Income Tax - PAN card may be issued based on the copy of the NRI’s passport as ID proof and copy of passport/copy of bank account in the country of residence as the requisite address proof. As per the new guidelines, an applicant who is:a) A citizen of India but residing outside India at the time of making the application; or ) A foreign citizen; or...
Income Tax - A look at what constitutes as Income on Indian soil and what is not from the perspective of the IT department. The IT department defines certain incomes as Accruing or Arising in India. This is the basis of calculating your income and income tax. Let’s know more. The IT department says that for any company […]...
Income Tax - An expert said under the new structure, foreign banks’ tax liability might go up if the wholly-owned subsidiary decides to pay a dividend, as such payments will attract dividend distribution tax. Tax liabilities of foreign banks will rise marginally ...
Income Tax - Non-resident individuals and organisations need to have a Permanent Account Number (PAN) number if they receive an income and need to file returns in India. PAN is issued by the Income Tax (IT) Department to all assessees and quoting of PAN is compulsory in all returns filed with the IT department....
Income Tax - India has dropped its plans to introduce a new accounting norm for agriculture as part of the move to converge its accounting standards with globally adopted International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the account standards setting body of the country, has decided not to go ...
Income Tax - The free trade agreement (FTA) between India and Malaysia will come into force from July 1, giving Indian professionals like accountants, engineers and doctors access to the key South-East Asian nation. In addition, exports of items of considerable interest to India, like basmati rice, mangoes, eggs, trucks, motorcycles and cotton garmen...
Income Tax - At a time when the government is accelerating efforts to strengthen the country's taxation system , India and rich countries' club OECD will deliberate on challenges to international tax rules on Monday. Co-operation in global tax matters have gained prominence , especially after the G-20 crackdown on tax havens, which are being used to p...
Income Tax - The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Wednesday said account details would be available online from July 1. You can watch the account balance of your PF online from July 1, Assistant PF Commissioner Kanchan Roy said at an interactive session at Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry....
Income Tax - The income-tax department is preparing to send another Letter Rogatory to Swiss authorities, seeking details of Pune-based stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan's Swiss Bank accounts . As part of this exercise, it has asked the Enforcement Directorate to provide a copy of the statements given to it by Khan, accused of siphoning off $8 billion to...
Income Tax - Yielding under pressure, Mauritius has for the first time provided banking information about a person being investigated by the Income Tax Department (ITD) for tax evasion and money laundering. They (Mauritius) have given information related to a person being probed by ITD who had remitted funds from that country to India, an official to...
Injecto Plast Vs. Union of India (Allahabad High Court) - In Y. Venugopala Reddy Vs. Commissioner of Income Tax and another, (2003) 263 ITR 30, the Karnataka High Court interpreted the words 'notwithstanding' used in Section 88 of KVSS and has held that a matter which has already been settled cannot be reopened under the scheme and the benefit under the sc...
Gharda Chemicals Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) - If we agree with this submission of the Id. A.R that as the ultimate tax liability of the assessee together with its AE does not vary even if the lower price is charged inter se, and hence the exercise done by the TPO be held as fruitless, then the provisions of section 92 to 92F would become redund...
DIT (Int'l Taxation) Vs Tata Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai) - Admittedly there was no DTAA with Hongkong for the relevant year. As such we will restrict ourselves in examining the provisions of section 9(l)(vii) in order to ascertain the deductibility or otherwise of tax at source from the payment so made to the firm of legal advisors at Hongkong....
Microsoft Regional Sales Corporation Vs Assistant Director of Income-tax (ITAT Delhi) - The application of 15 per cent rate of tax on the amount shown in the return of income would not fall under the category of determination of tax payable on the returned income on the basis of return of income under section 143(1) when the assessee had categorically stated in the note enclosed with t...
CIT Vs. Samsung Electronics (Karnatka High Court at Bangalore) - The assessee made payments to a foreign company for purchase of ‘shrink-wrapped’/ready-made software without deduction of tax at source u/s 195 (1). The AO held that the payments were chargeable to tax in the hands of the foreign company as “royalty” u/s 9 (1) (vi) and that the assessee was ...
Circular No. 19/2010-Custom Duty - (13/07/2010) - As you may be aware, the export and import of currency notes of Government of India and Reserve Bank of India notes (other than notes of denominations of above Rs.100 in either case) is not allowed to and from Nepal and Bhutan in terms of Notification No. FEMA 6 / RB-2000 dated 3.5.2000...
Notification No. 74/2010-Customs - (07/07/2010) - Whereas, in the matter of import of Diethyl Thio Phosphoryl Chloride (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under Chapter 28 or 29 or 38 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said Customs Tariff Act), originating in, or ex...
Circular No. SEBI/MIRSD/Cir.No.02/2010 - (18/01/2010) - The Securities Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has said that 'in-person' verification of clients is a mandatory requirement for opening account by a depository participant (DP). This will hold good for opening trading account by a stock broker and vice versa, if the stock broker and DP is the same en...
Notification No. 93/2009 - Income Tax - (09/12/2009) - Notification No. 93/2009 - Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (a) and (b) of Explanation 2 to section 90A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby notifies the following as specified territory and specified association respectively for the purpo...
Circular No. 7/2009-Income Tax - (22/10/2009) - The Central Board of Direct Taxes had issued Circular No. 23 (hereinafter called "the Circular") on 23rd July 1969 regarding taxability of income accruing or arising through, or from, business connection in India to a non-resident, under section 9 of the Income-tax Act, 1961. 2. It is noticed that...