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Finance Bill 2020 has proposed significant amendments in direct tax provisions. I would like to highlight the changes which are applicable for Individual assessees. Read on. ♣ Dividend Distribution Tax Abolishment: Upto financial year 2019-2020, domestic company was required to pay dividend distribution tax u/s 115-O at the rate of 15% (effective rate 20.56%) on the […]
Under the provisions of section 111A tax on short-term capital gains, in the case of equity shares in a company or units of an equity oriented fund on which Securities Transaction Tax (STT) has been paid, is levied at the rate of 15%. This rate was increased from 10% to 15% vide Finance Act, 2008 with effect from 1.4.2009. However, in the proviso to this section while providing relief, the rate of short-term capital gains tax is still referred to as 10% which needs to be corrected to 15%.
Please find5th edition of our e-book on ‘Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme’ which contain: – Brief about Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme – Analysis of Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme – Emerging issues – Key cases from IDS – The Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Act, 2020 – The Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Rules, 2020 – Relevant […]
Budget 2013 proposal requires buyers to deduct tax at 1% on the sale consideration payable to resident sellers. However, there is no obligation on the buyer to deduct tax when the immovable property is an agricultural land. In order to avoid the compliance hassles for small tax payers this requirement will not apply if the total consideration is less than fifty lakh rupees.
Illuminating insertion /amendments made in TDS provisions under Income Tax Act, 1961 Recently in Finance Bill, 2020; amendment as well as insertion has been made in various section of Income Tax Act,1961. Some new sections has been inserted under chapter XVII along with amendments in earlier provisions. Accordingly, from now under section 194A,194C,194H,194I,194J of Income […]
Under the existing provisions of the income-tax law, transfer of shares in an Indian company by a shareholder (which includes buy-back of shares under section 77A of the Companies Act, 1956) is subject to tax under the head capital gains.
It is proposed to insert a new clause in section 56(2). The new clause will apply where a company, not being a company in which the public are substantially interested, receives, in any previous year, from any person being a resident, any consideration for issue of shares. In such a case if the consideration received for issue of shares exceeds the face value of such shares, the aggregate consideration received for such shares as exceeds the fair market value of the shares shall be chargeable to income- tax under the head Income from other sources.
Finance Act, 2020 has come up with some landmark amendments in the Income Tax Act, 1961 in relation to taxation of income for Non-resident Indians making it more difficult for such people to maintain their ‘Non-resident’ tag so as to keep their foreign income out of the Indian Income Tax applicability. Indian citizens having a […]
Key Amendment made by Finance Act 2020 applicable from 01-04-2020 1. Change Relating to Residential Status [section-6]: 1.1 Number of days to stay in India reduced for NRI: A Citizen of Indian or person of Indian origin having total income exceeding ₹ 15 lakh other than foreign income, who comes on a visit to India […]
Modification of residency provisions In order to bring prevent tax abuse the Finance Act, 2020 modified the Residency Provision. According to the un-amended Section 6, an individual is said to be resident in India in any previous year, if he— (a) is in India in that year for a period or periods amounting in all […]
