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Income Tax : Explore the timeline, objectives, and major changes in the Direct Tax Code 2025 compared to the Income Tax Act 1961....
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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...
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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...
All eyes are now on S S N Moorthy. A quintessential tax sleuth, he is following the money trail in the Indian Premier League to establish the identity of franchisee owners. Moorthy stepped in to steer the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in January last year, when the country was battling the worst-ever economic crisis after the global meltdown. The task of tax collection was daunting. With the economy showing distinct signs of recovery, the top tax administrator is confident of collecting every penny due from taxpayers this fiscal year.
A senior official in the finance ministry said the Central Board of Direct Taxes addressed the nine areas of concern in the Code identified by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. Besides, many other parts would be changed to take care of the concerns of various stakeholders.
For the tax-payer, “T” in the EET will never look like preferable to EEE. However, looking to the fact of EET as certainty, one will have to learn to live under it. The only alternative for the tax payer is to organize the affairs in such a way that there is no additional burden due to tax-outflow.
The ITA has always treated income from CG under special category. Not only liberal deductions / exemptions were provided, even the rate of tax was low as compared to the rate of tax on income from salary, business etc. Since long, CG has always been classified into two broad categories viz. Long Term (LT) and Short Term (ST)
The case in point is the proposal under the Direct taxes Code (DTC) to levy tax on amount received under life insurance policy. It is vehemently argued that the Government is playing foul by changing the rule of the game in between. Having declared the said amount exempt so far, the policy cannot be changed overnight, making life difficult for numbers of tax payers.
Although the length of the Code is much compact with 285 sections, relationship between various sections, clauses, sub-clauses and Schedules makes one wondering from where to start. Should one start reading with Income from Employment or Capital Gain? Or should one start with the Schedule containing the definition clause? Having read it various times, one is still not clear about its ultimate impact on the final tax liability. Such problems arises for two reasons:
The government is likely to maintain the distinction between short term and long-term capital gains to encourage long-term savings, as it deliberates the draft direct taxes code. The finance minister said in his Budget speech that the new direct taxes law could be rolled out from April 1, 2011. The government is veering around to the view that the existing regime with regard to taxation of capital gains should be continued, a finance ministry official privy to discussions told.
Having altered the income tax slabs in the Budget, the Finance Ministry on Thursday said the next round of widening of the tax slabs is possible when the direct taxes code comes into effect, likely from 2011-12. “A further widening (of tax slabs) is possible. But this will happen when revised (draft direct taxes code) paper comes,” revenue secretary Sunil Mitra told reporters on the sidelines of a CII seminar here today.
Fiscal prudence: Corrective measures to repair India’s balance sheet seem imminent. The fiscal position stands stressed with a 16-year high deficit of 6.8% of GDP. With Central Statistical Organisation advance estimates hinting at a GDP growth of 7.2% for 2009-10, the government is bound to withdraw some of the stimulus doled out previously.
It is a fact that tax incentives offered under the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the IT Act) have been instrumental in encouraging individuals to invest and save for their long-term retirement needs. One of the key incentives in this respect has been that many of the savings instruments have been under the Exempt Exempt Exempt (EEE) model.
