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Excise Duty : The government has withdrawn an earlier central excise exemption notification with effect from 2 February 2026.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...
CBDT has omitted provision related to exemption of transport allowance of Rs. 1,600 per month granted to an employee other than an employee, who is blind or deaf and dumb or orthopaedically handicapped with disability of lower extremities, to meet his expenditure for the purpose of commuting between the place of his residence and the […]
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has clarified that the pension received by a taxpayer from his former employer is taxable under the head Salaries. The Finance Act, 2018 has amended Section 16 of the Income–tax Act, 1961
This article contains the meaning of Cess & Surcharge, difference between cess & surcharge, Education cess & it’s rate. Also, according to Budget 2018, existing 3% Education cess will be replace by a 4% Health & Education Cess. So, how it will effect on taxpayer’s tax liability, is also discussed here.
The Government of India with an intention to evade black money and to discourage the cash transactions time and again taking various steps. Specially the Income tax Act is amended and provided with disallowances and stringent penal provisions for various types of cash transactions. Let us briefly understand some of such provisions here.
After a gap of 14 years, the government reintroduced long term capital gains amounting to Rs one lakh and above at the rate of 10% on the sale of equities and equity mutual funds if they are sold any time after one year of their purchase. This means even If you sell your equity on April2, you will be liable to pay the tax at the rate of 10% on account of long term capital gains.
From April 1, a large number of Indians will see significant changes in their financial life. April 1 is the first day of the new financial year, 2018-19. The Budget proposals for the new financial year, announced on February 1, will come into force from today itself. Below are the key changes which are going to […]
With the enactment of the Finance Act, 2018, CBEC is renamed as the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC). The change was necessitated due to enactment of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) which has consolidated the multiple Indirect Taxes into one tax.
Capital gains taxation has always been a contentious issue drawing the attention of Finance Minister in every Budget, with this year not being an exception. So Friends in today’s blog we are going to cover the taxation of LONG TERM CAPITAL GAIN (LTCG) arising from sale of listed shares as well as proposed amendment in […]
Inspite of various changes in budget 2018, following are the highlights of some of the key changes which everyone should aware of. We hope that these changes will bring the positive results and let’s welcome new financial year!!
It appears that without analyzing the proposed amendments in Budger 2018, most of the people have jumped to the conclusion that entire Chapter VI A deduction are covered, thus wrongly concluding that deduction u/s 80C (payment of PPF/LIC/School fee etc) , 80D- mediclaim, 80G (Donations),80TTA & 80TTB (interest from Bank) etc etc will not be allowed if the Income Tax Return is filed beyond the due date, which in actual is not the case since only PART C to Chapter VIA is covered in the budget proposal. In the following paragraphs an attempt has been made to clarify the position
