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 ...
CA Sahil Garg The Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Bill, 2015 is passed in Lok Sabha on 11th of May 2015 and in Rajya Sabha on 13th May 2015. It states that Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets shall be taxed separately under this Act and therefore, such income shall […]
As a sequel to the announcement in the Budget, the Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to amend the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 by moving of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) (Amendment) Bill, 2015 in Parliament.
Generation of Black Money in the Country The Government had commissioned a study, inter alia, on estimation of unaccounted income and wealth inside and outside the country, which was conducted by National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) and National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM). One of […]
The Government had commissioned a study, inter alia, on estimation of unaccounted income and wealth inside and outside the country, which was conducted by National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) and National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM).
FM: Harder Days for those Involved in Illegal and Illicit Transfer of Money Across the Border; Various Steps Taken by the Present Government to Squeeze the Black Money Including Undisclosed Assets Within and Outside the Country
2. Penalties – Violation of the provisions of the proposed new legislation will entail stringent penalties. 2.1) Penalty for Non-Disclosure: The penalty for non-disclosure of income or an asset located outside India will be equal to three times the amount of tax payable thereon, i.e., 90 percent of the undisclosed income or the value of the undisclosed asset. This is in addition to tax payable at 30%.
FM Stresses the need for use of more Accounted Money and Discourage of use of Unaccounted Money Focuses on use of Plastic Money such as Credit Card, Rupay Card and Cheques in lieu of Hard Currency The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley said that there is need to take steps to encourage people to […]
INTRODUCTION OF THE UNDISCLOSED FOREIGN INCOME AND ASSETS (IMPOSITION OF TAX) BILL, 2015- The Finance Minister, in his budget speech, while acknowledging the limitations under the existing law, had conveyed the considered decision of the Government to enact a comprehensive new law on black money to specifically deal with black money stashed away abroad. He also promised to introduce the new Bill in the current Session of the Parliament.
What could a common man expect from the budget? Today the central government has tried to collect as much as possible from the pocket of the consumer. The tax levied by the government is much more as compare to the benefits given by the government.
Shift in the Focus of the Income Tax Department (ITD) from Civil Consequences to Criminal Consequences in Serious Cases of Tax Evasion; During 2014-15 (upto Dec, 2014) the ITD Has Conducted Searches in 414 Groups, Seized Undisclosed Assets of Rs. 582 Crore; Undisclosed Income of Rs. 6769 Crore has been Admitted by the Tax Payers […]
