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Excise Duty : The government has withdrawn an earlier central excise exemption notification with effect from 2 February 2026.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...
Commentaries on the Union Budget, especially in the English language, can be lop-sided, reflecting interests of a small slice of society. The Union Budget is only one instrument available to Union government and there is no reason why a Budget for 2018-19 should represent a break with what a government has sought to do since 2014.
Though well intentioned, the startup booster provisions of Section 80-IAC lacks commercial viability and therefore amendments made to S. 80-IAC won’t be able to yield desired results in terms of employment generation and wealth creation
The journey of ICDS has been an interesting roller coaster ride – first introduced, then deferred, then partly struck down by Delhi High Court and now with a re-birth under the Act, that too with retrospective effect from AY 2017-18.
India, amongst various countries, participated in the signing of the Multilateral Instrument (MLI) on 7 June 2017, to implement tax treaty related measures as a part of the various Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) related Action Plans.
Agenda of Discussion:- Key Economic Trends, Amendments made by Finance Bill, 2018 under the Income tax Act, 1961., Amendments made by Finance Bill, 2018 under Indirect tax laws.
This article covers the aspect of corporatization of businesses, merits of corporate structure and demerits of non corporate structure.
Finance Bill’2018 has proposed some major changes impacting trusts. 1) Mandatory Requirement of obtaining PAN for the Trustees: Section 139A is amended to propose that every person, not being an individual, which enters into a financial transaction of an amount aggregating to two lakh and fifty thousand rupees or more in a financial year shall be required to apply to the Assessing Officer for allotment of PAN.
The eyes were all set in this budget also by Startup community what the Finance Minister will bring for them. However, there was not much to celebrate. Still, they didn’t go unnoticed. I have listed down budget proposals benefiting Startups.
As of June 2016, the total amount of gross non-performing Assets (NPAs) for public and private sector banks amounted to approximately ₹6 lakh crore. The economy remained clogged with the whopping amount of NPAs due to lack of any effective mechanism to deal with the same.
Let’s understand the tax ability of listed equity shares with a flow chart (assuming STT has been paid on purchase & sale of shares in a recognized stock exchange)
