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Excise Duty : The government has withdrawn an earlier central excise exemption notification with effect from 2 February 2026.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...
Section 179 of the Income-tax Act provides that where the tax due from a private company cannot be recovered from such company, then the director (who was the director of such company during the previous year to which non-recovery relates) shall be jointly and severally liable for payment of such tax unless he proves that the non-recovery of tax cannot be attributed to any gross neglect, misfeasance or breach of duty on his part.
1 Sections 153 and 153B of the Income-tax Act, inter alia, provide the time limit for completion of assessment and reassessment of income by the Assessing Officer. Time limits have been provided for completion of assessment or reassessment under sections 143(3), 147, 153A, 153C etc. of the Income-tax Act. These time limits get extended if […]
Sections 139C and 139D of the Income-tax Act contain provisions for facilitating filing of annexure-less return of income in electronic form by certain class of income-tax assesses. In order to facilitate electronic filing of annexure-less return of net wealth, new sections 14A and 14B have been inserted vide Finance Act,2013 in the Wealth-tax Act on similar lines.
Wealth tax is not leviable on urban land which is, (i) classified as agricultural land in the records of the Government; and (ii) used for agricultural purposes.
The provisions contained in clause (14) of section 2 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, before amendment by the Finance Act, 2013 define the term capital asset as property of any kind held by an assessee, whether or not connected with his business or profession.
Indian economy is currently facing lot of challenges in many front whether its policy paralyses, falling rupee rate, inflation, current account deficit etc. but one of the critical which has a severe impact on everyone is Fiscal Deficit.
CBDT CIRCULAR NO.03/2014 Section 10 Change in the definition of keyman insurance policy, exemption to income of investor Protection Fund of depositors, pass through status to certain Alternative Investment Funds exemption of income received in India in Indian currency by a foreign company exemption to National Financial Holdings company Limited
Deficit financing is the method by which a government finances its budget deficit, that is, it covers its expenditure in excess of the revenue. The most common forms of deficit financing are borrowing from foreign governments, or from banks like the World Bank, or borrowing from the central bank of the country (RBI in the case of India) by issue of different instruments like treasury bills and new bonds,
Kaushal Agrawal We are attaching herewith Notes on Income tax compiled by CS K. K. Agrawal as applicable for Assessment year 2013-14 which may be useful for students who are appearing for for CA IPCC (IPC) Nov 2013 exam | CMA (inter) Dec 2013 exam and for others too. The notes are good for last […]
President of India has given assent to Finance Bill 2013 on 10.05.2013 and on assent the Finance bill has become the Finance Act,2013 (No. 17 of 2013). The act has given effect to the financial proposals of the Central Government for the financial year 2013-2014. Finance Act, 2013 contains the amendment in Income Tax Rates, […]
