It is proposed to insert sub-section (3A) in section 71 to provide that set-off of loss under the head Income from house property”against any other head of income shall be restricted to two lakh rupees for any assessment year.
Clauses 120 to 128 of the Bill cover the amendments made to,- • Chapters V and VA of the Finance Act, 1994;• the Service Tax (Determination of Value) Rules, 2006; Other changes are being given effect to by inserting new entries, and amending/omitting existing entries in notification No. 25/2012-ST dated 20.6.2012 and by amending the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004.
This appeal of the assessee is directed against the order of the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) – 13, Chennai dated 15.09.2016 and pertains to the assessment year 2012-13.
Amidst expectation of this Budget to be the last Budget for present Indirect tax regime and July 1, 2017 marking GST advent, gist of the key anticipations which could be addressed are as follows:
Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jetley will be declaring the Finance Budget of 2017-18 on 1st February in the Loksabha. Every citizen of this country is curiously waiting for the Budget. The Budget has to face the problems like Elections, Demonetarization of currency etc. while it is presented.
ELSS is a type of diversified equity mutual fund (MF), which is qualified for tax exemption under section 80C of the Income Tax Act. Since it is an equity fund, returns from an ELSS fund reflect returns from the equity markets.
In case, the petitioner submits any application to the Income Tax Department, the authorities can look into matter for the purpose of declaration of undisclosed income by availing the remedy under the PMGKY Scheme.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes vide notification No.2/2017 dated 6th January,2017 has once again amended Rule 114E (reporting in AIR ) casting reporting obligations on the banks and post offices for reporting of cash deposits in the bank accounts and post office accounts prior to the demontisation period.
As an endeavour to see early light of GST, CBEC, has created a separate tab, titled: MIGRATION TO GST, on the CBEC website: www.cbec.gov.in. The roll out of GST is scheduled from April 1, 2017. The taxes of Central Excise and Service Tax would be subsumed in the GST.
All existing Central Excise and Service Tax assessees will be migrated to GST starting 7th January 2017. To migrate to GST, assessees would be provided a Provisional ID and Password by CBEC.
