Income Tax : The ruling clarifies that unauthenticated digital chats and screenshots cannot form the sole basis of tax additions without proper...
Income Tax : The framework permits taxpayers to settle offences by paying prescribed compounding charges instead of facing prosecution. It clar...
Income Tax : CBDT amended Income-tax Rules to include crypto-assets and digital financial products in CRS reporting. The move expands disclosur...
Income Tax : The Draft Income-tax Rules, 2026 require salaried taxpayers to disclose their relationship with landlords, enabling enhanced scrut...
Income Tax : Refunds for AY 2025–26 are being withheld after system-based risk checks detected discrepancies. Taxpayers are advised to review...
Income Tax : CBDT signed a record number of APAs to provide clarity on transfer pricing and reduce disputes. The framework ensures advance dete...
Income Tax : The Government stated that representations on own merit promotions are examined regularly as per existing rules, with no separate ...
Income Tax : Draft Income-tax Rules and Forms have been released for public feedback before the new law takes effect, with inputs to shape the ...
Income Tax : Following judicial criticism of delayed appeals, officers urged structural reforms to fix institutional gaps rather than penalisin...
Income Tax : The NUDGE campaign targets fraudulent claims under sections 80G and 80GGC, helping taxpayers voluntarily revise returns and avoid ...
Income Tax : Reassessment proceedings was invalid for a notice issued beyond three years without the sanction of the prescribed higher authorit...
Income Tax : The ruling clarifies that unauthenticated digital chats and screenshots cannot form the sole basis of tax additions without proper...
Income Tax : ITAT held that delay in filing Form 9A cannot automatically result in denial of exemption under Section 11. The issue was sent bac...
Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that assessment orders in e-proceedings must be digitally signed as per CBDT instructions. A manually signed or...
Income Tax : The issue was whether CBDT jewellery instructions could shield bullion found during a search from taxation. The Tribunal held that...
Income Tax : The notification requires payers to generate UINs and file quarterly details of declarations even where no tax is deducted. It enh...
Income Tax : Explains the CBDT notification granting section 10(46) exemption to a district legal services authority and the categories of inco...
Income Tax : The Central Government notified an urban development authority under section 10(46A) of the Income-tax Act. The exemption applies ...
Income Tax : CBDT instructs CIT(A) offices to issue intimation confirming withdrawal of appeals for MAP-resolved grounds, serving as proof for ...
Income Tax : The government has authorised all non-rural branches of 19 banks to operate Capital Gains Account Scheme accounts, enhancing taxpa...
The effective rate of taxation in the case of companies could be defined as the ratio of tax payable to the total profit before tax, expressed as a percentage. The difference between the effective rates of taxation and statutory rate of taxation is mainly on account of various direct tax incentives.
Improving the empirical basis for any decision on taxation – policy or administrative – through an analysis of its impact is a key function of a modern tax administration that aims to improve the process of decision making. Decision-making based on an empirical analysis of the positive and negative effects of a proposed measure or regulation helps ensure that the benefits of a tax action justify the cost of compliance imposed on taxpayers and the cost of administering such a tax.
Concept of Retrospective Taxation Retrospective taxation means bringing changes in the legislation which impact the tax consequences of certain actions undertaken before the enactment of such legislation. The policy of the Government in respect of retrospective taxation has been spelt out in the speech of the Finance Minister while present the Finance (No.2) Bill, 2014 […]
Fishing Expedition of CBDT Officers The complaints including complaints regarding harassment of tax payers by the income tax officers are received by the Government and various income tax authorities all over the country. There is no centralized system of maintaining category-wise database of complaints, which are dealt with by the officers concerned as per prescribed […]
Relevant Portions of the Second Report of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Black Money Released; On the Directions of SIT, CBDT Directs Various Assessing Officers to Finalize the Assessments for all Actionable Cases (427), whose names are appearing in the HSBC List Received by the Department.
The facility to provide response against outstanding tax demand is made available to the assessee in the e-Filing portal. After Login on https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in , select e-File then select Response to Outstanding Tax Demand and the most appropriate options may be selected to provide response. Three type of responses can be submitted by the options available […]
CIRCULAR NO : 17/2014 Circular contains the rates of deduction of income-tax from the payment of income chargeable under the head ‘Salaries’ during the financial year 2014-15 and explains certain related provisions of the Act and Income-tax Rules, 1962 (hereinafter the Rules). Circular helps employer to correctly deduct TDS on
The Departments public outreach on the Taxpayers Services wins laurels! The Taxpayers’ Lounge set up by the Directorate of Income Tax (PRPP&OL) was awarded ‘Silver’ medal for excellence in display in the category of Ministries and Departments in the 34th India International Trade Fair, 2014 in the award ceremony held on 27th November 2014. The […]
B.Ramana Kumar, M.Com., LLB, FCA, Advocate Hitherto, the export commissions paid to foreign agents were never in question of taxation in India. This was fortified by Circular No.23 dated 23 July 1969 which stated that where a foreign agent of India exporters operates in his own country and his commission is usually remitted directly to […]
PRESS NOTE Setting Up Of High Level Committee To Interact With Trade And Industry On Tax Law In his Budget Speech 2014-1 5, Finance Minister had announced the setting up of a High Level Committee to interact with trade and industry and ascertain areas where clarity on tax laws is required. Accordingly, a High Level […]
