Income Tax : Explore the New Tax Bill 2025, replacing the Income Tax Act of 1961. Learn about its simplified structure, global alignment, and c...
Income Tax : Explore the timeline, objectives, and major changes in the Direct Tax Code 2025 compared to the Income Tax Act 1961....
Income Tax : India explores simplifying direct tax laws via a new code or amendments. Challenges include black money, inflation, manpower gaps,...
Income Tax : Insights on the proposed Direct Tax Code 2025, focusing on exempt income, depreciation alignment, PAN issuance, and accounting bas...
Income Tax : Proposals for simplifying the Income Tax Act: restoring deductions, lowering TCS, improving assessments, and introducing uniform t...
Income Tax : Stakeholder engagement by the Task Force drafting the New Direct Tax Law extended by a period of three months up to June 15,...
Income Tax : Direct Taxes Code, 2013 has proposed to widen the scope of the definition Accountant” to include other professionals as well. It...
Income Tax : Ministry of Finance, Government of India has pronounced the DTC, 2013 along with DTC Bill, 2010 is placed on http://incometaxindia...
CA, CS, CMA : I am happy to inform that after several persuasions for long years by the Institute, the name of Cost Accountant have been include...
Income Tax : Revenues are of paramount importance. The best source of revenue is taxes and for that we need modern tax laws. I am disappointed ...
Income Tax : The Indian government is set to introduce the new Income Tax Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha on February 13, 2025. This comprehensive...
Income Tax : Task Force for drafting a New Direct Tax Legislation- The term of the Task Force is extended by a period of two months i.e.. the T...
Income Tax : The term of the Task Force for drafting New Direct Tax Legislation is extended by three months beyond the initial term of six mont...
Excise Duty : Circular No. 73/73/94-CX In the All India Conference of Collectors (Appeals) held recently at Bangalore on 6th and 7th October 19...
Government today said its proposals on withdrawing profit-linked exemptions in Direct Taxes Code will bring in over Rs 50,000 crore and make the exchequer little bit richer despite moderation in tax rates. “Government would bring Rs 55,000 crore wort
Under the Income Tax Law (ITL), tax incentives linked to the profits of the relevant business (profit-linked incentives) are available for a specified number of years. Direct Taxes Code (DTC) 2010 proposes to withdraw or substitute these profit-linke
Direct Tax Code (DTC) 2010 consolidates the withholding tax provisions as well as the procedural law dealing with reporting of income (including branch profits), net wealth and dividends distributed. To ensure compliance with the reporting requirements under DTC 2010, certain amendments have been proposed to the penal provisions, as also provisions relating to prosecution. This article summarizes the key amendments to the procedural law, including amendments to the assessment procedures, tax withholding provisions, penalty and prosecution.
The draft Direct Taxes Code along with a Discussion Paper was released on 12 August 2009 for public comments to simplify direct tax legislation in India. Subsequently, comments were solicited from the public and examined by the Government. A Revised Discussion Paper was issued to respond to the major concerns and comments of stakeholders were released on 15 June 2010.
The income-tax department intends to bring individuals under the ambit of the proposed controlled-foreign companies (CFCs). The rules on CFCs, proposed under the Direct Taxes Code, are aimed at ensuring that all companies and individuals pay tax on income arising from investments overseas.
Petroleum ministry has asked the finance ministry to rework the Direct Taxes Code Bill 2010 so that oil and gas producers can continue to enjoy the existing tax breaks which are being grandfathered to their full extent.In a letter to revenue secretar
Indian-listed shares:-Long-term capital gains on transfer of the above securities (where securities transaction tax is payable) would continue to be eligible for a 100% deduction, and remain exempt from tax. The DTC has reduced the tax burden substantially for short-term small investors. Short-term capital gains on such securities (taxable at 15.45%) would be eligible for 50% deduction and thereafter taxed as per the normal slab rates applicable. Effectively, the tax under DTC would range between 5% and 15%, depending on the tax bracket in which an individual falls. Small investors (with an income between Rs 2 lakh and Rs 5 lakh) would pay only 5% capital gains tax.
A General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR) was proposed in the Indian tax legislation for the first time in DTC 2009, apart from Specific Anti-avoidance Rules (SAARs) like transfer pricing (TP) provisions, dividend stripping transactions in securities, dis
Chapter V of the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) seeks to levy a tax of 20 per cent on the book profits of every company. Profits of the company have to be prepared in the prescribed form in accordance with the provisions of parts II and III of Schedule VI t
n the Direct Tax Code Bill 2010 certain provisions relating to the INCOME-TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL have been incorporated which were not in the earlier draft and therefore we do not have the benefit of any intelligent or meaningful debate in the hands
