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Income Tax : Explore the need for a Direct Tax Code in India. Discover the reasons behind the call for a complete replacement of the Income Tax...
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Income Tax : The Finance Ministry of India after make-over of Goods & Service Tax is now headed for restructuring the direct tax structure ...
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,...
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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 : 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...
The finance minister has set up two panels, one each for direct and indirect taxes, to draw up a road map to reduce rising litigation, asking them to submit a report within a month.
Units located in special economic zones (SEZ) are likely to retain the income tax concessions even after introduction of the Direct Taxes Code. A compromise is being worked out by the commerce and revenue departments, though a continuation of the tax dispensation will come with certain riders for units in the duty-free enclaves as well as SEZ developers.
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Companies sitting on the fence are trying to see if they can use the eight month window still available to set up units in special economic zones. Units have to come up before March 31, 2011, to avail of income-tax concessions available for SEZ units.
Calling it the biggest litigant in the entire Government, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has asked the Income Tax Department to reexamine the way it handles tax disputes. He said, the Department is filing appeals in a routine manner without careful thought and examination leading to the Income Tax Department earning the dubious distinction of being the biggest litigant in the Government of India.
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The commerce department has sought a ‘middle of the road’ solution to the taxation problems thrown up by the draft direct taxes code for special economic zone that enjoy substantial tax concession. In a letter to the revenue department, the department has suggested ways in which the finance ministry could implement the new tax dispensation so that the investments already made in the zones continue to get the incentives promised under the current rules.
The government on Tuesday said the direct taxes code (DTC) Bill and a constitutional amendment bill to implement the goods and services tax (GST ) are likely to be introduced in the Monsoon session beginning next week. “It is our expectation that both the constitutional amendment bill and DTC Bill would be introduced in the Monsoon session,” revenue secretary Sunil Mitra told reporters on the sidelines of a CII seminar in New Delhi today.
The revised discussion paper on the Direct Tax Code (DTC), which would overhaul the Income Tax Act, proposes tax exemptions only for the existing SEZ units. “In case no income tax benefit is provided to the new SEZ units, no entrepreneur would like to set up a unit in the SEZ,” EPCES Chairman R K Sonthalia said.
Leading developers across the country are likely to meet Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and top officials of his ministry on the continuation of tax benefits for special economic zones, or SEZs.The developers, including Raheja Ltd, Ascendas, L&T and GMR, among others, are in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry’s Export Promotion Council for Export Oriented Units and Special Economic Zones (EPCES).
