Finance : Secondary SGB buyers must now pay 12.5% LTCG tax, unlike primary holders. The change reshapes returns and investment strategies in...
Income Tax : Establishes that higher tax burdens on promoters under the new regime require companies to reassess payout strategies. The takeawa...
Finance : The Supreme Court has allowed taxpayers to challenge retrospective amendments validating JAO reassessment actions. It stayed ongoi...
Income Tax : The issue arose from taxing buybacks as dividends, causing higher tax burden and unusable capital losses. The reform restores capi...
Income Tax : The Supreme Court has admitted a case to resolve conflicting interpretations of due dates for PF/ESI contributions. The ruling wil...
Income Tax : The amendments focus on reassessment timelines, electronic communication, and procedural clarity. The changes aim to reduce litiga...
Income Tax : The Government introduced reforms to simplify tax dispute resolution, including broader immunity provisions and expanded scope for...
Income Tax : A focused session breaks down recent Budget amendments affecting NRI taxation. It highlights how changes impact income, investment...
CA, CS, CMA : Budget 2026 prioritises easing compliance, reducing penalties, and cutting litigation rather than raising tax rates. The reforms a...
Custom Duty : New baggage rules and processing regulations are notified, replacing earlier frameworks and aligning customs procedures for passen...
Goods and Services Tax : Discover the key amendments in the Finance (No. 2) Bill, 2024, affecting CGST, IGST, UTGST, and Cess Act, including tax exemptions...
Income Tax : A petition has been filed in the Madras High Court challenging the section 271J of the Income Tax Act inserted vide Finance Act 2...
Income Tax : U/s 250(4), the CIT (A) has the power to direct enquiry and call for evidence from the assessee. Under Rule 46A, the assessee has ...
Income Tax : CBDT updated DIN rules to align with new provisions introduced under the Finance Act, 2026. The circular mandates DIN for most tax...
Income Tax : The Finance Act, 2026 prescribes income-tax rates, surcharge, and cess for the assessment year 2026–27. It establishes the legal...
Excise Duty : The government has withdrawn an earlier central excise exemption notification with effect from 2 February 2026. The rescission is ...
Excise Duty : The government has extended key excise provisions and introduced a specific duty structure for CNG blended with biogas. The key ta...
Excise Duty : The government has reduced the effective National Calamity Contingent Duty on specified tobacco products. The key takeaway is a ca...
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 […]
Article mainly explains Amendments vide Finance Act, 2020 relating to Residential Status, Amendment Removing Dividend Distribution Tax and Impact thereof, Incorporation of MLI and Introduction of Equalization Levy on E-Com Operators.
Amidst the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown in various states, the Finance Bill 2020 ( Bill) introduced vide Union Budget 2020-21 was passed by both Houses of Parliament, with certain amendments. On 27 March 2020, the Bill has received President’s assent. Read-President Assents Finance Act, 2020 Key amendments by Finance Act , 2020 in Comparison to […]
