Income Tax : The framework clarifies that companies must pay MAT where normal tax liability is lower than 15% of book profit. It establishes MA...
Income Tax : The amendment removes MAT for additional specified non-resident businesses taxed on a presumptive basis. This ensures uniform tax ...
Income Tax : MAT will become a final tax in the old regime at 14%, replacing the earlier credit-based mechanism. The change simplifies complian...
Income Tax : Detailed overview of corporate tax rates, surcharges, and MAT for AY 2021-22 to AY 2025-26, applicable for various domestic and ma...
Income Tax : Summary of key income tax benefits and residency rules for non-residents (NRs) in India for AY 2026-27. Covers the scope of taxati...
Income Tax : Understand PFA and defective return queries for ITR 1-6 for AY 24-25, including MAT applicability, TDS/TCS claims, and income disc...
Income Tax : In order to attract fresh investment in manufacturing and provide boost to 'Make-in India' initiative of the Government, another p...
Income Tax : The computation of book profit under section 115JB is a complicated and vexed issue with diverse interpretations possible on vario...
Income Tax : The computation of book profit under section 115JB is a complicated and vexed issue with diverse interpretations possible on vario...
Income Tax : Relaxation in the provisions relating to levy of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) in case of companies against whom an application for ...
Income Tax : The issue was denial of concessional tax regime due to incorrect ITR disclosure and alleged delay in filing Form 10-IC. The Tribun...
Income Tax : The SC upheld that reinsurance premiums paid to foreign entities are not taxable in India. It confirmed that absence of income acc...
Income Tax : The High Court held that reinsurance premiums paid to non-residents are not taxable in India and no TDS is required. It upheld Tri...
Income Tax : ITAT ruled that once the Assessing Officer makes no addition on the issue forming the basis of reopening, other additions cannot s...
Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that reopening based merely on audit objection without independent application of mind is unsustainable. An aud...
Income Tax : Representations have been received from the stakeholders seeking clarification on following issues relating to exercise of option ...
Income Tax : Details of the amount required to be increased or decreased in accordance with sub-section (2A) of section 115JB- [Applicable only...
Income Tax : Clarifications with FAQs on computation of book profit for the purposes of levy of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) under section 115JB...
Income Tax : CBDT press release on Issues arising from the implementation of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) provisions relating to Indian Accounti...
Income Tax : CIRCULAR NO. 25/2015 Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) wherein additions/disallowances made under normal provisions of the Income Tax Act, 196...
People with more than Rs 10 lakh annual income may not get the tax relief originally proposed in the Direct Taxes Code, as the Finance Ministry is for tweaking slabs across the board to offset concessions elsewhere.
We would recommend a separate limit for deductions under Section 80C for long-term saving instruments such as life insurance. Currently, the deduction under Section 80C also includes short-term saving instruments such as mutual funds and fixed deposits. Life insurance and pensions are the only segments of financial services that address the needs of individuals in the long term.
The assessee, a private limited company, provided for depreciation in its Profit & loss account by adopting the rates specified in the Income-tax Rules and computed its “book profits” u/s 115J on that basis. The AO recomputed the book profits by adopting the depreciation rates as per Schedule XIV to the Companies Act as those were lower than the income-tax rates.
Ahead of Budget, an industry body has suggested government a slew of measures to boost industrial growth, including simplification of tax procedures, rationalisation of direct taxes and reduction in Minimum Alternative Tax (MAT). ‘Rationalisation in direct taxes is among the critical policy instruments with which government can help manufacturing sector consolidate its positions not only to mitigate the effects of global slowdown, but also to facilitate its transition to next level of growth,’ the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) said in statement .
The Gems and Jewellery Federation (GJF), the national body of the jewellery trade in the country, has made a representation to the Ministry of Finance to seek modifications in the proposals in the Direct Taxes Code (DTC). The apex body is objecting to the search and seizure provisions, tax on gross assets and TDS on all payments.
Big corporations will now find it difficult to defer their advance tax payments. In a bid to meet its revenue collection targets, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has decided to monitor advance tax payments by top companies and persuade them not to defer such payment as self-assessment tax for the next financial year.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) convened a meeting of all cadre-Controlling Chief Commissioners of Income Tax here today to discuss strategies for achieving the revenue collection target budgeted at Rs.3,70,000 crore (Rs.3.7 trillion) and internally reset at Rs.4,00,000 crore (Rs.4 trillion). The meeting was addressed by the Member (Revenue) and the Chairman, CBDT. The Revenue Secretary also attended the meeting.
The government may retain profit as the key condition for levying minimum alternate tax (MAT) in the final draft of the direct taxes code after its asset-based approach proposed earlier ran into a storm of protests from industry. Other options being considered by the government include tax exemptions for asset-heavy infrastructure companies and start-ups, and a lower rate for MAT, a senior government official told.
The Finance Ministry on Thursday defended the concept of gross assets tax proposed under the new direct taxes code, stating that it met both “efficiency” and “equity” considerations. The proposal to go in for a minimum alternative tax (MAT) based on gross assets may be “unconventional” for India, but certainly not from the point of […]
MAT – Making Companies slim Ms. Kareena Kapoor style Introduction: 1.0 The objective of new Direct Tax Code (DTC) as stated in the Discussion Paper (DP) published are broadening the base, minimize exemptions, horizontal and vertical equity etc. Since the proposed DTC touches all the aspects of taxation of income of all the types of […]
