Self reporting of Tax Bases & Acknowledgment [Section 148 & 154] 1. Similar to the concept of filing return of income, taxpayers have been required to file ‘Return of Tax Bases’ (‘RTB’) 2. The RTBs have to be filed on or before: • 30th June – If the person is not a company and does […]
Factories, Business Processing Units and software development firms inside Special Economic Zones (SEZ) will lose all income tax benefits—the most crucial incentive for the tax free industrial enclaves— if the direct taxes code replaces the Income Tax Act of 1961 without any change. The proposed norms also talk of tightening tax incentives to developers […]
The new draft Direct Taxes Code proposes to tax capital gains as regular income at normal tax rates, thereby removing the benefits of lower rates for long-term capital gains on sale of shares.
MAT – Making Companies slim Ms. Kareena Kapoor style Introduction: 1.0 The objective of new Direct Tax Code (DTC) as stated in the Discussion Paper (DP) published are broadening the base, minimize exemptions, horizontal and vertical equity etc. Since the proposed DTC touches all the aspects of taxation of income of all the types of […]
1. The Companies Bill 2009, contains 426 sections as against the existing 658 sections. The reduction of 232 sections in the Bill has been made possible by the power to make more than 200 Rules. IN UK the Companies Act has 1,300 sections and 16 schedules. The obsession with cutting down on the size […]
Chapter XIIB of the Income Tax Act, 1961 covers Minimum Alternate Tax U/s. 115JB, which covers cases under ‘Special Provision for Payment of tax by certain companies’.. The relevant extract of this section is produced below:
The ministry of corporate affairs, in consultation with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), plans to increase the accountability of chartered accountants (CAs) by changing the way they perform their duties.
The Direct Tax Code is a bit of a mixed bag for individuals, particularly the salaried class. Prima facie, the tax liability will reduce significantly as the draft code proposes to tax incomes up to Rs 10 lakh at 10%, that between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 25 lakh at 20% and sum in excess […]
Set-off & Carry Forward of losses in direct tax code: Carry forward of loss permitted only if return filed within due date Set-off & Carry Forward of losses [Sections 58 to 60] Income from various sources falling within any head of income shall be set-off. Income / Loss from Capital Gains can be set-off against […]
The new Direct Tax Code has proposed some stringent penalty provisions in case of willful attempt to evade tax, but maximum penalty mooted will not be more than two times the amount of tax payable in respect of the amount of tax base underreported. Imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years and with […]
