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Excise Duty : The government has withdrawn an earlier central excise exemption notification with effect from 2 February 2026.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...
MEASURES TO CURB BLACK MONEY Mode of taking or accepting certain loans, deposits and specified sums and mode of repayment of loans or deposits and specified advances The existing provisions contained in section 269SS of the Income-tax Act provide that no person shall take from any person any loan or deposit otherwise than by an account payee cheque or account payee bank draft or online transfer through a bank account, if the amount of such loan or deposit is twenty thousand rupees or more.
Explanatory Memoranda to notification Nos. 6 to 11/2015-Customs, dated 01.03.2015 Sr. No. Notification No. Description 1. 6/2015-Customs Seeks to increase the Additional Duty of Customs (commonly known as Road Cess) levied on motor spirit (petrol). 2. 7/2015- Customs Seeks to increase the Additional Duty of Customs (commonly known as Road Cess) levied on High Speed […]
F. No. 334/5/2015-TRU D.O.F. No. 334/5/2015-TRU dated February 28th, 2015 The Finance Minister has, while presenting the Union Budget 2015-16, introduced the Finance Bill in the Lok Sabha on the 28th of February, 2015. Clauses 105 to 116 of the Bill cover the amendments made to Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994. Chapter VI […]
The service tax rate is being increased from 12% plus Education Cesses to 14%. The ‘Education Cess’ and ‘Secondary and Higher Education Cess’ shall be subsumed in the new service tax rate. The revised rate shall come into effect from a date to be notified.
Excise duty structure on certain goods is being restructured as follows: 1) Wafers for use in the manufacture of integrated circuit (IC) modules for smart cards from 12% to 6%. 2) Inputs for use in the manufacture of LED drivers and MCPCB for LED lights, fixtures and LED lamps from 12% to 6%. 3) Mobiles […]
Reduction in duty on certain inputs to address the problem of duty inversion: 1) ‘Metal parts’ for use in the manufacture of electrical insulators. 2) Ethylene-Propylene-non-conjugated-Diene Rubber (EPDM), Water blocking tape and Mica glass tape for use in the manufacture of insulated wires and cables. 3) Magnetron upto 1 KW for use in the manufacture […]
The Finance Bill, 2015 proposes to make amendments in direct tax provisions by proposing amendments to the Income-tax Act, 1961, Wealth-tax Act, 1957, Finance Act, 1994 and Finance (No.2) Act, 2004. A gist of the main amendments is given below:- Direct Taxes 2. Rates of tax 2.1 It is proposed that there will be no […]
Key Features of Budget 2015-2016 Presented in Lok Sabha by Finance Minister 2015-16 INTRODUCTION Credibility of Indian economy has been re-established in the last nine months. Indian economy about to take-off on a fast growth trajectory. Most growth forecasts have upgraded Indian economic growth while downgrading global economic growth. Economically empowered States are equal partners […]
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has Presented his First Full Union Budget for 2015-16 in Lok Sabha today. We have presented below the Finance Bill 2015 and Corrigenda to Finance Bill, 2015 Download Finance Bill, 2015 Download Corrigenda – Finance Bill, 2015
It is proposed that there will be no change in the rate of personal income-tax and the rate of tax for companies in respect of income earned in the financial year 2015-16, assessable in the assessment year 2016-17. It is further proposed to levy a surcharge @12% on individuals, HUFs, AOPs, BOIs, artificial juridical persons, firms, cooperative societies and local authorities having income exceeding ` 1 crore. Surcharge in the case of domestic companies having income exceeding ` 1 crore and upto ` 10 crore is proposed to be levied @ 7% and surcharge @ 12% is proposed to be levied on domestic companies having income exceeding ` 10 crore.
