Many other suggestions include need for over hauling of tax structure, and minimum tax exemption limit be raised to Rs. 5.00 lakh in case of employees. creation of a separate Social Sector Affairs Department coordinating different ministries and experts and to include representative of such sectors so that the benefits reach directly to the real beneficiaries.
CBI has earlier registered a case against a Superintendent and two Inspectors of Central Excise Department posted at Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) u/s 120-B of IPC and Sec.7 of PC Act, 1988 on a complaint. It was alleged by the complainant that the said officials of Central Excise Department posted at Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) demanded bribe of Rs. 8 lakh from him for settling the matter of imposition of Excise Duty on the products of the factory owned by his son.
Advisory for Deductors 1. Deductors deduct tax at lower rate on payment/credit to deductee on production of certificate duly issued by assessing officers under section 197. Deductors quote such certificate number in quarterly TDS statement. Instances of huge default of ‘Short Deduction’ have been observed due to wrong quoting of 197 certificate number. The scenario […]
It has been decided to grant extension to students, who were registered for practical training on or after 1st May, 2012 and completed one year of their practical training but not completed the GMCS-I course, are required to complete GMCS-I Course latest by 31st December, 2016.
Monitoring of Tax Audit- As the members are aware that pursuant to C&AG’s Report ‘Performance Audit on Appreciation of Third Party (Chartered Accountants) – Reporting in Assessment Proceedings’ for the year ended March, 2014, a group headed by one of my Council colleague is actively working on the relevant issues. A Tax Audit Monitoring Cell, supervised by the aforesaid group, is also functioning. While information has been called from members, the Group is also in dialogue with the offices of CBDT and C&AG seeking requisite details to suggest appropriate action against the erring members, if any.
For implementation of FATCA and CRS, necessary legislative changes have been made in the Income-tax Act, 1961 and Income-tax Rules, 1962. Rules 1 14F, 1 14G & 11411 and Form 61B have been inserted to provide legal basis for the Reporting Financial Institutions (RFIs) for maintaining and reporting information about the Reportable Accounts.
Taking another step in this direction, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued instructions to the assessing officers to be specific in enquires made in the case of tax payers whose returns are under scrutiny. The directions are comprehensive and cover cases selected through Computer Aided Scrutiny Selection (CASS) for limited scrutiny for verification of information contained in Annual Information Return (AIR)/ Form no 26AS or received through Central Information Branch, or complete scrutiny.
Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes PRESS RELEASE New Delhi, 31st December, 2015 Subject: Amendment of Rules regarding quoting of PAN for specified transactions to come into force from 1st January, 2016 – regarding. The Government is committed to curbing the circulation of black money and widening […]
It is the endeavour of the Income tax Department to digitise various functions of the Department for providing efficient taxpayer services. As another significant step in this direction, electronic filing of appeal before CIT(Appeals) is being made mandatory for persons who are required to file the return of income electronically.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case u/s.109 of IPC r/w 13 (2) r/w 13 (1)(e) of PC Act 1988 against then Commissioner of Income Tax (IRS – 88 Batch), presently posted as Director (Investigation), Settlement Commission, Chennai and 8 others including his family members & certain benami property holders, on the allegations that the accused had amassed disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs.6.1 crores (approx).
