Service Tax : The Union finance minister had introduced the Finance Bill, 2010 in the Lok Sabha on February 26, 2010 and proposed to tax 8 new s...
Income Tax : (a) In the case of a resident woman below the age of 65 years, the basic exemption limit is INR 190,000. (b) In the case of a res...
Service Tax : Addition or reduction of exemptions in various services. Renting Service – Retrospective amendment to supersede decision of Delh...
Income Tax : Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee took the first step towards implementation of the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) on Friday. While retai...
Income Tax : Under the existing provisions of section 245A(b), the term “case”, in relation to which an application can be made is defined ...
Income Tax : The Union Home Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram has welcomed the General Budget for 2010-11 presented in Parliament on friday. In a...
Income Tax : On the question of fiscal consolidation, the much-awaited roll-back of the stimulus measures was announced in the Budget. There we...
Income Tax : In the next financial year, the salaried will not only have more money to spend but also can look forward to easy tax filings. One...
Goods and Services Tax : Provide that for making an order under that sub section the assessing officer shall, in addition to satisfying himself about the t...
Income Tax : The question whether courts have the power to condone delay in filing of appeals under section 260A of the Income-tax Act arose be...
The Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, while presenting the Union Budget 2010-11, in the Lok Sabha today, announced that the allocation for the Rajiv Awas Yojana has been increased by over 700 per cent from last year’s Rs. 150 crore to Rs. 1270 crore for 2010-11. This Yojana for slum dwellers and urban poor was announced last year to extend support to States that are willing to provide property rights to slum dwellers and is now ready to take off.
In the Union Budget 2010-11 presented by the Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha today, the rate reduction in Central Excise duties has been partially rolled back and the standard rate on all non-petroleum products enhanced from 8 per cent to 10 per cent ad valorem.
Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Union Finance Minister, while presenting the Union Budget in Lok Sabha today, informed that an incentive of additional one per cent interest subvention to farmers who repay short-term crop loans as per schedule, is proposed to be increased to two per cent for 2010-11. Thus, the effective rate of interest for such farmers will now be 5 per cent per annum.
New income tax rates proposed in budget 2010 for senior citizens for assessment year 2011-12/ financial year 2010-11. In the case of every individual, being a resident in India, who is of the age of sixty-five years or more at any time during the previous year, New income tax rates proposed in budget 2010 for assessment year 2011-12/ financial year 2010-11 is as follows:-
New income tax rates proposed in budget 2010 for resident woman below 65 years of age for assessment year 2011-12/ financial year 2010-11.Chart showing Tax impact for resident woman below 65 years of age
New income tax rates proposed in budget 2010 for male resident individual and Hindu undivided family for assessment year 2011-12/ financial year 2010-11. No Surcharge. Education and SHE cess will be applicable . Impact of Budget 2010 on taxation of resident individuals below the age of 65 years and HUF
On the Direct Tax side, goods concessions were announced for Individuals- the new rate of taxes shall be exempted till income of 1.6 lakhs, 10% upto 5 lakhs, 20% from 5 to 8 lakhs and 30% above 8 lakhs. Further additional tax deduction of 20K was announced on investment in long term infrastructure bonds. For corporates the surcharge was reduced from 10 to 7.5%. Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) has been increased from 15 to 18%.
There is no change in the rates of Income Tax for Partnership firms, Limited Companies. But Current surcharge of 10 per cent on domestic companies reduced to 7.5 per cent and Minimum alternate tax on the book profits is increased from 15% to 18%. The Deduction u/s 80C has been increased by Rs. 20000 subject to the condition that the additional deduction of Rs 20000 shall be available if the investment is made in the Infrastructure bonds.
Finance Minister in his Finance Bill 2010 proposed to increase the maximum penalty, leviable under section 271 B for failure to get accounts audited under section 44AB or to furnish a report of such audit, from one lakh rupees to one lakh fifty thousand rupees.
In order to reduce compliance burden of small businesses and professionals, it is proposed to increase the aforesaid threshold limit from forty lakh rupees to sixty lakh rupees in the case of persons carrying on business and from ten lakh rupees to fifteen lakh rupees in the case of persons carrying on profession.
