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...
Instruction No. 09/2011 It has come to the notice of the Board that at the time of transfer of an officer/official, detailed Handing Over Note indicating the confidential records and documents, including documents relating to survey and search and seizure, pending important and time bound matters such as audit objections, appeals, revision matters, approvals for retaining impounded/seized documents, reopening of assessments, pending search and survey assessments etc. is not given to the successor. In the absence of a proper handing over of records, important documents get misplaced and even lost in some cases.
Circular NO. 2/2011 [F.NO. 385/25/2010-IT(B)], DATED 27-4-2011 of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on refund procedure for excess tax deducted at source (TDS) on payments to residents.The new Circular is applicable for refunds pertaining to the period up to 31 March 2010. The procedure for refunds for the period from 1 April 2010 is governed by a specific provision in the Indian Tax Laws dealing with centralized processing of quarterly TDS statements. The refund for the period after 1 April 2010 will be granted based on data furnished in the statements, subject to rectification of apparent inconsistencies, without the requirement of a separate claim for refund.
Shri Pranab Mukherjee Hon’bl Finance Minister Govt of India inaugurated the Residential Quarter-cum-Guest House ‘Aayakar Abasan’ at Siliguri West Bengal on 13.08.2011 in the August presence of Shri M.C.Joshi Chairman CBDT and B.S.Sondhi Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCA) Kolkata other senior officer of the Department and local administration, as well as eminent citizen and taxpayer attended the function.
During the past few days, I had extensive deliberations and meaningful discussions in the Board with my colleagues in the CBDT on the way forward. The mandate before us is for a substantive improvement in all areas of common concern coupled with use of technology and innovation to boost revenue resources and to take the department forward towards the realization of our Vision Statement. Our Revenue Collection target for the present fiscal stands at over Rs. 5.32 lakh crores which has been increased by 10% by the Hon’ble FM. I would like to call upon every member of the Aayakar Parivar to take on the call of duty and put in their best efforts for the attainment of the revised target. I know it is difficult, however nothing is impossible and I am confident that the officers will rise to the occasion.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) will submit a report to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) next month with its recommendations on tackling issues related to black money. A nine-member committee is looking into India’s Double Taxation Avoidance Treaty Agreements (DTAAs) with various countries and a report is expected in September, ICAI president G Ramaswamy said today.
The government on Friday said that tax information received from overseas authorities is subject to confidentiality and cannot be made public or used for prosecution purposes without prior permission. Financial Intelligence Unit India receives, processes as well as disseminates information related to suspect financial transactions.
Shri M. C. Joshi has taken over as the Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) with effect from 1st August 2011. Shri Joshi belongs to the 1974 batch of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS). Earlier, he was THE Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Uttaranchal, after having served in the Income Tax department in various capacities. He also served in the Directorate of Enforcement as Special Director. Shri Joshi has a Masters degree in Economics.
The committee that was set up to strengthen ways to curb black money in the country and is headed by CBDT chairman, will hold its second meeting tomorrow. According to official sources, the committee will review the mandate and discuss several issues, including the responses that the government has received from the general public to tackle the black money menace.
In furtherance of Income Tax Department’s commitment towards providing better tax payer services, the Income Tax Department, New Delhi has organized a special camp to facilitate filing of returns of salaried and pensioner assessees at Hall no. 12 & 12A, Pragati Maidan from 28th to 31st July. The camp was today inaugurated by Shri Prakash Chandra, Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes.
Allaying fears of sluggish economic growth impacting tax collections, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman Prakash Chandra today exuded confidence that revenue targets for 2011-12 will be achieved. We have got no indication (of slowdown impacting revenue collections). I am confident that direct tax collection target for the current fiscal would be achieved,” Chandra told reporters here when asked whether decelerating economic growth would impact tax collections.
