members are aware, the Black […]
Why should anyone keep money abroad? All the more when they have to pay heavy amount just to park their funds outside India particularly in Swiss Bank as they charge hefty amounts even for a deposit. That essentially means that only those having undisclosed source of income popularly known as black money would be relying upon such costly options.
In India, Black money refers to funds earned on the black market, on which income and other taxes have not been paid. But Indian Govt. took a very great step against the black money and a step to assess this income whether the income is located in India or abroad and now let me come to the main point of discussion that is:
Any transaction within the definition of ‘benami transaction’ shall attract consequential action under the Benami Transactinos (Prohibition) Act, 1988 after the enactment of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2015. Clause 4 of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2015 defines a benami transaction to mean, –
Money Laundering is the processing of criminal proceeds to disguise its illegal origin. Terrorism, Illegal arms sales, Financial Crimes, Smugglings, Activities of Organized Crimes, Including drug trafficking, Prostitution rings
Jama kharchi is all about converting black money to white. Jama kharchi companies ‘accommodate’ accounting entries that help both the companies and give 2-4% commission to the go-between.
Black money has been the raging topic these days especially with the Government notifying the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015 and the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Rules, 2015 and the Supreme Court also creating a Special Investigation Team to handle the issue of stashing away unaccounted money abroad.
THE BLACK MONEY (UNDISCLOSED FOREIGN INCOME AND ASSETS) AND IMPOSITION OF TAX ACT, 2015 (referred to here as ‘the Act’) as passed by the Parliament received the assent of the President on the 26th of May 2015. It levies tax on undisclosed assets held abroad by a person who is a resident in India at the rate of 30 percent of the value of such assets, provides for a penalty equal to 90 percent of the value of such asset, and also provides for rigorous imprisonment of three to ten years for wilful attempt to evade tax in relation to a undisclosed foreign income or asset.
