Income Tax : The Supreme Court clarified that tax planning is valid only when backed by real commercial substance. It held that artificial stru...
Goods and Services Tax : The rise of AI-generated influencers and synthetic commercial actors is testing identity-based tax systems. The article explains h...
Income Tax : Courts distinguish lawful tax planning from criminal concealment. Recent rulings stress commercial substance and strict penalties ...
Income Tax : Indian law permits legitimate tax planning but strictly penalises concealment and fraud. Courts distinguish lawful avoidance from ...
Income Tax : One of the main ways the government raises money is through taxes, which also have a big impact on a nation's economic growth. In ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Delhi South CGST Commissionerate has arrested a key person linked to three firms for allegedly evading ₹16.30 crore in GST t...
CA, CS, CMA : Over ₹6.34 lakh crore in unpaid taxes linked to untraceable defaulters. Govt takes measures like asset tracking and account free...
Goods and Services Tax : DGGI blocks 357 illegal gaming websites, freezes Rs. 126 crore across 2,400 accounts, and cautions public against offshore online ...
CA, CS, CMA : Government surveys tax evasion, improves services, and details state-wise tax collections, highlighting growth in direct and indir...
Goods and Services Tax : Details of GST evasion cases by cryptocurrency exchanges in India, including investigations and actions taken by the Government of...
Income Tax : Delhi High Court ruled that prosecution under Income Tax Act Sections 276C and 278E can proceed when evaded tax exceeds Rs.25 cror...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that with investigation complete and evidence being documentary, continued custody was unnecessary. Bail was grante...
Goods and Services Tax : High Court directs authorities to investigate sale of frozen chicken at 0% GST instead of 5%, ensuring enforcement action against ...
Goods and Services Tax : Alipurduar Court rejects Naresh Kumar Agarwala's pre-arrest bail plea in ₹17 crore cement smuggling case, citing serious allegat...
Goods and Services Tax : Andhra Pradesh HC allows petitioners summoned in GST evasion probe to have advocate present during examination, citing apprehensio...
Goods and Services Tax : CGST, Vadodara, upon intelligence developed through data analysis, have booked a case of issuance of fake invoices valued at Rs. ...
Goods and Services Tax : DGGI arrested a managing Director (MD) of a company Following intelligence developed by the officers that fake invoices were recei...
Goods and Services Tax : The officers of Daman Cornmssionerate have detected a case of default in GST payment against Mrs Radha Madhav Corporation Limited ...
Goods and Services Tax : The registration procedure under Goods and Services Tax Act is simplified with the objective of ease of doing business. After onli...
Excise Duty : Circular No. 1009/16/2015-CX Whoever commits any of the offences specified under sub-section (1) of Section 9 of the Central Exci...
Taxi and bus fleet owners and contractors providing raw materials, electrical work and furniture in civil construction are likely to come under the presumptive income tax net from 2008-09.An announcement in this regard is likely in the coming Budget.Presumptive tax is a procedure for computing profits of contractors that supply labour for civil construction or are in the business of plying, hiring and leasing transport for goods.
In 1973, the Law Commission of India after studying various Acts and prevailing benami system, recommended formulating an Act to tackle the issue. Accordingly, the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 was enacted by the Parliament which came into force on 05.09.1988 and it prohibits benami transactions and the right to recover property held benami. The […]
