An Income-Tax appellate authority here has upheld the order of Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) not to provide a copy of NHRC chairperson and former CJI K G Balakrishnan’s I-T returns to an RTI applicant. Disposing off an appeal by the RTI applicant, the authority said that to provide a copy of IT return to the appellant either he should be able to establish a “larger public interest” or there should be no objection from the former CJI.
Five corporate executives, named as accused by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the 2G scam, were today arrested and taken to Tihar Jail after a Delhi court rejected their bail pleas, saying the agency’s apprehensions that they may tamper with evidence and influence witnesses cannot be ruled out.
An Indian investment banker has been convicted by a US federal jury on charges of extortion and threatening a New York state comptroller official to reveal an extramarital affair if a multi-million dollar pension contract was not awarded in his favour. Giridhar Sekhar, 41, of Brookline near here was convicted of one count of attempted extortion and five counts of interstate transmission of an extortionate threat, an FBI statement said.
Income Tax returns 2011 – Only Colour Forms; No Black and White – FOR the new Income Tax returns, No Black and White forms will be accepted and only standard forms with appropriate colors prescribed, fonts used, paper size, paper quality, Bar Code Values will be accepted by the department .
“I-T department will review the property deals in Delhi and take action in appropriate cases,” Central Board of Direct Taxes chairman Sudhir Chandra told reporters here, adding that these reviews will include both individual and corporates property deals in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR – Noida, Gurgaon).
While CBDT made its stance of wielding the stick for tax evades clear, it also had some goods news for the honest taxpayer. Chandra assured taxpayers that if they filed e-returns, refunds could come within a month as most of the backlog had been cleared.
The Government of India has created 12 posts of Income Tax ombudsman at 12 stations namely New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Bhopal and Kochi under the Income Tax ombudsman Guidelines 2010.
Maharashtra government is expecting an entertainment tax of Rs 15 crore from the 16 Indian Premier League (IPL) matches to be held in the state. “A deposit of Rs 7.3 crore has been collected for the IPL matches organised at the Wankhede stadium in the city out of the expected revenue of Rs 9.50 crore,” Minister of State for Revenue Prakash Solanke informed the Legislative Council today.
After having made 8.23 lakh refunds already in the first half of this month, the Income Tax Department on Monday said it will settle all the pending claims in April itself. Refunds of Rs 78,000 crore to about 85 lakh assesses were made in 2010-11. In the first half of April, the I-T Department refunded Rs 6,183 crore to 8,23,101 assesses, Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Sudhir Chandra told reporters here.
In a move that will enable foreign governments to make more investments in Indian stocks, capital market regulator Sebi has allowed them to buy to a maximum of 20 per cent stake in any listed company without any additional obligations. The proposed threshold of 20 per cent is twice the current limit of 10 per cent, beyond which sovereign wealth funds, or investment arms of foreign governments need to make an open offer for buying any additional stake.
