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Wealth-tax Act

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Section 55A- Reference to Valuation officer

Income Tax : Article discusses about Basic provisions, Circumstances in which reference under section 55A of Income Tax Act, 1961 can be made t...

June 9, 2022 61253 Views 2 comments Print

All about Wealth Tax Act, 1957

Income Tax : Article discusses about Basic provisions, Following entities are not liable to pay wealth-tax, Manner of computation of net wealth...

May 19, 2018 138155 Views 9 comments Print

How to file online Rectification Request for Wealth Tax Return

Income Tax : To file your Rectification request online for Wealth Tax Return files online on Income Tax Online Portal , you should be a registe...

May 28, 2016 3280 Views 0 comment Print

5 Major Reasons Behind Income Tax Notices

Income Tax : Although it’s quite common to receive notices from IT department, people do get scared when they get one. What one needs to ...

November 3, 2015 7148 Views 0 comment Print

Mandatory e-Filing of ITR / Wealth Tax Returns with or Without Digital Signature for A.Y. 2015-16

Income Tax : Recently we received an email from A CA from Delhi in which he said that Income Tax officers are not accepting ITR 3 and 4 despite...

September 4, 2015 14378 Views 0 comment Print


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Non-applicability of Wealth-tax for November, 2015 CA Final Examination

CA, CS, CMA : The Finance Bill, 2015, introduced in the Parliament on 28th February, 2015, has proposed to abolish the levy of wealth-tax under ...

April 30, 2015 3448 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT releases Form BB (Return of Net Wealth) for AY 2014-15

Income Tax : CA Sandeep Kanoi A company and an assessee being individual or HUF who is liable to audit u/s 44AB are required to furnish Form BB...

July 4, 2014 20970 Views 0 comment Print

I-T returns should also include wealth tax returns – TARC

Income Tax : Filing of tax returns o    I-T returns should also include wealth tax return so that the taxpayer need not separately file weal...

June 18, 2014 1352 Views 0 comment Print

DTC to be bulkier than existing Income Tax Act

Income Tax : The proposed Direct Taxes Code (DTC), which will replace the archaic Income Tax Act, is bulkier than the existing law, as the new ...

August 31, 2010 723 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Diamond Jewelry Included in Gross Weight, Not Added Separately to Wealth: ITAT

Income Tax : Read the detailed analysis of Shekhar Agarwal Vs ACIT case where ITAT Delhi deletes addition of diamond jewellery found during sea...

March 7, 2024 513 Views 0 comment Print

Limitation & restriction should be considered for valuation of shares for gift tax: SC

Income Tax : Supreme Court held that the valuation of shares for the purpose of gift tax needs to take into consideration the limitations and r...

October 21, 2022 5388 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT allows rectification of Mistake in Assessing vacant land to Wealth Tax

Income Tax : Wipro GE Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) We notice that there was difference of opinion between the assessee and the...

February 18, 2022 660 Views 0 comment Print

No market value could be ascribed for valuation of seized gold/assets for Wealth Tax

Income Tax : mere legal ownership will not be enough to fasten liability on the assessee in respect of the market value of the seized assets ev...

June 16, 2021 1521 Views 0 comment Print

No Penalty under Wealth tax if AO not specifies that default relates to concealment and/or furnishing of inaccurate particulars

Income Tax : Smt. Yannaben Anilbhai Jethani Vs ITO (ITAT Rajkot) We find that the issue for our consideration is, whether penalty initiated and...

June 4, 2021 2691 Views 0 comment Print


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​Names of valuers as per Order u/s 34AD of Wealth Tax Act, 1957

Income Tax : Order u/s 34AD of the Wealth Tax Act. 1957 In exercise of the powers conferred on the Chief Commissioner or Director General of In...

October 6, 2020 7119 Views 0 comment Print

Monetary limits for filing/withdrawal of Wealth Tax appeals by dept

Income Tax : Monetary limits for filing/withdrawal of Wealth Tax appeals by the Department before ITAT, HCs and SLPs/appeals before SC through ...

