Income Tax : Understand the statutory time limits for filings, applications, approvals, and settlement processes under the Income-tax Act, incl...
Income Tax : Understand Section 44AD of the Income Tax Act: presumptive business income, eligibility, turnover limits, and tax implications for...
Income Tax : Learn about Section 44AD, a simplified method to compute business income, excluding some entities. Thresholds and tax implications...
Income Tax : Sunset date for claiming Income Tax exemption for SEZs – Time to further extend the sunset date mentioned under Section 10AA...
Income Tax : Section 10A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the Act for short) deals with special provision in respect of newly established undertaki...
Income Tax : FM: Role of IT Sector is Crucial in Order to Promote E-Governance for Empowering Citizens; to Promote the Inclusive and Sustainabl...
Income Tax : Infosys Technologies Ltd. Tuesday said it will appeal against an order from the income tax department seeking more than 4 billion ...
Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi ruled that reimbursement of software costs to foreign AEs on a cost-to-cost basis could not be treated as a profit-...
Income Tax : The ITAT Kolkata held that delayed filing of Form No. 67 cannot deprive an assessee of Foreign Tax Credit under Section 90 and the...
Income Tax : The issue was denial of deduction due to delayed filing of Form 56F. ITAT held that delay is a procedural lapse and directed allow...
Income Tax : The Tribunal supported the CIT(A)s decision to allow a new claim under Section 10A, noting that appellate proceedings are a contin...
Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore upholds restricting TP adjustment only to AE transactions, dismissing Revenues appeal. Confirms capacity, working c...
Income Tax : As per section 10A(4) of Income Tax Act, 1961, profits derived from export of articles or things or computer software shall be amo...
Income Tax : Circular No. 14/2014-Income Tax CBDT had issued Circular No.12/2014 dated 18th July, 2014 to clarify that mere transfer or re-dep...
Income Tax : Circular No. 12/2014-Income Tax Section 10AA of the Income-tax Act, 1961, inter-alia, provides for deduction in respect of the pr...
Income Tax : A clarificatory Circular No. 01/2013 dated 17.01.2013 was issued by CBDT to address various contentious issues leading to tax disp...
Income Tax : A clarificatory Circular No. 01/2013, dated 17-1-2013 (hereinafter referred to as 'Circular') was issued by CBDT to address variou...
Annam Software Pvt. Ltd. vs. CIT (ITAT Chennai) Assesse, an EOU, filed its return claiming exemption u/s 10 B. A.O. rejected assesse’s claim. In appellate proceedings , assesse raised a plea that in relevant year it had claimed deduction u/s 10 A
Assesee claimed deduction of Rs. 1.33 crores under Section 10A of the Act. On being called upon to explain about the eligibility of deduction, the assessee stated that it was entitled to deduction in view of fulfillment of all the requisite conditions as prescribed under Section 10A.
FM: Role of IT Sector is Crucial in Order to Promote E-Governance for Empowering Citizens; to Promote the Inclusive and Sustainable Growth of the Electronics, IT and ITeS Industries and Enhancing India’s Role in Internet Governance
1. No time limit for realisation of exports proceeds The intent of enactment of sections 10A/10B/10BA/10AA in the Income Tax Act, 1961 is to encourage exports which in turn would infuse the economy with foreign currency remittances. Timely ‘foreign currency remittances’ into India is the underlying intent spelt out in section 10A, section 10B and […]
Circular No. 14/2014-Income Tax CBDT had issued Circular No.12/2014 dated 18th July, 2014 to clarify that mere transfer or re-deployment of existing technical manpower from an existing unit to a new SEZ unit in the first year of commencement of business will not be construed as splitting up or reconstruction of an existing business, provided the number of technical manpower so transferred does not exceed 20 per cent of the total technical manpower actually engaged in developing software at any point of time in the given year in the new unit.
Circular No. 12/2014-Income Tax Section 10AA of the Income-tax Act, 1961, inter-alia, provides for deduction in respect of the profits derived by a unit set up in SEZ from export of computer software or from providing any ITES services. The said deduction available to a new SEZ unit is subject to certain conditions including: i) it is not formed by the splitting up, or the reconstruction of a business already in existence; ii) it is not formed by the transfer to a new business, of machinery or plant previously used for any purpose.
A clarificatory Circular No. 01/2013 dated 17.01.2013 was issued by CBDT to address various contentious issues leading to tax disputes in cases of entities engaged in export of computer software which are availing tax-benefits under sections 10A, 10AA and 10B of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
A clarificatory Circular No. 01/2013, dated 17-1-2013 (hereinafter referred to as ‘Circular’) was issued by CBDT to address various contentious issues leading to tax disputes in cases of entities engaged in export of computer software which are availing tax-benefits under sections 10A, 10AA and 10B of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
Circular No. 07/DV/2013-Income Tax The two sections 10A and 10B of the Act were initially placed on statute in 1981 and 1988 respectively, and continued with some modifications and amendments till 31.03.2001. Section 10A as inserted by Finance Act, 1981 read as under: “Section 10A. Special provision in respect of newly established industrial undertakings in the free trade zones.- (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, any profits and gains derived by an assessee from an industrial undertaking to which this section applies shall not be included in the total income of the assessee.”
Directors of the Software Technology Parks of India have the authority of the Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee and that all approvals granted by the STPI Directors are therefore deemed to be valid. The position is also clear from a letter dated 6.5.2009 issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes to the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry wherein a distinction has been drawn between the provisions of section 10A and 10B of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and in which it has been clarified that a unit approved by the Director under the Software Technology Parks scheme will be allowed exemption only under Section 10A as a STPI unit and not under 10B as a 100% export oriented unit.
