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Income Tax - Several companies that were having large profit from business and distributing substantial portion of the income to their shareholders as dividend, were reducing their tax liability by availing various deductions and exemptions available in the Act. ...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Clarity regarding carry forward and set off of MAT credit in cases where the ten year period has expired on or before AY 2016-17 but the fifteen year period has still not expired needed....
Read MoreIncome Tax - Financials for FY 2016-17 will be prepared as per IND AS and the presentation will be done as per Division II of Schedule III as per Companies Act 013. The computation of book profit under MAT depends on accounting profit. The financial have become complex due to initial impact of IND AS and recurring impact due to adoption of IND AS...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Central Government notified the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) which are converged with International Financial Reporting Standards(IFRS) and prescribed the Companies( Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 which laid down a roadmap for implementation of these Ind AS....
Read MoreIncome Tax - Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) constituted MAT- Ind AS Committee to suggest framework for computation of book profit for purposes of levy of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) under Section 115JB of the Income-tax Act, 1961 for Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) compliant companies in the year of adoption and thereafter....
Read MoreIncome Tax - Relevant part of MAT-Ind AS Committee Report dated 17th June, 2017 containing recommendations regarding amendment to the provisions of the section 115JB of the Income-tax Act, 1961 in respect of Ind AS Compliant Companies....
Read MoreIncome Tax - On the basis of the recommendations of the Committee on MAT-Ind AS, the Central Government has notified 10 ICDS vide Notification No. S.O.892(E) dated 31st March, 2015. With the approval of the Finance Minister , the above said Committee was also requested to suggest the framework for computation of book profit for the purposes of levy of...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Government accepts the Recommendation of the Justice A.P. Shah Committee to clarify the Inapplicability of MAT to FIIs/FPIs and has decided that an appropriate Amendment to the Income-Tax Act will be carried out; Final Report of the Justice A.P. Shah Committee on Direct Tax Matters Constituted with the Initial Mandate to Examine the Matte...
Read MoreOriental Insurance Co. Ltd Vs DCIT (Delhi High Court) - Applicability of Section 115JB to insurance companies Turning now to ITA No. 447/2015, the question concerns the applicability of Section 115JB of the Act to insurance companies. The ITAT has permitted the Assessee to raise this question since, in a large number of judgments of the ITAT, the questio...
Read MoreCIT Vs Vodafone Essar Gujarat Ltd (Gujarat High Court) - Brief facts leading to the reference are as under. The respondent assessee is a company registered under the Companies Act. For the assessment year 20032004, the assessee had filed return of income declaring nil income. The Assessing Officer framed the order of assessment on 27.03.2006...
Read MorePr CIT Vs Bhagwan Industries Ltd (Bombay High Court) - The present Appeal pertains to Assessment year 200405. The learned counsel for the Appellant submits that Tribunal was not justified in not accepting the reworking of the book profits by the Assessing Officer as per the provisions of Section 115JB of the Income Tax Act....
Read MoreM/s City Clinic Pvt. Ltd. Vs. ACIT (ITAT Chandigarh) - Hon'ble Supreme Court in the leading case, ITO vs. Volkart Brothers [(1971) 82 ITR 50 (SC)] has held that a mistake apparent on the record must be an obvious and patent mistake and not something which can be established by a long drawn process of reasoning on points on which there may conceivably be...
Read MoreM/s City Clinic Pvt. Ltd. Vs. ACIT (ITAT Chandigarh) - he issue raised by the AO in proceeding under section 154 of the Act is highly debatable and requires the issue to be reconsidered by the AO about applicability of provision of section 115JB of the Act which was not raised by the AO in the original assessment proceeding. Therefore AO has no power to...
Read MoreNotification No. 80/2017-Income Tax/ G.S.R. 1028(E) - (18/08/2017) - Details of the amount required to be increased or decreased in accordance with sub-section (2A) of section 115JB- [Applicable only where the financial statements of the company are drawn up in compliance with the Indian Accounting Standards specified in Annexure to the Companies (Indian Accounting S...
Read MoreCircular Number 24/2017-Income Tax - (25/07/2017) - Clarifications with FAQs on computation of book profit for the purposes of levy of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) under section 115JB of the Income-tax Act, 1961 for Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) compliant companies....
Read MoreNA - (25/07/2017) - CBDT press release on Issues arising from the implementation of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) provisions relating to Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) compliant companies....
Read MoreF.No.279/Misc./M-142/2007-ITJ(Pt.) - (14/07/2017) - References are being received by the Board that in certain cases appellate authorities are dismissing appeals without going into the merits of the case by relying on the definition of `tax effect' as defined in Circular No. 21/2015, which prescribes the monetary limit for filing appeals before vario...
Read MoreCircular No. 25/2015 - Income Tax - (31/12/2015) - CIRCULAR NO. 25/2015 Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) wherein additions/disallowances made under normal provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961 but tax levied under MAT provisions u/s 115JB/115JC, for cases prior to A.Y. 2016-17-reg.- Section 115JB of the Act is a special provision for levy of Minimum Alternate...
Read MoreOriental Insurance Co. Ltd Vs DCIT (Delhi High Court) -
CIT Vs Vodafone Essar Gujarat Ltd (Gujarat High Court) -
Notification No. 80/2017-Income Tax/ G.S.R. 1028(E) - (18/08/2017) -
Pr CIT Vs Bhagwan Industries Ltd (Bombay High Court) -
Circular Number 24/2017-Income Tax - (25/07/2017) -
NA - (25/07/2017) -
F.No.279/Misc./M-142/2007-ITJ(Pt.) - (14/07/2017) -
