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Excise Duty : The government has withdrawn an earlier central excise exemption notification with effect from 2 February 2026.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...
Internal mechanism is to be developed to ensure adherence of the timelines mentioned in the Citizens charter of the Department about performance of services and adherence to the timelines should be made as a part of performance appraisal of the concerned officer.
The misuse of PAN details of assesees is prevalent since long. There is a need to provide new age chip enabled PAN cards so as to prove the identity of the concerned person rather than using the photo copy of the card.
GST – Procedures Related Issues- Apportionment of credit and blocked credits – The provisions in the GST law restrict the allow ability of ITC in certain situations. Accordingly, the adversity of undesirable cost cascading effect still remains and needs to be addressed particularly in the below mentioned cases:-
Considering the fact that several mistakes were being reported which occurred on account of wrong punching of data in the OLTAS by the banks, the CBDT introduced a new challan correction mechanism for paper based payments of income tax.
All the foreign currency remittances/payments are required to be reconciled with details provided in Form No. 15CA. RBI report 2012-13 provides that the foreign currency remittances for imports
Rule 26 of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 which states that For the purpose of deduction of tax at source on any income payable in foreign currency, the rate of exchange for the calculation of the value in rupees of such income payable to an assessee outside India shall be the telegraphic transfer buying rate of such currency as on the date on which the tax is required to be deducted at source under the provisions of Chapter XVIIB by the person responsible for paying such income.
The Finance Act, 2016 had inserted a new Section 115BBDA to tax dividend income in excess of Rs. 10 lacs in case of an Individual, HUF and Firm at the rate of 10%. The Finance Act, 2017 extended the scope of section 115BBDA of the Act
PLIs are ratios between the operating profits and operating costs / operating revenue /capital employed. It provides a sound basis to match operating profits of the company with that of the unrelated companies.
The Finance Act, 2017 amended section 115JAA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 to provide that the tax credit in respect of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) paid by companies under section 115JB of the Act can be carried forward up to fifteenth assessment year immediately succeeding the assessment year in which such tax credit becomes allowable.
Presently, there is increased focus on resolution of large NPAs faced by banking sector. The Government and RBI are vigorously pursuing several measures to reduce NPAs through different debt-restructuring schemes.
