The due date of Income Tax Audit is 30th September, 2019 and all the taxpayers are busy finalizing their Income Tax Report. So, what the taxpayer should do in order to avoid scrutiny risk?
“availment of a credit is a positive act and unless carried out for reducing any tax liability by its reflection in the return filed for any financial year, it cannot be a case of either availment or utilization” The above quote is from the judgement pronounced on 18.07.2019 by The Hon’ble High Court of Patna […]
This article is in continuation to my earlier article ‘Requirement of Accounting and Funding Arrangement for Gratuity Benefits‘ in this article we will understand about ‘Taxation benefits available to company in Pay as go Option & Funding Option‘ Gratuity is a statutory right of employee whoever completes 5 years in the same organization and is […]
If A foreign company planning to set up business in India may incorporate a company under the Companies Act, 2013 as a joint venture or wholly owned subsidiary or set up Liaison Office/ Representative Office or a Project Office or a Branch Office of the foreign company which can be undertake activities permitted under the […]
Meaning Electronic voting (also known as e-voting) is voting that uses electronic means to either aid or take care of casting and counting votes. … It may encompass a range of Internet services, from basic transmission of tabulated results to full-function online voting through common connectable household devices. Applicability As per rule 20(2) the provisions of e-voting are […]
Brief note on E-Assessment Scheme, 2019 Central Board of Direct Taxes has vide notification no. 61/2019 dated 12th September, 2019 has introduced a scheme called E-assessment Scheme, 2019 (Scheme). It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. With the help of this scheme the Government aims to curb […]
Input Tax Credit (ITC) is a mechanism to avoid cascading effect. This unique feature of ITC has made itself perhaps one of the most controversial and litigated features in the erstwhile indirect tax regime and under GST regime, no doubt it will continue. While the registered persons fight tooth and nail to defend this credit, […]
In section 7 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the IGST Act), in respect of certain supplies of goods or services or both, provision has been made that such supplies shall be treated as supply of goods or services or both in the course of inter-State trade or […]
Legal Provision, Analysis and Applicability of Section 194IA of Income Tax Act, 1961 Legal Provision of Section 194IA of Income Tax Act, 1961 ♠ Any person, being a transferee, responsible for paying (other than the person referred to insection 194LA) to a resident transferor any sum by way of consideration for transfer of any immovable […]
A small kid asked me whether he/she could set up a small finance bank and help his relatives living in a small village in Himachal Pradesh. To answer this question and being a retired senior executive from a nationalized bank who worked in the department dealing with financing small borrowers in late 1970s, I was […]