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18 Additional deduction for health insurance premium paid for parents 18.1 Pre-amended section 80D of the Income-tax Act provides for a deduction of up to fifteen thousand rupees to an assessee, being an individual or a Hindu undivided family. The deduction is allowed for making a payment to effect or keep in force an insurance […]
13. Amendment to the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 40A of the Income-tax Act 13.1 Clause (a) of sub-section (3) of Section 40A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 provides that any expenditure incurred in respect of which payment is made in a sum exceeding Rs.20,000/- otherwise than by an account payee cheque drawn on […]
The Finance Minister, in paragraph 89 of his speech, while presenting the Union Budget, 2007-08, had announced that the National Housing Bank (NHB) will introduce a reverse mortgage scheme for senior citizens. In pursuance of this announcement, some of the banks have already formulated scheme for reverse mortgage.
6.1 Section 10 of Income-tax Act relates to incomes which do not form part of total income. As a measure to promote socio-economic development, a new clause (26AAA) in section 10 has been inserted to provide exemption from income-tax to the following income, which accrues or arises to a Sikkemese individual –
4.1 “Agricultural income” is defined in sub-section (1A) of section 2 of the Act mean, inter-alia, income derived from land which is situated in India and is used agricultural purposes. Such agricultural income is exempt from tax under sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961. It has been held by judicial authorities that whether income from nursery operations constitutes agricultural income or not, will depend on the facts of each case.
In commercial sense, even tax losses are valued assets and hence need to be carefully evaluated at the time of acquisition. Recently, the Pune Tribunal in case of DaimlerChrysler India (DIPL) examined the provision relating to carry forward and set-off of losses under Section 79 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 in the backdrop of […]
Circular No.. 1/ 2009 – Income Tax 16.1 In 1992, the Government allowed established Indian companies to issue foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCB), with special tax regime for non-resident investors, so as to encourage the flow of foreign exchange to India
From the above provision, it is clear that the authorities mentioned in the definition of AO in section 2(7A) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, must be assigned the jurisdiction to any authorities mentioned in the definition by the CBDT under the provisions of section 120 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, to act as an Assessing Officer. Only in that circumstances that Assistant Commissioner or Dy. Director of Income-tax, other authorities mentioned in the definition u/s 2(7A) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, can act as fee Assessing Officer) In this case, the Dy. Director of Income-tax (Investigation II
Circular No.1/2009 – Income Tax 12.1 As per the provisions of sub-clause (ia) of clause (a) of section 40, any interest, commission, brokerage, fees for professional services, fees for technical service payable to a resident, or amounts payable to a contractor or sub-contractor, being resident, for carrying out any work, rent and royalty on which tax is deductible at source and such tax has not been deducted or, after deduction
In what may strain the already troubled relations between the Samajwadi Party and the Congress, the Income Tax (I-T) department on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court challenging a seven-month-old order of the Bombay high court, which gave relief to superstar Amitabh Bachchan in a case related to Kaun Banega Crorepati. The move to appeal against […]
