Chartered Accountants Should act as Catalyst for Evolving Transparent Processes, says Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman: Calls for Cutting ‘Huge Undergrowth of Laws and Regulations’ to Carry forth the Economy: Attends 46th Regional Conference of the ICAI in Madurai
The Union government, on Friday 12th December 2014 , introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha to amend the Companies Act, 2013 to provide stringent punishment for illegal money pooling activities, among other things. The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2014, introduced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, proposes as many as 14 changes in various provisions of […]
Concept of Retrospective Taxation Retrospective taxation means bringing changes in the legislation which impact the tax consequences of certain actions undertaken before the enactment of such legislation. The policy of the Government in respect of retrospective taxation has been spelt out in the speech of the Finance Minister while present the Finance (No.2) Bill, 2014 […]
Total amount of direct taxed arrear demand as on 31.10.2014 is Rs. 6,15,295 crore. An amount of Rs. 23,653 crore has been collected/recovered during the period 1.4.2014 to 31.10.2014. The target for cash collection out of arrear demand by the field authorities for the FY 2014-15 has been fixed at Rs. 41,997 crore. Out of […]
Fishing Expedition of CBDT Officers The complaints including complaints regarding harassment of tax payers by the income tax officers are received by the Government and various income tax authorities all over the country. There is no centralized system of maintaining category-wise database of complaints, which are dealt with by the officers concerned as per prescribed […]
Relevant Portions of the Second Report of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Black Money Released; On the Directions of SIT, CBDT Directs Various Assessing Officers to Finalize the Assessments for all Actionable Cases (427), whose names are appearing in the HSBC List Received by the Department.
The facility to provide response against outstanding tax demand is made available to the assessee in the e-Filing portal. After Login on https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in , select e-File then select Response to Outstanding Tax Demand and the most appropriate options may be selected to provide response. Three type of responses can be submitted by the options available […]
CII suggested the removal of anomalies in customs duty and reducing the CST rate from 2% to 1% due to the delay in implementation of GST. The short-term stimulus package involving reduction of excise duty on certain goods to continue up to March 15, 2015 was strongly emphasized by CII.
Indirect Tax Revenue (Provisional) Collections Increase from Rs.3,06,814 Crore in April-November 2013 to Rs. 3,28,662 Crore During April-November 2014; Registering an Increase of 7.1% during April-November 2014 Over the Corresponding Period in the Previous Year; Service Tax Collections Increase by 11.5% During the Same Period
The number of companies registered during the first five months of this financial year (2014-15) was 21,260, as against 43,601 companies registered during the corresponding period of the previous year. Month-wise registration of companies is indicated in the Table below: Table Number of Companies Registered during first five months of 2013-14 and 2014-15, month-wise:
