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Income Tax : The Income Tax Department today said that tax returns filed by senior citizens above 60 years and small taxpayers with gross total...
Air travel agents will have to forego a part of the commission they receive from airlines on tickets sold by them, as the tax department has decided that such payments will be subject to tax deduction at source, or TDS. This could increase cost of air travel, as agents will pass on this burden to the flyer. The Central Board of Direct Taxes, the apex direct tax body, has directed its field officers to deduct tax at source on payment of commission to travel agents, a tax department official told.
This follows a renewed effort by CBDT to seek clarification on the issue. The finance ministry has decided to keep the issue of taxing participatory notes (P-Notes) on the back burner to encourage foreign inflows. These views follow a renewed effort by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to seek a clarification on the taxation of the P-Notes. Sources said the clarification was sought since it was noticed that the issuance of these notes had gone up, following a buoyancy in the equity market.
Income-tax arrears against assessees — of Rs 2,01,276 crore as on March 31, 2009 — have once again become an issue, as Parliament’s standing committee on finance has asked the Department of Revenue and the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to put in place a Management Information System (MIS) within three months for collating and retrieving data concerning appeals, pendency disposal and recovery.
An in-depth appraisal of the Income-tax Ombudsman in Mumbai: How effective is it and what can be done to improve its functioning?
Taxmen will keep a close watch on corporate advance tax payments as the income-tax department turns the heat on them to shore up direct tax collections that have grown in low single digits in the first eight months of the current financial year. The third quarter advance tax payments are crucial as they largely form the basis of all significant changes in tax laws in the Budget, presented usually on the last working day of February every year.
Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Amritsar, stated that companies with operations in the north-east, Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, will be legally responsible to pay tax on Central excise duty refunds. Companies, such as Balaji Alloys, Raven Bhel and Pee Ell Alloys, moved the income tax appellate tribunal (ITAT) against an income-tax department notice that required them to give the tax.
According to Express India the Bombay High Court has dismissed a case which was filed by the Income Tax Department against the actor.The case accused Khan of declaring his income for the year 1999-2000 as Rs 2,95,09,771 when he had actually earned Rs 4,63,64,106. Investigators charged the actor in 2006 after re-assessing his accounts.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has asked the Income-Tax Department and the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to consider exemption of Third Party Administrators (TPAs) from Tax Deducted at Source (TDS). According to a recent CBDT circular, the TPAs would have to deduct 10 per cent of the amount as tax when making payments to hospitals on behalf of patients.
The Government has clarified that while remitting consular receipts abroad, diplomatic missions in India will be required to submit only a self certified undertaking in Form No 15CA to the remitter bank and they are not required to obtain a certificate from an accountant / certificate of Assessing officer in Form 15CB. A circular No.9 of 2009 to this effect was issued by Central Board of Direct Taxes, here today.
Circular No. 9/2009 – Income Tax In view of the above, while remitting consular receipts abroad, diplomatic missions in India will be required to submit only a self certified undertaking in Form No 15CA to the remitter bank. They are not required to obtain a certificate from an accountant/ certificate of Assessing officer (Form 15CB). The procedure for furnishing information regarding remittances of consular receipts by diplomatic missions in India will be as follows:-
