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Excise Duty : The government has withdrawn an earlier central excise exemption notification with effect from 2 February 2026.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...
Under the general arrangement of the provisions in the Act under each head of income, normally the charging provision is accompanied by a set of provisions for computing the income subject to that charge.
Interest payments by banking sector may be reconciled with the TDS returns of Banks submitted with respect to section 194A of the Income-tax Act, 1961. For example, as per the balance sheet of SBI on 31.03.2017, it held Rs. 11,13,000 crores of Term deposits from others. It had paid more than Rs.1,05,000 crores of rupees as Interest.
Section 115JD provides for tax credit in respect of alternate minimum tax. The provisions of section 115JC are applicable to persons other than a company i.e. individual, HUF, Partnership firm including LLPs, AOPs etc.
There is no specific exemptions from tax deduction at source in case of payments of personal nature, in respect of the cases covered in Section 194A (interest), Sec. 194H (brokerage), and Section 194-I (Rent).
Section 194C(6) provides exemption to small good carriage contractor/transporter (owning not more than 10 goods carriage at any time during the previous year) on furnishing of PAN along with the declaration to that effect to deductor from TDS.
In case of partnership firms, Section 40(b)(i) provides that remuneration shall mean any payment of salary, bonus, commission or remuneration by whatever name called. Considering a partner and partnership firm as one entity, the provisions of tax deduction at source
As per the provisions of section 194-I, the tax is to be deducted at source @10% in respect of income by the way of rent for any use of land or building or furniture or fixture etc.
The amendment to section 194J by the Finance Act, 2012 requires deduction of tax at source @ 10% on any remuneration or fees or commission, by whatever name called, to a director of a company, other than those on which tax is deductible under section 192.
Nothing contained in section 11 and 12 shall operate so as to exclude from the total income of the previous year of the person in receipt thereof, any anonymous donation referred to in section 115BBC on which tax is payable in accordance with the provisions of clause (i) of sub-section (1) of that section.
At present, long term capital gain is taxed @ 20% in pursuance of the provisions of section 112. Whereas, in case of individual assessee having normal income, the rate of tax upto Rs. 5,00,000 is only 10%.
