Income Tax : Explains how the new tax code replaces the 1961 Act with simpler rules and fewer exemptions. The key takeaway is a clearer, taxpay...
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 : 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...
Those looking for income-tax relief in the forthcoming Budget to fight rising food prices are likely to be disappointed. According to a senior finance ministry official, the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) has to be implemented next year and considering DTC is a composite plan, it will not be a good idea to implement it in bits and pieces.
The Income-tax Act, 1961 [I.T. Act], with large number of amendments made in nearly last fifty years, has become very complex leading to litigation and uncertainties. Considering the sea change in the nation’s economic policy and environment, the cou
The Income Tax department plans to immediately capture on receipt the data of returns filed by taxpayers to enhance their investigation and enforcement action to curb tax evasion and reduce tax gap over the next few years. The department is also mooting developing a ‘criminal investigation’ system within its establishment to combat terror financing, money laundering, offshore tax evasion and other illegal trades which impact national security.
Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance has criticised the government for not doing a review of the tax exemptions given to Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and an evalutation of the losses due to these. In April, the committee had asked the government for a study group on the issue.The finance ministry, in its response, said it had initiated steps to constitute a study group but wouldn’t say by when.
Don’t you hate it when you look at your salary slip and find that sundry deductions have pared it down. But believe us, you should actually feel happy about one of these deductions-the monthly contribution to the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF). The
The Union Revenue Secretary, Mr Sunil Mitra, said here on Tuesday that domestic tax policy would gradually move towards treaty override and introduce measures against aggressive tax planning and tax avoidance. Addressing a FICCI function here, Mr Mitra sought greater responsibility from corporate sector including foreign companies on the issues of illicit fund outflow on account of mis-pricing and misuse of offshore financial centres (OFC).
The government’s official auditor, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), has mooted lower corporate taxes to stop many non-resident firms from misusing the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTAAs) on account of higher levies in India.
If a foreign company pays interest on loan for carrying out operations in India it will be allowed tax exemption under the Income Tax Act, 1961, a tax tribunal has ruled. This has put to rest uncertainties on application of Thin Capitalisation rules
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is unlikely to go for any major changes in direct taxes when he presents the Budget in February. According to indications, he will restrict himself to minor tweaking in the policy on income and corporation tax, and
The Finance Ministry will make a presentation before a parliamentary panel on the bill on Direct Taxes Code (DTC), which is scheduled to replace archaic income tax act from April 1, 2012. “It”s a preliminary introductory meeting for the first time..
