Income Tax : For the first time since Independence, personal income tax collections have surpassed corporate tax. The shift reflects formalisat...
Income Tax : Explaining the necessity of income tax for funding national defence, infrastructure, and welfare in India. Discusses the lack of a...
Income Tax : Article discusses about Basic provisions relating to due date of payment of TDS to the credit of Government, Interest for failure ...
Income Tax : 1. Tax collection at source (TCS) is an additional amount collected as tax by a seller of specified goods from the buyer at the ti...
Income Tax : As per Section 206C of Income Tax Act, 1961 (1) Every person, being a seller shall, at the time of debiting of the amount payable ...
Income Tax : The data shows a steady increase in net direct tax collections driven by higher corporate and non-corporate tax revenues. It highl...
Income Tax : Net direct tax collections for FY 2025–26 grew by 7.19%, primarily supported by a decline in refunds. Lower refund outflows impr...
Income Tax : Net direct tax collections grew 9.40% as of 10 February 2026 compared to last year. Lower refunds and steady corporate and non-cor...
Income Tax : Net direct tax collections recorded an 8.82% increase despite moderate gross growth. Lower refunds played a key role in boosting n...
Income Tax : While gross collections rose modestly, higher corporate tax inflows boosted net direct tax collections. The figures underline the ...
Income Tax : This Court finds that when the petitioner had agreed to comply with the payment of disputed tax at the rate of Rs. 50 lakhs per mo...
Goods and Services Tax : The gross GST revenue collected in the month of August, 2020 is ₹ 86,449 crore of which CGST is ₹ 15,906 crore, SGST is ₹ 21...
Income Tax : The Budget target for each cadre-controlling Pr. CCIT has been fixed keeping in view the revenue potential of the Region, which is...
Income Tax : I am directed to refer to Board's letter dated 24th May, 2019 regarding Region-wise allocation of revised Budget Estimates(BE) of ...
Income Tax : On review of the progress of TDS collections it is noted that as on 31.08.2017, an amount of Rs. 1,65,114 crore has been collected...
Income Tax : Time-barring date of scrutiny assessment was advanced to 31st December to provide assessment units with a dedicated quarter for re...
The government has decided to crackdown on corporate and individuals that have defaulted on payment of their self-assessment in the year in a bid to boost direct tax collections that are well below the target for the year. Direct tax collections need to grow at 18% over the remaining five months of the fiscal 2009-10 ending March 2010 for the government to achieve its direct tax target for the year.
Based on the analysis, the field formations have been asked to send demand notices to companies before December 15, the deadline for the third instalment of advance tax payment. “Most companies have posted better-than- expected second quarter results. So we felt some of them may have paid lesser tax in the first two instalments, which we are now checking up,” a senior finance ministry official explained.
The government will make electronic filing of service tax mandatory within a couple of months, said a senior official of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC). Electronic filing of service tax will be made compulsory in the next two months, CBEC member Y G Parande told reporters on the sidelines of a PHD chamber seminar.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the government’s apex tax policy and collection body, has suggested that the new direct taxes code abolish Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) and continue to offer individuals tax exemptions on savings under the existing EEE (exempt-exempt- exempt) method.
The second instalment of arrears under the Sixth Central Pay Commission award will not only put more money in the pockets of Government employees, but may also bolster direct tax collections. Sensing a good tax mop-up opportunity from this large payout, estimated at about Rs 17,000 crore, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has advised […]
The Union finance ministry is considering an increase in the central excise duty for some of the products that had benefited from the two rounds of reductions announced by the government as part of its fiscal stimulus measures last year. In December 2008, the government had reduced the general rate of central excise duty for […]
In March 2008, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) inserted Rule 8D in the income tax rules laying down the formula for the disallowance of expenses incurred in relation to exempt income. With the recent pressures to boost tax collections, the rule has created an endless bout of litigation as authorities are taking aggressive tax positions resulting […]
Income tax assesseess may soon hope to get their refund amounts earlier than they are used to now. The income tax department will be coming up with a central processing centre in Hyderabad, which may help in early assessment of income, followed by early refunds. The facility, being developed in association with IT major Infosys, is expected […]
Tightening its belts, the income tax department has chalked out an intensive strategy on collections in the backdrop of slowing economy. Though, direct tax collections have been buoyant so far, the department is not taking any chances as the deadline for payment of the third installment of advance tax is drawing near.A meeting of senior level field officials of income tax department on Wednesday, that was called specially at the behest of revenue secretary PV Bhide, took stock of the state of collections and the strategy for the rest of fiscal.
Doctors, lawyers and other professionals —both salaried and self-employed— may now have to pay a higher professional tax. Acceding a long-pending demand of the state governments, the Centre has decided to raise the ceiling on professional tax from Rs 2,500 to Rs 7,500 per annum. The Union Cabinet is expected to take up the proposal on Thursday.
