Income Tax : Budget 2016: In furtherance of the goal of the Government of providing 'housing for all', it is proposed to incentivise first-home...
Income Tax : In this Budget, from 1 June 2016, The transactions are sale of a motor vehicle of value exceeding Rs.10 lakh, and receipt of mone...
Income Tax : The existing provision of section 206C of the Act, inter alia, provides that the seller shall collect tax at source at specified r...
Income Tax : In order to reduce compliance burden, it is proposed to amend the said section 206AA so as to provide that the provisions of this ...
Income Tax : In order to ensure that the intended purpose of exemption availed by trust or institution is achieved, a specific provision in the...
Corporate Law : Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Online Delivery of Educational Course and Continuing Professional Education by Insolvenc...
Income Tax : The Government has assured complete confidentiality to those declaring their income under the Income Declaration Scheme 2016. Add...
Income Tax : For those having undisclosed income, the government has provided a special chance to declare it by September 30, 2016. He said by ...
Income Tax : This is to inform you that as per the Notification No. 37/2016: F.No. 370142/12/2016-TPL dated 27 May 2016 read with Finance Act, ...
Income Tax : The Finance Bill was presented in the Lok Sabha on February 29, 2016. On May 5, 2016, the Lok Sabha passed the Finance Bill, 2016 ...
Corporate Law : NCLAT Chennai held that suspension of initiation of CIRP (Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process) as per provisions of section 10...
Service Tax : Honble Gujarat High Court has vide its order dated 30th March, 2016 in the case of Percy Cawas Kavina vs. UOI in Special Civil Ap...
Custom Duty, Excise Duty, Service Tax : As you are aware, in order to reduce litigation, Government has come out with an Indirect Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2016 in t...
Income Tax : Processes of uploading manual/paper Form 1 received by PCIT/CIT, generation of Form 2 for efiled/paper Form 1, viewing of Form 3 s...
Excise Duty : Time limit for taking central excise registration of an establishment by a jeweller is being extended up to 31.07.2016. However, a...
Income Tax : Question 1: Whether tax collection at source under section 206C(1D) at the rate of 1% will apply in cases where the sale consider...
Income Tax : It is reiterated again that all out efforts are to be made to ensure that the targeted taxpayers are well-informed about the Schem...
Seeks to amend notification No. 32/2012-Service Tax dated 20th June, 2012, so as to exempt services provided by the bio-incubators approved by the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council, under Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.
Seeks to exempt services in relation to Information Technology Software recorded on a media bearing RSP, provided Central Excise Duty has been paid
Section 67A is proposed to be amended to obtain specific rule making powers in respect of Point of Taxation Rules, 2011. Point of Taxation Rules, 2011 is being amended accordingly. The amendment in the rules would come into force with effect from the date of enactment of the Finance Bill, 2016.
9B. Services provided by the Indian Institutes of Management, as per the guidelines of the Central Government, to their students, by way of the following educational programmes, except Executive Development Programme
CBEC vide Notification No. 08/2016-Service Tax, Dated: March 01, 2016 has amended and rationalised the Abatement provisions provided in Notification No. 26/2012- Service Tax dated 20.06.2012, w.e.f. 01.04.2016 unless otherwise provided, as follows:
Union budget for the year 2016-17 has been presented by the finance minister, this budget facing basic challenges global slowdown and additional fiscal burden due to 7th Central pay Commission recommendation. This budget focusing on the agricultural, farmer’s welfare and infrastructure investment and financial sector reforms.
Question – What is Krishi Kalyan Cess? Answer – An enabling provision is being made to levy Krishi Kalyan Cess on all taxable services @ 0.5% with effect from 1st June, 2016, to finance and promote initiatives to improve agriculture.
Some changes have been made in customs and excise duty rates on certain inputs, raw materials, intermediate products etc, besides simplifying procedures so as to reduce cost and improve competitiveness in sectors like capital goods, information technology, defence, textile, mineral, fuels / oils, chemicals, paper, newsprint, maintenance, repair and over hauling of aircraft or ship etc.
There has been no change in personal tax rates. The basic exemption limit continues at Rs.2.50 lacs. Tax Rebate of Rs. 2000 available to small tax payers under Section 87A has been increased from Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 5,000. This will benefit about around 2 crore marginal tax payers.
The Finance Minister has presented his third budget in parliament toady containing various direct and indirect tax proposals. In this article I intend to discuss some of the proposals which are beneficial to individual tax payers. Please note that at present these are only proposal until are passed by the parliament.
