Income Tax : Budget 2026 has extended the due dates for ITR-3, ITR-4, and revised returns, offering taxpayers greater flexibility. Understandin...
Income Tax : The article explains how the Finance Act, 2026 replaced the deemed dividend framework with capital gains taxation. The change allo...
Income Tax : Taxpayers now get three extra months to correct mistakes in originally filed income tax returns. The revised return mechanism rema...
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...
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Excise Duty : The government has withdrawn an earlier central excise exemption notification with effect from 2 February 2026.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...
The Union Budget of India, referred to as an annual Financial Statement in Article 112 of the Constitution of India is an annual budget of theRepublicofIndia, which is presented each year by the Finance Minister ofIndiain the Parliament. The Union budget has to be passed by the Both Houses of Parliament before it can come into effect on April 1, the start ofIndia’s financial year.
Amendments in the Definition of Capital Goods ♦ The facility of taking CENVAT Credit on motor vehicles other than those falling under tariff headings 8702, 8703, 8704,8711 and their chasis has been extended to manufacturers. ♦ Motor Vehicles falling under tariff headings 8702,8703,8704,8711 and their chasis shall be eligible for CENVAT Credit for service providers engaged in providing the following services
CA Jitendra Goyal, CA Rajender Handa RATES OF INCOME TAX FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEAR 2013-14 Slab Rates For Individuals( below 60 years) , HUF, AOP/BOI, (other than co-operative societies) For resident women age below 60 Years For senior citizens (Age between 60 – 80 Years) For Super Citizens (Age above 80 Years) Upto 200000 Nil […]
Ministry of Finance has Vide Service tax Notification No. 15/2012 dated 17.03.2012, specified that in respect of services provided by an individual advocate to any business entity, the service-tax payable by the advocate shall be Nil and that the person receiving the service shall pay 100% of the tax.
Presenting the budget in parliament on Friday, Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the allocation was based “on the present needs” and that the government would meet any “further needs for the security of the nation”. The 17 per cent increase seeks to add to the nuclear and conventional military muscles of a country that already has one of the world’s largest armed forces.
Service Tax Rules – Besides complying with some revised drafting needs due to negative list, the rules will need changes in respect of person liable to pay tax: to provide for recipient persons relating to services provided to business entities by government, advocates or arbitrators, change in services provided from non-taxable territory, some changes to services provided by GTA and the deletion of all those services that are now exempt e.g. mutual funds agents and distributers.
The APA provisions are proposed to be implemented in the Indian Income-tax Act, 1961 through the Budget recently presented before the Indian Parliament. An APA mechanism can be – Unilateral, Bilateral and Multilateral. A Unilateral APA is the one which is entered into between the tax assessee and government of a country with respect to taxability of particular cross-border transfer pricing transaction(s) in that country.
The Finance Bill, 2012 has massively rattled the provisions related to service tax enshrined in the Finance Act, 1994. A New reverse charge mechanism has been proposed by the Finance Bill, 2012. And by the latest Finance Bill, Section 68 (2) of the Finance Act, 1994 has been put under amendment to put the onus of payment of service tax on reverse charge basis partly on service provider and partly on service receiver. Three specific services i.e. hiring of means of transport, construction and man power supply have been chosen for this purpose.
Deduction in respect of payment of Life Insurance Premium [section 80C] Deduction for life insurance premium as regards insurance policies issued on or after 1 April 2012 shall be available only if premium payable does not exceed 10% of actual capital sum assured. (reduced from 20 %)
In his Budget three years ago, the Finance Minister announced the introduction of the New Direct Taxes Code (‘DTC’) and a draft of the same was also circulated for comments and discussion. Thereafter, based on the inputs from various lobbies; the revised draft was constructed and the DTC Bill was introduced in the Parliament in August 2010.
