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 : Understand deferred tax assets and liabilities under the Income-tax Act, 1961 — their meaning, recognition, timing vs. permanent...
Income Tax : Detailed overview of penalties under various sections of the Income Tax Act, covering defaults in tax payment, reporting, document...
Income Tax : Learn about Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) for Indian companies, including its purpose, calculation under Section 115JB, and the proc...
Income Tax : Concept of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) was formally introduced in Section 115JA of the Income Tax Act. It evolved over time, becom...
Income Tax : Rajasthan High Court granted a one-month extension for filing TARs under Section 44AB for AY 2025-26, citing delayed audit utility...
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 : Relevant part of MAT-Ind AS Committee Report dated 17th June, 2017 containing recommendations regarding amendment to the provision...
Income Tax : Transfer of passive infrastructure (PI) assets under a court-approved scheme of demerger without consideration qualified as a gift...
Income Tax : The Tribunal examined whether an increase in loans was due to fresh borrowing or reclassification. It remanded the matter for veri...
Income Tax : The case addressed whether income can be corrected without filing a revised return. ITAT held that genuine computational errors ca...
Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai rules actuarial provisions for employee benefit schemes are allowable under Section 37(1) as ascertained liabilities, ...
Income Tax : The case examined reopening based on a prior disallowance under Section 80IB(10). The Court found that the disallowance had alread...
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 : References are being received by the Board that in certain cases appellate authorities are dismissing appeals without going into t...
Income tax rates are decided and governed by Income Tax Act 1961 and are subject to change every year. This article will cover the income tax rates applicable to Domestic Companies for the Assessment Year 2019-2020 and Assessment Year 2020-2021 (As per the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019) respectively, also cover Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) […]
Section 115BAA so inserted, provides that,- (a) A domestic company shall at its option, pay tax at a lower rate of 22 per cent for any previous year relevant to the Assessment Year beginning on or after 1st April 2020, subject to certain conditions, including that the total income should be computed without claiming any […]
While computing book profit u/s 115JB, assessee company was entitled, to deduct the B/F business losses as the restriction, contained in Sec.72 of the I.T. Act on carrying forward the unabsorbed business losses for more than 8 years, did not apply in computing the Adjusted Book Profit u/s 115JB.
MAT is applicable to all companies including foreign companies but excluding following foreign companies. a) Foreign Company incorporated in country outside India or territory outside India and India has Double Tax Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with that countries and such Foreign Companies does not have any Permanent Establishment in India. b) Foreign Company incorporated in country […]
Income Tax Act as well as Companies Act both governs companies, and company needs to provide their Income Statement (Profit and Loss Account) and Balance Sheet to the Income Tax department while Preparing Tax Returns and also Final accounts are to be audited and submitted as Annual Returns under Companies Act.
a) How to compute the tax charge – current tax and deferred tax charge for the current quarter ending 30 Sep 2019 – Q2 (under the revised rate structure)? b) Will the tax charge for the preceding quarter ended 30 June 2019 (calculated under the then applicable income tax rate – base rate of 30%) need to be restated/revised for the financial result preparation?
Clarification on option exercised under Section 115BAA of Income Tax Act, 1961 (Income Tax Circular No. 29/2019 dated 2nd October, 2019 Section 115BAA provides that any Domestic Company, at its option, may pay tax at a lower rate of 22% from AY 2020-21 subject to conditions. This option is to be exercised before the due […]
The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 has been promulgated by President of India on 20th September, 2019 with a view to amend Income Tax Act, 1961 and Finance Act (No. 2), 2019. The ordinance intends to provide impetus to the growth amidst the ostensible slowdown. Highlights of the said ordinance include: 1. Reduction of corporate […]
CBDT vide Circular 29/2019 dated 2nd October, 2019 has clarified that Companies opting for lower tax rates as per Section 115BAA will have to forego any MAT Credit Entitlement. However such Circulars are binding over Assessing Officers and not on assessees. Thus option to take a different stand is still possible for assessees although chances […]
The Central Board of Income taxes, vide Circular No. 29/2019 dated 2nd October 2019 have issued clarification on the usability of the Minimum Alternate Taxes (MAT), subsequent to the issue of the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019. The Amendment Ordinance, had provided an option to the existing domestic company of paying tax at reduced base […]
