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Excise Duty : The government has withdrawn an earlier central excise exemption notification with effect from 2 February 2026.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...
The Finance Act (No. 2), 2009 raised the limit to pay advance tax under section 208 to Rs. 10,000. Considering the inflationary conditions prevailing in the country, it is felt that the said limit needs to be revised upwards so that the amount payable in one installment of the advance tax exceeds at least Rs. 5,000.
With a view to create a mechanism for self-reporting of estimates of current income, tax payments and advance tax liability by companies and persons to whom tax audit is applicable, on voluntary compliance basis, the government has proposed to introduce new Rule 39A and Form No. 28AA in the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (the Rules).
It is suggested that the TDS limit for payment of professional or technical fees under section 194J may be increased from Rs. 30000 to Rs. 100000.
Seeking enhanced outlay for education in the coming Budget, the ASSOCHAM has sent a communication to the Finance Minister Mr Arun Jaitley, also making out a case for relief to higher education under Goods and Services Tax (GST).
The amendment to Section 35AD(3) of the Act introduced by the Finance Act, 2010, seeks to prevent a taxpayer from claiming dual deduction in respect of the same business. It appears that if a taxpayer carrying on a specified business does not claim deduction under Section 35AD of the Act, he may opt for deduction under the relevant provisions of Chapter VI-A or Section 10AA of the Act, if the same exist for such business and it is more beneficial.
At present, Tax Saving FDR is allowed as deduction u/s 80C but its interest is taxable. It is pertinent to note that the deduction u/s 80C on reinvestment of interest on NSC is available.
The DSIR guidelines provide that eligible capital expenditure on R&D will include expenditure on plant, equipment or any other tangible item only. It also provide that capital expenditure of intangible nature is not eligible for weighted deduction.
Section 35AD of the Act extends investment linked incentives to taxpayers with respect to the capital expenditure incurred for setting up and operation of specified businesses. Further, once investment linked incentive for the capital expenditure is availed under this Section, no benefit shall be allowed in respect of such specified business under Chapter VIA (Deductions in respect of certain incomes) and Section 10AA of the Act.
Currently, there is no clarity whether a company engaged in the business of development and sale of software or providing IT / Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) services, is eligible for weighted deduction on the R&D expenditure incurred by it.
In the pharmaceutical Sector, discovery is a lengthy, risky and expensive proposition. In this business environment, necessitated by the current business needs, companies have to incur expenditure towards scientific research outside their Research & Development (R&D) facility for e.g. expenditure incurred outside the approved R&D facility towards clinical trials
