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Excise Duty : The government has withdrawn an earlier central excise exemption notification with effect from 2 February 2026.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...
Both Customs and TP require taxpayer to establish arm’s length principle with respect to transactions between related parties. Objective under respective laws is to provide safeguard measures to ensure that taxable values
One of the tax consequences of a country or area being notified as NJA is that payments to persons located in that NJA would be subject to a higher withholding @ 30%. The relevant provision which provides for this implication i.e., section 94A(5)
The concessional tax rate of 5 per cent on interest should be made applicable on other debt securities including debentures, trade credit issued/ availed by any Indian company.
Finance Act, 2012 extended the obligation to withhold taxes to non- residents irrespective of whether the non-resident has –
Present scheme of administration of Search and Assessment of search cases needs to be made effective to reduce technical complexities
Currently, Many government/semi-government authorities (viz. Mining Department) have been demanding TCS of earlier years for which assessments have already been completed, since they had not collected the TCS in the those relevant years.
Section 167B provides that in case shares of members in Association of Persons (AOP) or Body of Individuals (BOI) is unknown or indeterminate, then tax on total income of such AOP or BOI is charged at maximum marginal rate or specified rate whichever is higher.
TDS should not be linked with the year of income or the year of receipt. Credit for TDS may be given on the basis of the claim made by the assessee irrespective of the assessment year in which income is received or income is offered to tax. There should be a clear differentiation between amount deducted and amount claimed.
Where in case any person fails to deduct or pay the whole or any part of the tax on the sum paid or on the sum credited to the account of a person, he shall be deemed to be an assessee in default in respect of such tax.
The Honorable Finance Minister has, in para 176 of his Budget Speech [Union Budget 2016-17] stated that non-residents without PAN are currently subjected to a higher rate of TDS
