There is a prescribed dispute resolution mechanism under the Income-tax Act. In this regard, the Central Board of Direct Taxes have issued instructions from time to time directing Departmental Officers to not file an appeal if the tax effect is less than the monetary limit prescribed by it. The Hon’ble Supreme Court in M/s. Berger […]
The Finance Act, 2007 carried out a comprehensive amendment to the scheme of settlement of cases. This scheme provides for abatement of proceedings before the Settlement Commission under various circumstances. In order to deal with the various issues that may arise in the event of abatement of proceedings before the Settlement Commission, an amendment has […]
Under the Income-tax Act, whenever a search is conducted under section 132 or books of account or other documents or any assets are requisitioned under section 132A, provision of section 153A comes into operation. This section, inter-alia, provides for assessment or reassessment of total income in respect of each assessment year falling within a period […]
Amendments in respect of reassessment proceedings to clarify correct legislative intention The Income-tax Act empowers assessing officer to reopen a case under section 148 if he has reason to believe that any income has escaped assessment. Adequate safeguards have been provided so that such power of reopening is not arbitrarily used by the assessing officers. The […]
Most of the chartered firms may have completed there bank audits or will be on the verge of completion of the same. As you may be aware that Income Tax department has notified the Income Tax Return for the A.Y. 2009-10 but not yet officially released the ITR for the same. I have uploaded the […]
There is no ready evidence that the jailed Price Waterhouse (PW) auditors in the Satyam Computer Services scandal had also colluded, says Uttam Prakash Agarwal, president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). They and the former chief financial officer of Satyam, Vadlamani Srinivas, seemed to have acted on the instructions of Satyam […]
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Background The Central Board of Direct Taxes (“CBDT”) has issued notifications amending the rules in relation to compliance procedures as follows: • Forms for furnishing information to the income-tax department by a person responsible for making payments to a non-resident / foreign company. • Withholding tax or tax deducted at source (“TDS”) / tax collected […]
Apex accounting body ICAI has raised objections to the recommendations of the Rakesh Mohan Committee on more autonomy to the Accounting Standards Board, an arm of the regulator, saying that the panel hasn’t suggested anything that is already not in place. “The composition of the Accounting Standards Board (ASB) is fairly broad-based and ensures participation […]
Rationalisation of the provision of the Fringe Benefit Tax Sub-section (2) of section 115WB of the Income tax Act provides that where an employer incurs any expenditure, inter alia, for the purposes of entertainment, hospitality, conference, and sales promotion (including publicity), such employer shall be deemed to have provided fringe benefits to its employees. Section […]
