Income Tax : As per news report, out of 190 recommendations made by Committee, the Finance Minister accepted 153 either wholly or with partial ...
Income Tax : Tax Audit under the Income Tax Act is currently allowed to be conducted only by the Chartered Accountant but Proposed Direct Tax C...
Income Tax : The initiation of enactment of the DTC Bill was, if one remembers right,lately announced to be slated to be made on 22nd August (?...
Income Tax : 10. Threshold limit for TDS: The present section 194J provides an exemption limit or threshold limit for TDS for professional fees...
Income Tax : As we are expecting the DTC be implemented from 1st April 2012, we have to be familiar with the DTC provisions. In general the DTC...
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 : The Finance Minister Shri P.Chidambaram has said that the work on Direct Taxes Code (DTC) is in progress. Presenting the Union Bud...
Income Tax : On the changes suggested by the panel in the DTC, Mukherjee said two recommendations, General Anti Avoidance Rule (GAAR) and Advan...
Income Tax : The Union Finance Minister ShriPranab Mukherjee today expressed firm commitment to enact the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) Bill at the e...
Income Tax : The committee, according to sources, wants the government to raise the income tax exemption limit to Rs 3 lakh in view of the near...
Income shall be deemed to accrue in India if it accrues, directly or indirectly through or from transfer of a capital asset situated in India. However, the income from the transfer by a non?resident of any share or interest in a foreign company would not be considered as income, wherein at any time in twelve months preceding the transfer, the fair market value of the assets in India, owned, directly or indirectly, by the company, represent at least fifty per cent of the fair market value of all assets owned by the company.
When the first draft of the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) was released in August 2009, the provision dealing with Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) was one of the most discussed and deliberated provision. It proposed to levy tax on the gross value of assets. There were certain drawbacks and limitations which were pointed out to the government, as a result of which, the government decided to reinstate the earlier regime of levying MAT on book profits. However, after reading the proposed MAT provision in conjunction with the entire code, one is left wondering whether it will turn out to be a boon or a bane to taxpayers in India.
Certain specified expenditure such as non-compete fee, business reorganization expenses, etc. shall be allowed on a deferred basis over a period of 6 years. However, expenditure incurred by a resident on any operations relating to prospecting for any
The deadline of March, 2014, under the proposed Direct Taxes Code (DTC) for making new special economic zone units operational if they are to get tax benefits is likely to speed up development of these SEZs by entrepreneurs, a report said.
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
