28,537 TANs of Government deductors filed their quarterly TDS statement late. 97 Deductors of Income Tax Department have files their quarterly TDS statement late during period from 01.07.2012 to 01.03.2014.
The recently appointed Finance Minister of India, Mr. Arun Jaitley, faced with the various challenges of reviving the growth of the ailing Indian economy, ever ballooning fiscal deficit, high inflation and standing to fulfill the promises made by the newly elected NDA government in their election manifesto, appears to have maneuvered the way to spur […]
The government has proposed to levy Service Tax on Radio-taxis/cabs whether or not air-conditioned. Earlier the same was exempted from the purview of Service Tax as it was covered under the Negative list [Section 66D (o)].
While it could be said that the Union Budget 2014-15, the first of the present Government may be considered as a balanced exercise in the given circumstances, it provides impetus to real estate, infrastructure and social development including improved urban cities.
Under section 40(a)(ia) of the Act, in case of payments made to resident, the deductor is allowed to claim deduction for payments as expenditure in the previous year of payment, if tax is deducted during the previous year and the same is paid on or before the due date specified for filing of return of […]
The Tribunal while upholding the levy of penalty had concluded that the assessee had failed to substantiate that the gift received was genuine. The plea of the assessee that the gift was received due to his financial difficulty was also negated on appreciation of material on record.
Taxpayers would get more from their housing loans. Ceiling of deduction on interest on housing loan is proposed to be increased from Rs. 1.5 lakh to Rs. 2 lakh in respect of self-occupied houses. For those who are paying high amount of interest, the additional tax savings would be up to Rs. 15,450.
Taxability of advance for transfer of a capital asset The existing provisions contained in section 56 of the Act provide that income of every kind which is not to be excluded from the total income under the Act shall be chargeable to income-tax under the head “Income from other sources”, if it is not chargeable […]
The existing provisions of section 40(a)(i) of the Act provide that certain payments such as interest, royalty and fee for technical services made to a non-resident shall not be allowed as deduction for computing business income if tax on such payments was not deducted, or after deduction, was not paid within the time prescribed under […]
Capital gains exemption on investment in Specified Bonds The existing provisions contained in sub-section (1) of section 54EC of the Act provide that where capital gain arises from the transfer of a long-term capital asset and the assessee has, within a period of six months, invested the whole or part of capital gains in the […]
