Office Order No. 24/2015 Instances have been noticed wherein the Principal Commissioners a-e acting as Chief Commissioner of their respective Zones as well as the members of the Committee of the Commissioners formed for the purpose of reviewing the orders of the Commissioner (Appeals) within their jurisdiction under Section 35B(2) of the Central Excise Act, 1944, Section 85(2A) of the Finance Act, 1994 and Section 129A(2) of the Customs Act, 1962.
The last date of payment of December 2015 installment of advance tax for both corporate and non-corporate taxpayers in the State of Tamil Nadu and Union territory of Puducherry has been extended from 15.12.2015 to 31.12.2015 in view of unprecedented rainfall and floods in these areas.
Office Order No. 07/Ad.IV/ 2015 In continuation of Board’s Office Order No.02/Ad.IV/2015 dated 27.08.2015 (F.No.A-11013/20/2015-Ad.IV) regarding creation of Directorate General of Tax Payers Services in CBEC, the post of Chief Commissioner Tax Payers Services will stand re-designated as Director General Tax Payers Services (DGTPS).
Order No. 01/2015-Central Excise -CBEC hereby extends the date of submission of, Form ER-1, ER-2, ER-6 for the clearances in the month of November, 2015 from 10th of December, 2015 to 31st of December, 2015 and Form ER-4(Annual Financial Information Statement) from 30th of November, 2015 to 3 1st of December, 2015, for the assessees in the state of Tamil Nadu due to natural calamity of rains and flood.
F.No. 385/26/2015-IT(B) Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby extends the due date [under section 200 (1) of the Act] for paying to the credit of the Central Government, tax deducted at source and the due date [under 206C (3)] for paying to the credit of the Central Government, tax collected at source, in respect of deductions or collections made during the month of November, 2015, from 7th of December, 2015 to 20th of December, 2015 in respect of deductors located in the State of Tamil Nadu.
Vide order under section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (‘Act’) dated 01.10.2015 infile of even number, Central Board of Direct Taxes had extended the ‘due-date’ for E filing Return of Income from 30th September, 2015 to 31st October, 2015 in case of income-tax assessees which are covered under clause (a) of Explanation 2 to sub-section (1) of section 139 of the Act.
ORDER NO. 198 OF 2015- In order to address the large pendency before DRPs at Mumbai and Bengaluru, the CBDT has decided to create additional Benches i.e. DRP-3 at Mumbai DRP-2 at Bengaluru until further orders. In pursuance of this, the officers post in the charge of CIT (A) mentioned in Col. 3 of the table below are posted as Members of DRPs mentioned in Col. 2 until further orders:-
CBDT hereby directs that returns of income which are filed on or after 01.04.2015 electronically (without digital signature certificate) pertaining to the Assessment Year 2014-2015 or returns filed in response to various statutory notices as prescribed under the Act or returns filed as a consequence of condonation of delay u/s 119 of the Act can also be validated through EVC.
The issue of extension of last date for e-filing returns of income and audit reports u/s 44AB due by 30th September, 2015 has been the subject matter of litigation in various High Courts across the country. While some High Courts have ruled in favour of the extension of due date, some others have ruled otherwise.
The Karnataka State Chartered Accountants Association (‘KSCAA’) has Fled a representation dated 15.09.2015 in Central board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) seeking extension of date for filing returns from 30th, September. 2015. Subsequently KSCAA flied a PIL In Honble Karnataka High Court seeking intervention of Court in this matter.
