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Excise Duty : The government has withdrawn an earlier central excise exemption notification with effect from 2 February 2026.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...
Almost everyone, including active and proactive professional tax advisers- mainly, lawyers and CAs, having something to do or other with the Budget proposals of the newly installed government, have sought and brought to focus the highlights. Even so, it is sad to observe that, in so doing, in one’s conviction, some of the deficiencies, hidden or otherwise, it is noted, have not been even touched upon, for reasons not known.
CA Surbhi Jain TDS as the name implies, aims at collection of tax at the very source of income. Its of great significance to the Government as it propones the collection of tax, provides for a greater reach and wider base for tax and from the perspective of Tax Payer, it distributes the incidence of […]
Extract of FM Speech in Lok Sabha During Budget Discussion on Friday 18.07.2014 A defining moment against us, both to the domestic investors and international investors, was the idea of a retrospective tax. Any economy, which can enact a retrospective tax and say this applies 40 years earlier, destabilises businesses, and, therefore, the world was […]
Save as otherwise provided in the aforesaid Bill, clauses (3) to (71) shall be deemed to have come into force on the first day of April, 2014, viz. from financial year (FY) 2014-15, relevant to assessment year 2015-16. In this regard, there may be certain issues and objections, because the aforesaid Bill has been presented during the relevant FY, viz. FY 2014-15, viz. on 10.7.2014.
Provisional attachment under section 281B The existing provisions of sub-section (1) section 281B of the Act provide that the Assessing Officer, during the pendency of any proceeding for assessment or reassessment, in order to protect the interest of revenue may, with the previous approval of the Chief Commissioner of Commissioner, attach provisionally any property belonging […]
Failure to produce accounts and documents Levy of penalty made mandatory. It is proposed to remove the monetary limit of fine and also proposed mandatory levy of fine. The existing provisions of section 276D of the Act provide that if a person willfully fails to produce accounts and documents as required in any notice issued […]
Obligation to furnish statement of Information Name of annual information return is proposed to be substituted with statement of financial transaction or reportable account in view of amendment to section 285BA. The existing provisions of section 285BA of the Act provide for filing of an annual information return by specified persons in respect of specified […]
Highlights of the Speech of Shri Arun Jaitley, Union Finance Minister of Finance Made While Presenting the Budget of the National Capital Territory(NCT) of Delhi for the Year 2014-15 Following are the Highlights of the Speech of the Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley made while presenting the Budget of the National Capital Territory (NCT)of […]
Mode of acceptance or repayment of loans and deposits ECS, RTGS and NEFT etc. are now proposed to be allowed as permissible mode to accept or repay the deposit or loan specified under section 269SS and 269T respectively. The existing provisions contained in section 269SS of the Act, inter alia, provide that no person shall […]
The existing provisions of sub-section (1) of section 115JEE of the Act provide that the provisions of Chapter-XI I BA shall be applicable to any person who has claimed a deduction under part C of Chapter VI-A or claimed a deduction u/s 1 0AA. Further the present provisions of sub-section (2) of section 1 15JEE […]
