Income Tax : A resident person is chargeable to tax in respect of his global income. If Income-tax Act enlarges the scope of taxable income of ...
Income Tax : Exemptions from tax, also known as non-taxable income, refer to the income that is not subject to income tax. This income may be e...
Income Tax : As per section 10(1), agricultural income earned by the taxpayer in India is exempt from tax. Agricultural income is defined under...
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Income Tax : Discover the tax exemption granted by CBDT to Singapore-based sovereign wealth funds. Explore the investment opportunities in Indi...
Finance : The government plans to offer stamp duty exemption for sale of accounts receivables, allowing businesses to encash sales made on c...
Corporate Law : The Commerce Ministry today said it will set up a committee to recast the export-oriented unit scheme so that the scheme remain a...
Excise Duty : The finance ministry is looking into the possibility of phasing out some exemptions from the Centre’s excise list in the next Bu...
Income Tax : The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging tax exemption to Members of the Legislative Assembly ...
Income Tax : Is Tarun Tahiliani, one of India’s leading fashion designers, an artiste? Those who admire his creations might think so, but not...
Income Tax : As per Section 10(23AA), the exemption can be for the income received by any person on behalf of any regimental fund or non-public...
Income Tax : Assessee sold 3,10,000 shares and claimed resulting gains as exempt under section 10(38). AO denied the exemption on the ground th...
Enhancement of the limit for payment of wealth tax under the existing provisions of section 3 of the Wealth-tax Act, wealth tax is charged every year in respect of net wealth, on the valuation date, of every individual, Hindu undivided family and company at the rate of one per cent. of the amount by which the net wealth exceeds Rs.15.00 lakhs. This limit was fixed in 1992.
THE focus of this write up is restricted to `Legal Consultancy Service’ which is one of the new services brought into the service tax net in Budget 2009 and the scope of this new levy. This levy is introduced by way of insertion of clause (zzzzm) in sub section 105 of section 65 of the […]
The finance ministry is considering a proposal to extend the tax exemption on inter-corporate dividends further down the chain of corporate subsidiaries in the upcoming Union Budget, a long-standing demand from India Inc. “The proposal is under consideration but a final decision has not been taken,” said a senior government official. The move is expected […]
Former Infosys chairman Narayan Murthy gives his views on a wide range of topics and opines that the IT industry should not be given any tax exemptions. Excerpts from the interview: Q: How do you see this government coming back with such a clear majority? Murthy: Indian voter has voted for stability and has recognised […]
Local city development agencies, such as Delhi Development Authority and Noida Development Authority, which have been raking in the moolah for some time from their housing projects, have drawn the attention of taxmen. The Central Board of Direct Taxes has sounded an alert to its field forces asking them to keep a tab on tax payments by […]
Revenue authorities have done banks a good turn towards the close of the financial year. By clarifying that the deposit insurance premium, collected by the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC), is not taxable, the authorities have saved banks, which ultimately would have borne this burden, from paying taxes totting up to a few […]
Mr Rajinder Hinduja, Executive Director (Finance), Gokaldas Exporters, expressed concern over the delay in the refund of taxes linked to levies like service tax and others. Mr Hinduja also pleaded for a clear stand on the 100 per cent export oriented units, which enjoyed tax exemptions. However, with the concession expected to expire in 2009, the exporters would be pushed to dire straits, he said. Mr Ravi Vshwanath, CFO of Sun Microsystems said though the bigger software companies had, to an extent managed the impact of the stronger rupee through costreduction, but smaller units that were reeling under the problem.
The Income-Tax department is scrutinising companies that have set up subsidiaries or units in special economic zones (SEZ) after it foundthat many of these firms were using their SEZ operations as a vehicle for claiming undue tax benefits. The modus operandi adopted by a number of companies is to manipulate the accounts to transfer the […]
In a move that will significantly ease the tax burden on India’s biggest information technology companies, the government has decided to amend the law relating to tax exemption for units operating out of special economic zones (SEZs). SEZs set up by IT majors like Infosys, Wipro and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) under the parent companies […]
In what could be a major relief to the corporate sector, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has decided not to scrutinize tax returns of more than 1,000 top companies provided no serious disputes are pending against them. The annual returns of tax complying companies would not be scrutinized this year. The decision has been taken by the CBDT to encourage better tax compliance among the corporate,” a senior finance ministry official, who did not wish to be identified, said.
