The Income Tax Act provides deduction under section 80C against Principal Repayment and exemption under Section 24(b) on Interest payment of Housing Loan. Article explains tax benefit on Housing Loan taken and possession received in the same year and also when possession received in next year.
Very often, readers keep enquiring about the submission of forms No. 15G/15H to the banks or others payer so that interest could be received without deduction of tax at source (TDS). In this column, I am covering all about Form No. 15G & 15H and hopefully the detailed elaboration hereunder would provide a comprehensive picture about the submission of Form No. 15G & 15H.
Income-tax return is a legal document and it should be filed by the assessee with due care and caution. There should be no corrections or overwriting and it should be properly signed and verified by the person authorized to do so under the provisions of the Income-tax Act. The following important points may be taken care of while filling up the return forms:
Recently on 10th July 2018 GST Council has released proposed amendments to GST law, seeking comments from stakeholders by 15 July 2018. The Proposal comprises 38 amendments to the CGST Act, 6 amendments to IGST Act and 2 amendments to GST (Compensation to States) Act.
House Rent Allowance (H.R.A.) results in tax savings because accounting under Income tax act is direct exemption based. However, accounting of Rent Free accommodation is valuation based taxation and added to total income of employee presumptive basis. Please note Rent-Free Accommodation cannot be taxed if Salary is NIL The principles of valuations are explained below:- […]
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India is contemplating conveying back regulation that prohibits undercutting of fees by audit firms. In a recent council meeting, council members discussed returning to the earlier ethical rule when firms weren’t allowed to undercut statutory audit fees. The members deliberated on the issue and directed the Ethical Standards Board […]
Filing your tax return isn’t as simple and the outlined Do’s and Don’ts will help you in filing your income tax return correctly to ensure speedy processing by the Income Tax Department (ITD).
Any person (not being an individual/HUF*), responsible for paying to a resident any income by way of interest other than interest on securities, is responsible to deduct tax at source and deposit the same to the Government Treasury within the time stipulated. The recipient of the income (though s/he gets only the net amount after TDS) is liable to tax on the gross amount.
S V Raghunath Insurance policies are major source tax saving Instruments for Individual and Hindu undivided Families, in last few years there are lot of changes in Tax provisions related to Insurance policies, which have taken place including TDS under Section 194DA on Payments received under Life Insurance Policies. An attempt has been made to […]
Often, investment for most individuals begins and ends with tax planning. Although it is pertinent to avail tax breaks, this should not be the sole focus. Start by jotting down your key financial objectives, the tentative time of money requirement and the corpus needed to achieve those goals.
