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Excise Duty : The government has withdrawn an earlier central excise exemption notification with effect from 2 February 2026.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...
For the purposes of the Income-tax Act, charitable purpose has been defined in section 2(15) which, among others, includes the advancement of any other object of general public utility. However, the advancement of any other object of general public utility is not a charitable purpose, if it involves the carrying on of any activity in the nature of trade, commerce or business, or any activity of rendering any service in relation to any trade, commerce or business, for a cess or fee or any other consideration, irrespective of the nature of use or application, or retention, of the income from such activity and receipts from such activities is ten lakh rupees or more in the previous year.
OPPORTUNITIES Swift and broad based growth in 2010-11 has put the economy back to its pre-crisis growth trajectory. Fiscal consolidation has been impressive. Significant progress in critical institutional reforms that would set the pace for double-digit growth in the near future. Dynamism in the rural economy due to scaled up flow of resources to the […]
Direct tax sops to result in Rs 11,500 cr net revenue loss Investment-linked deductions for fertilisers and developers of affordable housing Low withholding tax of 5% for notified infra funds Foreign dividend tax rate cut to 15% for Indian companies Total plan expenditure will go up 100% in nominal terms in the next year
Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Union Budget for 2011-12. We are reaching the end of a remarkable fiscal year. In a globalised world with its share of uncertainties and rapid changes, this year brought us some opportunities and many challenges as we moved ahead with steady steps on the chosen path of fiscal […]
No increase in passenger fares and freight rates in the Railway budget presented on Friday, might be seen as an expectation of no significant increase in excise duties in the coming Union Budget on Monday. CARE Ratings on Friday said it expects no significant increase in excise duties in the coming Union Budget.
The Budget Session, 2011 of Parliament (7th Session of the Fifteenth Lok Sabha and the 222nd Session of the Rajya Sabha) is scheduled to commence on Monday, the 21st of February, 2011 and subject to exigencies of Government Business, the Session will conclude on Thursday, the 21st of April , 2011.
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee may have some good news for the salaried class in his forthcoming budget, with the government considering a Rs 20,000 raise in the income tax exemption limit from the current Rs 1.60 lakh per annum. Government sources said the move is aimed at putting money into the hands of people hit by sharp rises in the prices of essential commodities.
Budget 2011 is on the anvil and in about a fortnight’s time, Finance Minister shall unveil his budget announcements for the year 2011-12. It is an unwritten reality that GST may not happen now but the forthcoming Budget should clearly state this an
Ahead of the Budget, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said exporters will have to “fight” their own battle and stop expecting fiscal incentives from the government.
India is considering allowing new private sector banks, including those by industrial houses, and a roadmap for the same could be announced in the Union Budget to be presented later this month.While the formal and final guidelines regarding who should be allowed to set up new banks and what should be the terms and conditions would be announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), a roadmap could be announced in the Budget speech on February 28 by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, sources said.
