Income Tax - Article explains History of Securities Transaction Tax (STT), Why STT is introduced, On Which securities STT it is charged, How STT is charged, Person Responsible for collecting and paying STT, Non-Applicability of STT, Income Tax on shares on which STT Paid and Can we avoid STT? What is Securities A security is a tradable financial [&hel...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Commodities Transaction Tax (C.T.T.), is a tax payable to the central government on trades made on commodities. CTT was first proposed in 2008 and received violent opposition as commodity trading was at a beginning stage in India, and levying such tax could lead to a dip in commodity trades. CTT was brought before parliament again [&helli...
Read MoreIncome Tax - As per the existing provisions section 99 of the Finance (No.2) Act, 2004, the value of taxable securities transaction in respect of sale of an option in securities, where option is exercised, shall be, the settlement price. In order to rationalise the levy of STT where the option is exercised, it is proposed to amend […]...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Securities Transaction Tax (STT), is the tax deduction that is applied to all your equity transactions. Introduced in the 2004 Union Budget by the then Finance Minister Mr. P Chidambaram, the deduction is to ensure that gains arising from securities transaction are taxed at source, thus preventing individuals from evading capital gains ta...
Read MoreIncome Tax - For an investor, brokerage charges form a large part of his share trading experience and as an investor one must be vigilant about the amount being charged in the form of brokerage. Depending on the sum of money invested, brokerage fees could play a big role in the overall trading experience. The brokerage cost is […]...
Read MoreIncome Tax - The Finance Ministry is likely to reduce Securities Transaction Tax (STT) on equity trade in the forthcoming Budget in a bid to boost the capital market despite pressure to improve revenue collection. The ministry, however, may not revisit the issue of Commodities Transaction Tax (CTT), which was aborted in 2009 after protests by industry...
Read MoreIncome Tax - The Income Tax department is learnt to have sent notices to over a dozen proprietary stock trading firms and corporate investors, for alleged ‘under-reporting’ of taxable income for assessment years 2006-07 and 2007-08 ....
Read MoreIncome Tax - During the period April-November 2010, net direct tax collections stood at Rs.2,16,628 crore, up from Rs.1,83,822 crore during the same period last fiscal, registering a growth of 17.85 percent and crossing 50 percent of the BE target of Rs.4,30,000 crore for fiscal 2010-11....
Read MoreIncome Tax - Net direct tax collections during the period April-September 2010 stood at Rs.1,81,758 crore, up from Rs.1,52,625 crore in the same period last fiscal, registering a growth of 19.09 percent in H-1 against the Budgeted annual growth target of 13.67 pe...
Read MoreIncome Tax - The securities transaction tax (STT) is here to stay even under the proposed new regime for direct taxes slated to come into force from April 1 next year. But the rate of STT now hinges on the firming up of a revised taxation regime for capital gains and the flow of funds to the capital market, a senior Finance Ministry official said....
Read MorePr. CIT Vs National Stock Exchange (Bombay High Court) - Assessing Officer comes to a conclusion that the assessee had failed to collect the STT or had failed to pay such STT to the credit of the Central Government, it would not ipso-facto lead to imposition of penalty. Once such a conclusion is reached, the assessee is required to be provided reasonable ...
Read MoreAssociation of National Exchanges Members of India Vs SEBI (Bombay High Court) - Association of National Exchanges Members of India Vs SEBI (Bombay High Court) CBDT has clarified that where a derivative contract is being settled by physical delivery of shares, the transaction would not be any different from transaction in equity share where the contract is settled by actual deli...
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Association of National Exchanges Members of India Vs SEBI (Bombay High Court) -