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No need to Pay Cess – SC Order for Trust in Maharashtra

April 17, 2012 12690 Views 0 comment Print

According to a Supreme Court order as given below, there is no need for the Charitable & Religious Trusts Registered in Maharashtra to pay the 2% Annual Cess / Levy / Fees Tax Contribution to the Charity Commissioner’s Office, of their total income, which is used to run the Charity Commissioner’s office.

Empanelment of CA firms for Internal Audit of Indbank

April 16, 2012 3402 Views 0 comment Print

Indbank Merchant Banking Services Ltd invites applications for empanelment as Chartered Accountants firm for Internal Audit. 1. Eligibility criteria: -a) Chartered Accountant firm operating from Chennai with a minimum of 4 partners with experience in conduct of internal audit of NBFCs / Stock Brokers / Investment Banking operations / Bank branches / PSUs. .

New Auto Pan Correction Utility in Excel

April 16, 2012 4003 Views 0 comment Print

This excel utility should be used when PAN has already been allotted to the applicant but applicant wants to make change/correction in PAN data. A new PAN card bearing the same PAN with updated details will be issued to applicant. The form is updated with recent changes made in the same and applicable from 08.04.2012.

Bogus Purchase cannot be subject matter of best judgment assessment

April 16, 2012 2148 Views 0 comment Print

J.R. Solvent Industries (P.) Ltd. v. CIT Section 145 deals with method of accounting. However, under section 145(2) where the Income-tax Officer is not satisfied about the ‘correctness’ or ‘completeness’ of the accounts of the assessee or where no method of accounting has been regularly employed by the assessee then the Income-tax Officer may make best judgment assessment as contemplated by section 144.

Uncertainty over exemption U/s. 54EC

April 15, 2012 2409 Views 0 comment Print

The existing restriction in exemption u/s. 54EC is clearly an attempt to prevent home owners from fully enjoying the benefits. The treatment of long-term capital gains (LTCG) has been a contentious issue in recent years. Section 54EC of the Income-tax Act, 1961, exempts from taxation capital gains arising from transfer of a long term capital asset, provided the assessee invests the whole or part of the capital gains in long term specified assets for three years.

Format for Excise & Service Tax Return & changes in Return Periodicity

April 14, 2012 13184 Views 0 comment Print

The attached document is a draft circular containing details of proposed amendments to harmonize the ER-1, ER-3 and ST-3 returns so that a single common return can be prescribed instead of these three returns as measure of simplification of the Business Processes in respect of filing the Return by assesses. The draft is being placed in public domain for widest possible circulation and an extensive debate from all stakeholders in trade and industry as also from all the field formations of the department. All suggestions and feedback from Trade as well as Field formations, may please be emailed at [email protected] or at [email protected] latest by 15th May 2012. The feedback and suggestions received would be considered for revising the proposed amendments.

Key Requirements and Changes in New ITR Forms

April 14, 2012 6476 Views 0 comment Print

As per the notification, individuals having taxable income exceeding Rs. 10 lakh and, domestic and expatriate resident individuals with assets located overseas have to mandatorily file their returns through the electronic mode.

Benefit of ‘nil’ annual value u/s 23(2) available to HUFs also

April 13, 2012 2763 Views 0 comment Print

Provisions of section 23(2) make it clear that benefits of relief in respect of self-occupied property is available only to owner who can reside in his own residence, that means, benefit of relief is available to self-occupied property only to an individual assessee and not to an imaginary assessable entity/fictional entity such as a partnership firm. Various High Court decisions denying relief under section 23(2) to partnership firms cannot be invoked to deny relief to a HUF since unlike a firm which is a fictional entity and cannot physically reside and so cannot claim benefit of provision, HUF cannot be held to be a fictional entity.

Best practices of writing a cheque correctly

April 13, 2012 26194 Views 0 comment Print

K. Srinivas CWA A bank cheque is a written order directing your bank to pay a certain sum of money against your bank balance. Almost every one of us use cheques extensively to make payments for utility bills, insurance payments etc; Writing a cheque may sound simple to many of us but believe me, writing […]

E-filing of Income Tax Return compulsory if income above Rs. 10 Lakh

April 12, 2012 8103 Views 0 comment Print

The government has made it mandatory for individuals with income above Rs 10 lakh to file their tax returns 2011-12 onwards electronically. E-filing has been made compulsory for the person who is an individual, or a Hindu Undivided Family, if his or its total income, or the total income in respect of which he is or it is assessable under the Act during the previous year, exceeds Rs 10 lakh for assessment year 2012-13 onwards, the income tax department said.

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