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Excise Duty : The government has withdrawn an earlier central excise exemption notification with effect from 2 February 2026.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...
The government today said the proposal to impose service tax on healthcare will not hurt the common man as only services provided by the centrally AC hospitals with more than 25 beds would attract the new levy.
The Finance Minister as a move towards GST to be implemented by 2012 took a step in removing the exemption regime by levying duty on 130 items out of 370 where VAT is charged by the States. The items covered are mainly consumer goods. The balance 240 items would be roped in along with the implementation of GST in 2012.
The exemption from excise duty on Cashew shell liquid (CNSL) is being withdrawn and consequently it will now attract a concessional rate of 1% without CENVAT credit facility. (S. No. 6 of Notification No. 3/2006 – C.E dated 1st March, 2006, is being omitted by Notification No. 3 /2011-C.E dated the 1st March 2011, S. No. 1 of Notification No. 1/2011-C.E &2 /2011- C.E both dated the 1st March 2011 refers)
The Finance Minister has introduced the Finance Bill, 2011 in Lok Sabha on 28th February, 2011. Changes in Customs law and rates of duty have been proposed through the Finance Bill, 2011 (clauses 35 to 58 for customs). In order to prescribe effective rates of duty and to carry out changes in the Rules made […]
As a measure of rationalization of duty structure the rates of 2% and 3% are being unified with the median rate of 2.5%. Accordingly basic customs duty on all goods currently attracting 2% has been increased to 2.5% and basic customs duty on those goods attracting 3% has been decreased to 2.5%.(S. No. 1 & 2 of Notification No. 21/2011-Cus dated the 1st March 2011 refers)
Several amendments have been carried out in the provisions of the Cenvat Credit Rules (CCR), 2004. The basic thrust of these changes is to broad base and simplify definitions to reduce disputes and to achieve a more realistic attribution when common inputs or input services are used for the manufacture of both dutiable and exempt goods.
Hotel accommodation, in excess of declared tariff of Rs. 1000 per day and service provided by air conditioned restaurants that have license to serve liquor are the new services which have been brought under the service tax net. While proposing to levy service tax on these services, the Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has said that the hotel accommodation with declared tariff of over Rs. 1000 per day will have to pay the service tax with an abatement of 50 per cent.
This budget meets all the challenges that our economy and our polity faces in the next fiscal year. We need to sustain a high rate of growth and therefore this budget builds upon the good performance of the current fiscal year’s 8.6 % growth rate to a projected 9% growth rate for which adequate provisions have been made particularly in the area of infrastructure and in social sector plus agricultural development.
Section 282 in respect of Document Identification number has been omitted. Section 194LA had been introduced which deals with TDS of FIIs investment in Infrastructure debt fund @ 5%. In section 115-0, the benefit of DDT exemption to SEZ developer & SEZ units has been omitted. Now they have to pay DDT on their declared dividends.
Currently, specified perquisites of the Chief Election Commissioner or Election Commissioner and the judges of the Supreme Court are exempt from taxation consequent to the enabling provisions in the respective Acts governing their service conditions. It is proposed to amend section 10 to extend similar benefit of exemption in respect of specific perquisites and allowances, which will be notified by the Central Government, received by both serving as well as retired Chairmen and Members of the Union Public Service Commission.
