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Excise Duty : The government has withdrawn an earlier central excise exemption notification with effect from 2 February 2026.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...
Budget 2015-16 Furnishing of return of income by certain universities and hospitals referred to in section 10 (23C) of the Act Under the provisions of section 10 of the Act, exemption under sub-clause (iiiab) and (iiiac) of clause (23C), subject to specified conditions, is available to such university or educational institution, hospital or other institution […]
The provisions of section 5 of the Act provide for scope of total income for the purposes of its chargeability to tax. In case of a non-resident person, the chargeability of income in India is on the basis of source rule under which certain categories of income are deemed to accrue or arise in India. […]
Power of the Central Board of Direct Taxes to prescribe the manner and procedure for computing period of stay in India The provisions of sub-section (1) of section 6 provide the conditions under which an individual is held to be resident in India. The determination is based, inter alia, on the number of days during […]
E Book – Comprehensive ICAI Budget Publication The Direct Taxes Committee of ICAI jointly with Indirect Taxes Committee of the ICAI has come out with E Book on clause wise comprehensive analysis of Tax Proposals of Union Budget 2015 to enable our members and stakeholders in line with ICAI’s well earned position as the Partner […]
Raising the threshold for specified domestic transaction In a second blow to Chartered Accountants FM has raised Limit for Audit of Specified Domestic Transaction to Rs. 20 Crore from Rs. 5 Crore with effect from Assessment year 2016-17. This may effectively take 90% Assessees out of Ambit of Transfer Pricing Audit of Specified Domestic Transaction. […]
Budget 2015- Raising the income-limit of the cases that may be decided by single member bench of ITAT The existing provision contained in sub-section (3) of section 255 of the Income-tax Act provides for constitution of a single member bench and a Special Bench. It provides that single member bench may dispose of any case […]
The current taxation scheme of income arising in respect of depository receipts under the Act is aligned with the earlier scheme which was limited to issue of Depository Receipts (DRs) based on the underlying shares of the company issued for this purpose (i.e sponsored GDR) or FCCB of the issuing company and where the company was either a listed company or was to list simultaneously. Besides, the holder of such DRs was a non-resident only.
While thinking for the entertainment now the question arises, which field is out from the service tax net? For the entertainment or enjoyment what a person thinks to do, whether it is eating outside with family, going to amusement parks, traveling outside for holiday, going to enjoy any artistic performance or any other things, all the sources are now under the service tax net and it seems that government has put the taxes on the sources of smile of a person.
Advocate Anandaday Misshra Unutilised Credit of CESS Q 1 What will be the fate of credit of Education Cess and Secondary and Higher Education Cess lying unutilized after it being subsumed in basic excise duty ? Answer : Firstly , it will not lapse since no lapsing provision is existing as on date for the same. Secondly , I […]
Rationalising the provisions of section 115JB The existing provisions contained in section 115JB of the Act provide that in the case of a company, if the tax payable on the total income as computed under the Act in respect of any previous year relevant to the assessment year commencing on or after the 1st day […]
