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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 62537 Views 2 comments Print

How to Upload Form BB (Wealth Tax Returns)

Income Tax : How to Upload Form BB (Wealth Tax Returns)- FAQs Q.1 What is Form BB used for? Ans. Form BB is used for filing Wealth Tax Returns ...

June 30, 2021 3411 Views 0 comment Print

Procedure for Correction of Income Tax Payment challan

Income Tax : Revised Procedure from 1st September 2011 to get Income Tax , TDS, Self Assessment Tax, Advance Tax, Wealth Tax and Other Direct ...

May 2, 2020 151291 Views 56 comments Print

Taxability of Income from Real Estate

Income Tax : Real Estate is an ever green investment option in India and it has always given good returns. It can be a residential or commercia...

July 31, 2018 53999 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 139211 Views 9 comments Print


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Declaration of Assets & Liabilities in new ITR forms

Income Tax : ITR forms for A.Y. 2016-17 have been rationalised by making the Schedule AL applicable to individuals and Hindu undivided family (...

May 11, 2016 18946 Views 6 comments Print

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 3466 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 20985 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 1376 Views 0 comment Print

Rates of Gold and Silver as on 31.03.2013

CA, CS, CMA : We needs rates of Gold and Silver for Wealth Tax Valuation Purposes as on 31.03.2013 to correctly value gold and silver as on 31.0...

April 4, 2013 17453 Views 0 comment Print


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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 633 Views 0 comment Print

Transfer of land to developer via JDA not covered under wealth tax

Income Tax : Held that appellant has transferred the land to the developer through JDA and the developer had power to alienate their portion of...

July 22, 2022 1095 Views 0 comment Print

No wealth Tax on Urban Land after construction of Building by Charitable Trust on the same

Income Tax : Shri S. Peter Vs Asst. Commissioner of Wealth Tax (ITAT Chennai) The solitary issue that came up for our consideration from the gi...

March 1, 2021 1134 Views 0 comment Print

No addition for jewellery for mere non-match with description in Wealth-tax returns

Income Tax : Rajkumar B. Agarwal Vs DCIT (ITAT Pune) No addition on account of jewellery items on seized documents did not tally with descripti...

January 4, 2019 1572 Views 0 comment Print

Wealth Tax Payable on Land Situated within Corporation Limit of City by Mysuru’s Erstwhile Royal Family

Income Tax : CIT Vs Smt. Meenakshi Devi Avaru (Karnataka High Court) Protective, precautionary or alternate assessment is an assessment which i...

August 30, 2018 1131 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 7572 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 4102 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 3179 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 15427 Views 0 comment Print

Reg. Refund of Wealth Tax Paid on Urban Agricultural Land Used for Agriculture

Income Tax : CIRCULAR NO. 11/2015 Prior to amendment by Finance Act 2013, sub clause (b) of Explanation 1 to clause (ea) of section 2 of the We...

June 11, 2015 799 Views 0 comment Print


Let-out Commercial Property is not to be considered as Asset for Wealth Tax purposes

July 29, 2015 1885 Views 0 comment Print

The Assessing Officer while computing the total wealth of the assessee added the value of the let-out properties i.e. godown and offices in the total wealth of the assessee for the purpose of calculating the wealth-tax.

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

July 27, 2015 15427 Views 0 comment Print

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 extended the ‘due date’ for filing Return of Income for assessment year 2015-16 in respect of assessees falling under clause (c) of explanation 2 to sub-section (1) of section 139 of the Income-tax Act from 31.7.2015 to 31.8.2015, In view of the same, the ‘due date’ for filing Retain of wealth by such assessees for assessment year 2015-16 also stands extended from 31 st July 2015 to 31 st August 2015.

Land on which construction has started is not Asset for Wealth Tax Purposes

July 24, 2015 625 Views 0 comment Print

It cannot be said that the land owned by the assessee was a vacant land. The character of the land has changed and it was no more plot of the land. Urban land, no doubt, is subject to the tax under the Wealth Tax Act, but, in our opinion, it will cover only the vacant land.

Commercial / Industrial properties cannot be assessed to Wealth tax

June 28, 2015 846 Views 0 comment Print

For the purpose of levy, assets are classified as two categories one as productive and other as non productive. Under the provisions of amended Act, tax is levied only on non productive assets such as residential house, urban land, jewellery, bullion, motor car etc. In the case in hand, industrial plots are being utilized as productive assets.

Reg. Refund of Wealth Tax Paid on Urban Agricultural Land Used for Agriculture

June 11, 2015 799 Views 0 comment Print

CIRCULAR NO. 11/2015 Prior to amendment by Finance Act 2013, sub clause (b) of Explanation 1 to clause (ea) of section 2 of the Wealth-tax Act 1957 (Act) provided that an urban land shall be chargeable to wealth-tax. This inter alia included land situated in any area which is comprised within the jurisdiction of a municipality or a cantonment board and which has population of not less than ten thousand according to the last preceding census CIRCULAR NO. 11/2015, Dated: June 11, 2015

Abolition of levy of wealth-tax under Wealth-tax Act, 1957

May 20, 2015 8336 Views 0 comment Print

History of Wealth Tax Act Wealth-tax Act was introduced w.e.f. 01.04.1957 on the recommendation of Prof. Nicholas Kaldor forachieving twin major objectives of reducing inequalities and helping the enforcement of Income-tax Act through cross checks. Accordingly, all the assets of the assessees were taken into account for computation of net-wealth. The levy of wealth-tax wasthoroughly […]

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

April 30, 2015 3466 Views 0 comment Print

The Finance Bill, 2015, introduced in the Parliament on 28th February, 2015, has proposed to abolish the levy of wealth-tax under the Wealth-tax Act, 1957 with effect from assessment year 2016-17. The Finance Bill, 2015 would be enacted in May 2015, after it is passed by both the Houses of the Parliament and receives the assent of the President of India.

Gold and Silver Rates as on 31.03.2015

April 11, 2015 60645 Views 0 comment Print

Gold rates 24 CARAT Rs.26,580.00 (99.50) per 10 gram 22 CARAT Rs.25,850.00 per 10 gram 20 CARAT Rs.24,150.00 per 10 gram 18 CARAT Rs.22,100.00 per 10 gram Silver Rates : Rs.37,500.00 Per Kg Related Posts- Gold & Silver rates from 01.04.1981 to 31.03.2014 Year end Rates of Gold & Silver from 1982 to 2014 with […]

Wealth Tax : Chargeability of Interest on self-assessment tax paid

April 9, 2015 9549 Views 0 comment Print

CIRCULAR NO. 5/2015, Dated: April 9, 2015 Chargeability of Interest under section 17B of the Wealth-tax Act, 1957 on self-assessment tax paid before the due date of filing of return of net wealth

An analysis on Abolition of wealth tax in Finance Bill, 2015

March 4, 2015 10587 Views 0 comment Print

Though the government has been able to successfully enact Wealth Tax act in India for nearly 57 years till now, it has now considered to scrap the Act in it’s entirety w.e.f 1st April, 2016. This means that the return of wealth need not be filed for the Financial Year 2015-16.

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