It has been decided that the holidays as specified in the Annexure -I to this O.M. will be observed in all the Administrative Offices of the Central Government located at Delhi/New Delhi during the year 2016. In addition, each employee will also be allowed to avail
or the limited purpose of proof of address the following additional documents are deemed to be OVDs under ‘simplified measures’. Utility bill which is not more than two months old of any service provider (electricity, telephone, postpaid mobile phone, piped gas, water bill); Property or Municipal Tax receipt; Bank account or Post Office savings bank account statement;
The Central Board of Direct Taxes, in exercise of powers conferred under section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, hereby extends the ‘due-date’ for filing Returns of Income, in terms of clause (c) of Explanation 2 to sub-section (1) of section 139 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, for Assessment Year 2015-16 from 31st July, 2015 to 31st August, 2015 in respect of income tax assessees concerned.
225/148/2015-ITA-II Expeditious disposal of applications for rectification under section 154 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (Act) during the Financial Year 2015-16 – reg.- Union Finance Minister in his key-note address has also exhorted the Income-tax Department to be prompt in redressing the grievances of taxpayers. It has been a matter of concern that the rectification applications as 154 filed by the taxpayers before the field officers are not being dealt with promptly.
In the case of Shri Ajay Kumar Choudhary Vs. Union of India. Hon’ble Apex Court has laid down the following principles in para 14 of the judgment: – a) The direction of the Central Vigilance Commission that pending a criminal investigation, departmental proceedings are to be held in abeyance, is now superseded. b) The currency of a Suspension Order should not extend beyond three months if within this period the Memorandum of Charges/Charge sheet is not served on the delinquent officer/employee.
The cases where refund arises due to order of Commissioner (Appeals) or Commissioner of Central Excise/ Customs and decision is taken to contest them before CEGAT. In such cases appeal/ stay application should be filed expeditiously well before the expiry of stipulated period of three months (and not waiting for the last date of filing of appeal). However, no refund/ rebate claim should be withheld on the ground that an appeal has been filed against the order giving the relief, unless stay order has been obtained.
22 OF 2015 An Act to make provisions to deal with the problem of the Black money that is undisclosed foreign income and assets, the procedure for dealing with such income and assets and to provide for imposition of tax on any undisclosed foreign income and asset held outside India and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The Finance Minister in his Budget speech, while introducing the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2014, had made an announcement that range concept for determination of ALP would be introduced in the Indian transfer pricing regime however, the arithmetic mean concept will continue to apply where the number of comparables is inadequate.
The Finance Act, 2015 (20 of 2015) has Inserted a new section 192A regarding the payment of accumulated provident fund balance due to an employee. The Provision Shall Take effect from 01st June 2015. Income Tax should be deducted at source (TDS) at the following rates if at the time of payment of the accumulated PF balance is more than or equal to Rs. 30,000/-, with service than 5 years:-
The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley, while responding to the discussions on the Finance Bill in Rajya Sabha on 7th May, 2015, had announced the constitution of a Committee headed by Justice A.P. Shah to look into the issue of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) on
