Income Tax : Pre-Budget 2026 suggestions for widening the tax base, reducing litigation with 30-day resolution limits, rationalizing to a singl...
Income Tax : Overview of Finance Act 2025 changes: capital assets, fund manager relocation, search case assessments, and more. ...
Income Tax : Understand TDS on rent for individuals: thresholds, rates, and compliance procedures as per Section 194-IB....
Service Tax : Finance Act, 2025 exempts service tax on reinsurance under crop insurance schemes for 2011-2017. Refund claims must be filed withi...
Income Tax : Budget 2025 introduces tax reliefs, higher TDS thresholds, and urban housing reforms, impacting real estate growth while raising c...
Income Tax : ICAI proposes tax reforms for Union Budget 2026-27 to enhance ease of doing business and sustainability. Suggestions cover reducin...
Income Tax : The Finance Bill 2025 proposes tax exemption on income up to ₹12 lakh, revised tax slabs, and a ₹75,000 standard deduction for...
Income Tax : Explore the Finance Bill 2025 highlights, including revised tax rates, TDS/TCS amendments, ULIP taxation, and updated rules for sa...
Income Tax : Income-Tax Bill 2025 simplifies tax laws by reducing sections, chapters, and words while ensuring no policy or tax rate changes. K...
Income Tax : Explore the section mapping of the New Income-Tax Bill 2025, comparing provisions with the Income-Tax Act, 1961. See key changes, ...
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 ...
Custom Duty : The Ministry of Finance invites Trade and Industry Associations to submit data-backed suggestions for direct and indirect tax chan...
Goods and Services Tax : The Union Budget 2025-26 introduces customs reforms to boost trade and domestic manufacturing. January GST collections hit ₹1.95...
Excise Duty : Govt extends provisions under Excise Notification 11/2017 from 2025 to 2026. Changes take effect on February 2, 2025....
Custom Duty : CBIC amends Customs IGCR Rules, 2022 to extend reporting timelines from monthly to quarterly and revise submission deadlines....
Custom Duty : Govt amends Customs Notification 153/94, updating classifications under chapters 86, 88, and 89. Changes effective from February 2...
Key Limited Liability Partnership Act 2008 and Limited Liability Partnership Rules, 2009 • The Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Bill 2008 was passed by the Parliament on December 12, 2008 and legislated vide notification of the Act in the Gazette of India on January 7, 2009. Subsequently ‘The Limited Liability Partnership Rules, 2009’ were notified by […]
The following concessions/ changes have also been made: i. Full exemption from excise duty has been provided to goods falling under Chapter 68 manufactured at the site of construction for use in construction work at such site. This was demand of the construction industry. Earlier it was available to goods manufactured from specified material but […]
However, the said goods would be exempt from excise duty subject to non availment of Cenvat credit on input. [Notification No 30/2004-CE refers]. Thus, the exemption will be optional. Those opting to pay duty @ 4% will be eligible to avail Cenvat credit. The applicable rates for CVD purposes will be 4%.
PAN is the basic ‘penetrating needle’ for the Income tax Department to rope in every income earning person. It is a fact that our taxbase continues to be a major concern for policy makers. And in order to widen the taxpayers’ base the I-T Department intends to ride the vehicle of PAN in a big […]
The existing provisions of section 50C provide that where the consideration received or accruing as a result of the transfer of a capital asset, being land or building or both, is less than the value adopted or assessed by a stamp valuation authority, the value so adopted or assessed is deemed to be the full […]
Tax deduction at source is a method of collecting taxes on behalf of the Government at the time of payment or credit. The Income-tax Act casts a legal responsibility on the deductor to deduct tax on the correct amount, at the correct rate and deposit it to the Government account. The TDS rates are specified […]
Under the existing provisions of section 208 the Income-tax Act, liability for payment of advance tax during a financial year arises when the amount of such tax payable during that year is Rs.5,000/-or more. This limit was fixed in 1996. With a view to providing for inflation adjustment, it is proposed to raise the threshold limit […]
There has been a substantial increase in small businesses with the growth of transport and communication and general growth of the economy. A large number of businesses and service providers in rural and urban areas who earn substantial income are outside the tax-net. Introduction of presumptive tax provisions in respect of small businesses would help […]
The government has merged the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) for direct and indirect taxes, the two arms of Finance Ministry, where overseas firms and Non-Resident Indians can know their tax liabilities.To further enhance efficiency in tax administration, I intend to merge the two Authorities for Advance Rulings on Direct and Indirect Taxes by amending the relevant Acts, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said unveiling the budget for 2008-09.
New Income Tax Rate slabs for Individual, HUF, Women, Senior Citizen for A.Y. 2010-11 & F.Y. 2009-2010 Basic exemption for individual tax payers was increased by Rs 10,000 for general tax payers and women and Rs 15,000 for senior citizens (i.e. 65 years and above) by the finance minister on Monday. The current income tax exemption […]
