Income Tax : Budget 2024 introduces significant amendments in trust-related provisions under the Income Tax Act, including registration timelin...
Income Tax : Learn about the amendment to Clause 22 of Form 3CD under Section 43B(h) and its impact on reporting requirements for payments to M...
Income Tax : Discover the intricacies of Income Tax Returns (ITR) in India, from types of forms to required documents and compliance measures, ...
Income Tax : Explore Section 119(2)(b) of the Income Tax Act, allowing CBDT to condone delays in ITR filing due to genuine hardships. Learn pro...
Income Tax : Understand the process of condonation under Section 119(2)(b) for filing returns with genuine hardship. Learn about the time limit...
Income Tax : Learn about the tax implications on haircuts taken by banks and creditors for companies resolved under the Insolvency and Bankrupt...
Income Tax : Explore the Lok Sabha query on technical glitches in the IT portal and TRACES. Learn about processing delays, PAN-Aadhaar issues, ...
Income Tax : The CBDT awards the Taxnet 2.0 project to Bharti-Airtel Ltd, enhancing the IT Department’s digital infrastructure with secure, r...
Income Tax : Read the inaugural address from Ravi Agrawal, the new Chairman of CBDT, outlining his vision for enhancing tax administration in I...
Income Tax : Read CAASs recommendations for fair tax audit allocation, ensuring auditor independence and quality. They suggested automated allo...
Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata held that CIT has not applied his mind analytically while assuming jurisdiction for taking cognizance under section 2...
Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held the Discounted Cash Flow Method [DCF method] adopted by the assessee for valuing the CCPS is legitimate and in...
Income Tax : Delhi High Court held that once the Tribunal had called upon the AO to examine the issue afresh, the said direction could not have...
Income Tax : Rajasthan High Court held that section 119(2)(b) of Income Tax Act read with CBDT Circular No.09/2015 dated 09.06.2015 clearly ref...
Income Tax : Read the full judgment of Umang Mahendra Shah Vs Union of India by Bombay High Court, ruling that an order under Section 148A(d) w...
Income Tax : CBDT notifies Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre for tax exemptions on specific incomes. Effective for AY 2021-22 ...
Income Tax : Income Tax Circular 08/2024 exempts higher TDS/TCS rates if deductee/collectee dies before PAN-Aadhaar linkage, addressing taxpay...
Income Tax : Read about the latest income tax notification specifying AIMCo India Infrastructure Pension Fund for tax exemption under section 1...
Income Tax : Ministry of Finance amends tax exemption notification, extending the eligible investment deadline to 31st March 2025 under section...
Income Tax : CBDT Notification 91/2024 extends the deadline for Section 10(23FE) tax exemptions to March 31, 2025. Discover the key changes and...
The CBDT has taken serious view of non-filers (of tax deducted at source) and has incorporated a new section 234E in the Act which levies a fee of Rs 200 for everyday of delay and the system does not accept the TDS statement until the delay fee has been paid
December 15 is an important day on the calendar of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). It is the date on which the third installment of advance tax for corporates and the second installment for all other assesses (including individuals, HUF etc) is due.
The elite criminal investigation wing of the Income Tax department, which conducted a number of high-profile actions including raids on liquor baron Ponty Chadha, has been disallowed to carry out any search or seizure operations by the Finance Ministry henceforth.
Commissioners of Income-Tax (Appeals) were directed to bifurcate the appeals pending with them into four categories. High demand appeals brought forward as on the first day of the financial year involving disputed demand of Rs. 10 lakhs and above, have been identified as the first category for priority disposal.
The sanctioned and the working strength of the officers/staff in the Income Tax Department/Directorates as on 31.3.2012 are given as under:-
The Government is focusing on increasing use of Information Technology for detection of evasion of tax. The Government also receives information on tax evasion from public at large through letters, e-mails, reports in media etc. the Government grants rewards to persons who provide information useful for detection of tax evasion and realization of taxes subject to certain guidelines issued by Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) and Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
Tax Payers’ Lounge at India International Trade Fair, 2012 was set up by the Directorate of Income Tax (PR, PP & OL), New Delhi to educate the taxpayers about tax laws & procedures, inform them about the taxpayer services launched by the Department to make compliance to tax laws easy, and to inculcate a tax payment as a value norm to the young adults and school children.
Assessment officers of many charges have conveyed to the Board that they are not being provided any secretarial assistance or other office help and they are left with no option but to make private arrangement to finalise their assessment orders and other time bound matters.
Information received from the Government of France has been analysed and investigations into the information have been undertaken by the different jurisdictional authorities under the Income-tax Act, 1961. Investigations in the matter are under progress including with the foreign tax authorities to obtain more information with regard to the reported account holders.
Central Board of Direct Taxes has said it does not have any information about names and addresses of Indians who have reportedly stashed money in Swiss banks. The CBDT, a part of Department of Revenue in the Finance Ministry, said this when the matter came before the CIC where Information Commissioner Rajiv Mathur was hearing […]
