Power of survey The existing provision contained in section 133A of the Act enables the Income-tax authority to enter any premises in which business or profession is carried out for the purposes of survey. An income-tax authority acting under this section may impound and retain in his custody any books of account or documents inspected […]
Under Chapter XVII-B of the Act, a person is required to deduct tax on certain specified payments at the specified rates if the payment exceeds specified threshold. The person deducting tax (‘the deductor’) is required to file a quarterly statement of tax deduction at source (TDS) containing the prescribed details of deduction of tax made […]
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Under the Companies Act, 2013 certain companies (which have net worth of Rs. 500 crore or more, or turnover of Rs.1000 crore or more, or a net profit of Rs.5 crore or more during any financial year) are required to spend certain percentage of their profit on activities relating to Corporate […]
Revised Rate of Interest w.e.f. 1.10.2014-Vide Notification No 12/2014-ST dated 11.7.2014, rate of interest to be charged on delayed payment of service tax has been enhanced w.e.f. 1.10.2014, based on period of delay. Thus, longer the delay period , higher would be the rate of interest payable. Accordingly, the rate of interest shall be as under :
Over the last decade the service tax collections have shown tremendous growth, thus it is becoming more important to the Government Exchequer. After the introduction of Negative List based Service Tax regime, to broaden the tax base of service tax, only option available is to snip the negative list and the exemptions. Thus, the following new services have been brought into service tax net:
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CA Srikant Agarwal We are uploading here Excel file containing Income Tax calculator as modified by Finance Bill 2014 presented on 10TH July 2014. The above Income Tax calculator contains the rate of tax for last 18 financial year (i.e Financial year 1997-98 to 2014-15) and income tax calculator for last 9 years (i.e Financial […]
Assessee alongwith his wife jointly owned bungalow. The bungalow was sold at Rs.3/ crores. With this sum, they bought three flats, one in the Assessee’s name, another in the name of Assessee and his wife and third in the name of the wife.
Impact of Budget (Income Tax Amendments) on your investments/personal finance strategy: There were few changes (amendments) of Income tax in the current budget. Major highlighted were Change in Tax Slab (from Rs. 2Lakhs to Rs. 2.5Lakhs for Individuals) Increase of limit U/s. 80C (savings) – from Rs. 1Lakh to Rs. 1.5Lakh Increase in deduction of […]
Please find attached 9th Edition of the Book on Service Tax (incorporating changes upto 15th July 2014). The book contains: – Articles on Budget 2014 changes (refer Chapter 20) – Amended legal provisions aongwith recent judicial precedences – Forewords by Shri V K Garg (Ex-Joint Secretary, TRU)