February 5, 2019 2574 Views 0 comment Print

Compounding of Offences under Income Tax Act, 1961 & Wealth tax Act, 1957

Income Tax : F.No. 285/90/2013 IT(Inv.V) Guidelines for Compounding of Offences under Income Tax Act, 1961/Wealth tax Act, 1957 in cases of pe...

September 4, 2015 4051 Views 0 comment Print

Extension of due date of filing return of wealth for A.Y. 2015-16 to 07.09.2015

Income Tax : In view of CBDT order F.No.225/154/2015/ITA-II dated 2.9.2015 issued under section 119 of the Income-tax Act, extending the due da...

September 3, 2015 3161 Views 0 comment Print

Extension of due date of filing Return of wealth for A.Y, 2015-16

Income Tax : Central Board of Direct Taxes vide order under section 119 of the Income-tax Act F.No.225/154/ 2015/ETA-II dated 10.6.2015 has ext...

July 27, 2015 15379 Views 0 comment Print


Wealth Tax not payable on Cash Balance generated out of Cash Sales

November 8, 2017 3246 Views 0 comment Print

Cash in hand referred to in Section 2(ea)(vi) of the Act represents only the personal cash of the assessee emanating from his personal balance sheet. It nowhere contemplated the inclusion of cash which is held as business asset.

Re-Assessment under Wealth Tax Act without supplying reason for same is invalid

October 23, 2017 2559 Views 0 comment Print

Briefly the facts of the case as noted in the assessment order are that in this case assessment for A.Y. 2006-2007 has been reopened after recording satisfaction and obtaining approval of Addl. CIT, Range-25, New Delhi, under section 17 of the Wealth Tax Act.

Two different floors of one house property cannot be treated as two different residential houses

September 1, 2017 24351 Views 0 comment Print

Where assessee purchased Ground Floor of the house property and had also purchased first floor of the said house property and deduction for both the ground floor and the first floor under section 54F by treating both the floors as one single residential unit thus he was entitled to became two different floors of one house property could not be treated as two different residential houses.

Royal Buggy used by royal family for ceremonial occasions is exempt from Wealth Tax

July 25, 2017 780 Views 0 comment Print

This appeal is filed by the assessee challenging the judgment of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (Tribunal for short) dated 26.9.2001. Appeal was admitted for consideration of following substantial question of law.

How to file online Rectification Request for Wealth Tax Return

May 28, 2016 3280 Views 0 comment Print

To file your Rectification request online for Wealth Tax Return files online on Income Tax Online Portal , you should be a registered user in e-Filing application. Below listed e the steps to file Rectification.

Search and seizure are reasonable cause for delay in filing & Payment of Wealth Tax

February 11, 2016 1167 Views 0 comment Print

We understand that in case of search, assessee is to comply with law and various declaration and formalities which certainly take lot of time. From the aforesaid situation and circumstances, it is clear that there was sufficient cause which prevented the assessee to pay wealth tax in the wealth tax return

Interest in leasehold property includible in net wealth of assessee if he exercises power of owner on it

December 25, 2015 1264 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Bombay High Court in the case of Jaya Hind Sciaky Limited held that the words belonging to as used in sec 40(2) of the Act would include assets in possession of the Company without full Ownership

Land eligible for wealth tax exemption even on conversion as non-agricultural if used for agricultural purposes

November 24, 2015 1005 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held In the case of M.R Pattabhiram (HUF) vs. The Asst. Commissioner of Wealth tax that mere conversion of land from agriculture to non-agriculture could not be taken as the sole criteria to hold it as a capital asset under section 2(14) of the Income tax act.

5 Major Reasons Behind Income Tax Notices

November 3, 2015 7148 Views 0 comment Print

Although it’s quite common to receive notices from IT department, people do get scared when they get one. What one needs to know is it’s not as big deal as one believes it to be, and if handled tactfully, one can get rid of any further complications. Following are some common reasons why people recieve […]

Valuation of property covered under Ceiling Act for Wealth Tax cannot be higher than maximum compensation

October 12, 2015 1297 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court held In the case of SRI S.N. Wadiyar (Dead) through LR V. Commissioner of Wealth Tax that a property which is going to be taken over by the Government at a compensation of Rs. 2 Lakhs and is awaiting notification under Section 10 of the Act for this purpose

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