Finance : The Ministry of Home Affairs has recently issued another set of FAQs in relation to the type of visa to be issued to Foreign Nati...
Income Tax : It’s not going to be easy for small and unlisted companies to issue employees stock options schemes (ESOPs) as per the latest Ce...
Income Tax : The Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that any expenditure, which is viewed as an offence or is prohibited by law, but...
Income Tax : Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has directed the Income Tax Department to make all efforts to achieve the revised direct t...
Finance : The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) had issued a letter dated 20 August 2009 requiring all foreign nationals in India hold...
Income Tax : Fed up of being made to run around for 15 years, the Income Tax (I-T ) department has been quick to seize an opportunity to extrac...
Income Tax : The Income Tax (I-T) Department has issued a fresh notice to realty major DLF even as it's appeal against an additional tax liabil...
Income Tax : A mechanism may be on the anvil to help companies to reclaim the fringe benefit tax they had paid for the first quarter along with...
Income Tax : The Direct Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2016 was introduced with effect from 01.06.2016 to address the issue of pending litigati...
The Direct Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2016 was introduced with effect from 01.06.2016 to address the issue of pending litigation before CsIT (A). Tax payers stand to benefit by a timely disposal of their litigation, while the Department stands to reduce its administrative cost in disposing appeals and also to collect its due taxes. Therefore, it becomes expedient on the part of all officers to ensure that the Scheme is a resounding success.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has recently issued another set of FAQs in relation to the type of visa to be issued to Foreign Nationals in relation to their work related visits. Such FAQs are in continuation of the earlier clarifications issued by it in October 2009 and subsequent Foreign National Worker Quota Guidelines (“FNWQ”) issued by Ministry of Labour and Employment and Training (“MLET”) in January 2010 and related press note released in May 2010.
Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has directed the Income Tax Department to make all efforts to achieve the revised direct tax target of Rs.4 lakh crores. Addressing the All India Conference on Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) here today, Shri Mukherjee congratulated the department on reaching tax collection figure of Rs.2.50 lakh crore by December 2009 showing a growth rate of around 8.5%.
It’s not going to be easy for small and unlisted companies to issue employees stock options schemes (ESOPs) as per the latest Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) rules for valuation of perquisites. The valuation rules for calculating the fair market value of shares allotted to employees is substantially the same as compared to the fringe benefit tax (FBT) regime. “Employers once again have to obtain a valuation from a Category 1 merchant banker to determine the fair market value of the shares for unlisted companies.
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) had issued a letter dated 20 August 2009 requiring all foreign nationals in India holding Business Visa (BV) and working on project/ contract based assignments in India to return to their home countries on expiry of their BV or by 30 September 2009, whichever is earlier. This deadline was subsequently extended to 31 October 2009 by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
Fed up of being made to run around for 15 years, the Income Tax (I-T ) department has been quick to seize an opportunity to extract its dues totalling Rs 114.17 crore from the Bhagats. The department recently filed a plea before the special MCOCA court, requesting it not to defreeze the bank accounts of Hitesh Bhagat who along with his mother Jaya Chheda allegedly plotted his father Matka king Suresh Bhagats murder until it gets a chance to recover its dues.
The Income Tax (I-T) Department has issued a fresh notice to realty major DLF even as it’s appeal against an additional tax liability imposed on it by the I-T Department is being heard. The demand for additional tax payment first came after the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), which sets auditing standards, revised its accounting norms during 2005-06.
The Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that any expenditure, which is viewed as an offence or is prohibited by law, but is of a commercial nature incurred in the normal course of business, can be treated as an outgo at the time of calculating tax liabilities.
A mechanism may be on the anvil to help companies to reclaim the fringe benefit tax they had paid for the first quarter along with advance corporate tax, as the government goes about implementing the budget proposal to abolish the levy with retrospective effect from April 1, 2009. Companies may be able to seek a refund […]
Stock broking firms on Monday argued before the Bombay High Court that they are entitled to claim depreciation costs on the value of their Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) membership cards while calculating their tax liabilities. The Income Tax department has moved the court against more than 100 brokers saying that depreciation cannot be charged on […]
