If you are filing online your Income Tax return, the paper copy of the ‘ITRV’ should only be sent through “speed post” to the Central Processing Centre (CPC) of the department in Bengaluru. ITR-V or ‘Income Tax Return Verification’ form is issued as an acknowledgement to returns filed online. You can check the status of […]
Any salaried person would have heard of a term called HRA (House Rent Allowance). It not only gives benefit in the form of allowance but also gives an opportunity for tax exemption up to a certain limit. Almost every salaried employee takes this benefit. IT department also provides the facility of claiming tax benefit on HRA for […]
The government provides tax deduction benefit of upto INR 5,000 under Section 80D on account of preventive health check-up for self, spouse, dependent children and parents. However, this deduction benefit is inclusive of the overall deduction under Section 80 D (INR 15,000 per annum) for payment of health insurance premium. If one of your parents is a senior citizen, then the limit is enhanced to INR 20,000 per annum.
High Sea Sales (HSS) is a sale carried out by the carrier document consignee to another buyer while the goods are yet on high seas or after their dispatch from the port/airport of origin and before their arrival at the port/ airport of destination. An High Sea Sales contract/ agreement should be signed after dispatch of goods from origin & prior to their arrival at destination.
1. Types of private trusts for the purpose of return filing. 2. Type of return for private trusts for efiling/manual filing 3. Tax rate applicable for trusts mentioned above. 4. Is PAN mandatory for private trusts? How to obtain PAN for private trust? 5. How to calculate tax in the case of private specific trusts and whether more than 1 return has to be filed, in the case of multiple beneficiaries, by the trustee(s)?
The Hon’ble Chennai ITAT has in the case of B.Sivasubramanian,v/s ITO has held that there is no condition in the provisions of SEC 54F of the I.T Act,1961 that warrants that the building plan of the residential house constructed should be approved by the Municipal Corporation or any other competent authority.
The provisions of section 54F mandates the construction of a residential house, within the period specified. However, there is no condition that the building plan of the residential house constructed should be approved by the Municipal Corporation or any other competent authority. If any person constructs a house without approval of building plan, he will be raising construction at his own risk and cost. As far as for availing exemption u/s.54F, approval of building plan is not necessary.
A bare reading of section 54F clearly shows that the assessee is entitled for exemption in case he / she constructs a residential house within a period of three years after the sale of the capital asset. However, sub clause (4) of section 54F clearly says that the unutilized portion of the net sale consideration which is otherwise liable for capital gain tax shall be deposited in the capital gain account scheme within the period of due date for filing return of income u/s 139.
Following are some useful information to adhere before submitting Corrections, with special reference to C3 & C9: What are C3 & C9 Corrections? C3 Correction involves Updation or Addition of Deductee details in the TDS statement. The facility to delete Deductee records has now been discontinued for the purpose of correct reporting […]
Highlights of Interim Union Budget 2014-15 The Hon’ble Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presented the Interim Budget for the fiscal year 2014-15 on Monday, February 17, 2014 to cover expenditure until the Government’s term ends in May, 2014. While presenting the Interim Budget 2014 in Parliament, the Hon’ble Minister proposed no major changes in tax laws. […]
