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Excise Duty : The government has withdrawn an earlier central excise exemption notification with effect from 2 February 2026.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...
Seeks to notify the “resident firm” as the class of persons for the purpose of sub-clause (iii) of clause (b) of section 96A of the Finance Act, 1994. CBEC vide Notification No. 11/2015-Central Excise (N.T.), Dated: March 1, 2015, Notification No. 27/2015-Customs (NT), Dated: March 1, 2015 & Notification No. 9/2015- ST, Dated: March 01, […]
CBEC with effect from 1st April 2015 vide Notification No. 8/2015-ST, Dated: March 01, 2015 has amended the Abatement Notification No. 30/2012 dated 20.06.2012 as follows: (i) The taxable portion of service of transportation by rail, road and vessel shall be 30% subject to a uniform condition of non-availment of CENVAT Credit on inputs, capital goods and input services.
Seeks to amend notification No. 30/2012-Service Tax dated 20th June, 2012, so as to prescribe, the extent of service tax payable by the service provider and any other person liable for paying service tax other than the service provider. CBEC with effect from 1st April 2015 vide Notification No. 7/2015-ST, Dated: March 01, 2015has amended […]
16. Services by an artist by way of a performance in folk or classical art forms of (i) music, or (ii) dance, or (iii) theatre, if the consideration charged for such performance is not more than one lakh rupees
Notification No. 5/2015-ST, Dated: March 01, 2015, Seeks to amend Service Tax Rules, 1994 so as to prescribe,- (i) definition of an ‘aggregator’ and the ‘brand name or trade name’ (ii) the person liable to pay service tax for certain specified services; (iii) for issuing digitally signed invoices and their authentication by means of digital […]
Seeks to amend notification No. 31/2012-Service Tax, dated 20th June, 2012, so as to exempt services provided for transportation of export goods by road from the place of removal to a land customs station (LCS). CBEC vide Notification No. 4/2015-ST, Dated: March 01, 2015 has exempted services provided by goods transport agencyto an exporter for […]
NOTIFICATION. 3/2015-ST, Dated: March 01, 2015 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby rescinds the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of […]
Budget 2015-16 – Raising the limit of deduction under Section 80CCC Under the existing provisions contained in sub-section (1) of the section 80CCC, an assessee, being an individual is allowed a deduction upto one lakh rupees in the computation of his total income, of an amount paid or deposited by him to effect or keep […]
Abolition of levy of wealth-tax under Wealth-tax Act, 1957 Wealth-tax Act, 1957 (‘the WT Act’) was introduced w.e.f. 01.04.1957 on the recommendation of Prof. Nicholas Kaldor for achieving twin major objectives of reducing inequalities and helping the enforcement of Income-tax Act through cross checks. Accordingly, all the assets of the assessees were taken into account […]
Raising the limit of deduction under Section 80U for persons with disability and severe disability The existing provisions of section 80U, inter alia, provide for a deduction to an individual, being a resident, who, at any time during the previous year, is certified by the medical authority to be a person with disability (as defined […]
