It is very important to have the knowledge of provisions of deemed dividend under section 2(22)(e) of the Income tax act, 1961 before making any transaction with the closely held companies.
Govt notifies new duty drawback rates for 4000 export items -Directorate of Drawback has notified the revised All Industry Rates of Duty Drawback or tax refunds on 4,000 export items for the current fiscal which have also been extended to all the DEPB items. The rates are slightly lower than what was provided in 2010-11.The CBEC has notified it vide Notifications No 68 & Notifications No 69, Drawback Schedule for 2011-12 and List of DEPB items and Customs Circular 42/2011.
Finance ministry has made it mandatory for taxpayers to file their central excise (Circular No.955/16/2011-CX, Dated-15th Sept., 2011) and service tax returns (Notification No. 43/2011 – Service Tax, DATED 25-8-2011) electronically from October 1, 2011. E-filing through the Centre’s online tax payment application Automation of Central Excise and Service Tax will be a must not only for returns due after October 1, but also for returns of past periods which have not been filed yet or are to be revised.
In this Article Author has discussed latest Provisions related to Compulsory E-Filing of service tax Return , Pr-requisite for e-filing, How to file Return electronically, Methods of filling the return electronically, Penalty for Late Filing of ST -3 (Service tax Return) , Due Date for Payment of Service tax Electronic and Procedure involved in making e-payment of service tax.
How can I update a challan? You can update any of the details provided in the challan viz; CIN details, amounts etc. Points to be kept in mind while updating challan: identify the challan to be updated by its sequence no as per regular statement , CIN, deposit amount as per regular statement. Update the challan detail as required. Along with the updated values, the correction statement should contain value of the CIN and deposit amount as per regular statement as well.
How will the PAN-wise ledger account be created by NSDL in respect of payment of TDS made by deductors in banks? The PAN-wise ledger account will be created after matching the information in the TDS/TCS statements filed by the deductor/collector and the details of tax deposited in banks coming through On Line Tax Account System (OLTAS).
Deductor/collector is required to furnish one regular TDS/TCS statement for a particular TAN, Form, Financial year and quarter. In case there are any additions/updations to be made to the details of the regular statement accepted at the TIN central system, the same should be done by furnishing a correction statement. The payment information provided in the regular TDS/TCS statement, is verified with the corresponding details provided by the bank where tax was deposited. On successful verification credit of tax deducted/collected by you is reflected in the annual tax statement (Form 26AS) of the deductees/transacting parties where PAN of deductee / transacting party is present.
How many times can I furnish a correction TDS/TCS statement? A correction TDS/TCS statement can be furnished multiple times to incorporate changes in the regular TDS/TCS statement whereas a regular TDS/TCS statement will be accepted at the TIN central system only once. What are the important points to be kept in mind while preparing correction statement more than once on the same regular statement?
After I prepare my e-TDS/TCS return, is there any way I can check/verify whether it conforms to the prescribed data structure (file format)? Yes, after you have prepared your e-TDS/TCS return you can check/verify the same by using the File Validation Utility (FVU). This utility is freely downloadable from the NSDL-TIN website.
The manner of computing total income has been changed in the budget for the current year by allowing deduction under section 80C. However, the present Form No. 24Q shows a column for rebate under section 88, 88B, 88C and 88D. How should Form No. 24Q be filled up in absence of a column for section 80C?
