A General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR) was proposed in the Indian tax legislation for the first time in DTC 2009, apart from Specific Anti-avoidance Rules (SAARs) like transfer pricing (TP) provisions, dividend stripping transactions in securities, dis
Chapter V of the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) seeks to levy a tax of 20 per cent on the book profits of every company. Profits of the company have to be prepared in the prescribed form in accordance with the provisions of parts II and III of Schedule VI t
n the Direct Tax Code Bill 2010 certain provisions relating to the INCOME-TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL have been incorporated which were not in the earlier draft and therefore we do not have the benefit of any intelligent or meaningful debate in the hands
IN A breather to the assessees, the Supreme Court has ruled that revenue department cannot impose penalty under provisions of the Central Sales Tax Act for furnishing incorrect representation without proving the intention (mens rea) for false representation. The penalty in tax matters is to levied strictly in accordance with the intention of the statutes, said the apex court over-ruling an Allahabad High Court order.
THE Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), constituted under the Central Boards of Revenue Act, 1963, is an all-powerful apex body for the direct tax administration in the country. Its function is not merely restricted to ensuring administration of tax collection, but also to clarify and relax the rigours of the provisions of the Income-Tax Act, 1961 (the Act), to alleviate practical difficulties in the interpretation of law.
Finance Minister tabled the Direct Taxes Code Bill, 2010 (DTC 2010) in Parliament on 30 August 2010 with a view to simplify the direct tax legislation in India. The DTC 2010, once enacted, would come into force from 1 April 2012. This Article provide
Where any service tax has not been levied or paid or has been short-levied or short-paid or erroneously refunded, the Central Excise Officer may, within one year from the relevant date, serve notice on the person chargeable with the service tax which
n respect of duty and any other sums of any kind payable to the Central Government under any of the provisions of this Act or of the rules made there under including the amount required to be paid to the credit of the Central Government under Section
NOTICE FOR PAYMENT OF DUTIES, INTEREST ETC. – (1) When any duty has not been levied or has been short-levied or erroneously refunded, or when any interest payable has not been paid, part paid or erroneously refunded, the proper officer may, – (a) in
Abnormal loss of stock can be due to theft, fire or other natural calamity and there may be three circumstances . 1. When stock is fully insured. 2. When stock is un-insured 3. When stock is partially insured. The most important thing in
