Income Tax dept identifies over 58,000 cases under e-assessment plan
Posted Date : 08-Oct-2019 , 12:37:08 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The income tax (I-T) department has identified 58,322 cases for scrutiny under the newly launched e-assessment scheme, which seeks to end the physical interface between the assessee and tax officials. This is part of the Narendra Modi administration’s efforts to make tax compliance easier for ...
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FM to inaugurate national tax e-assessment Centre on Monday
Posted Date : 07-Oct-2019 , 08:01:30 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will on Monday inaugurate the income tax department's national e-assessment centre (NeAC), which will avoid face-to-face interaction between taxpayers and tax officials.
The setting up of NeAC is a step for better taxpayer service, reduction of taxpayer gri...
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MAT credit not available to companies opting for lower corporate tax rate
Posted Date : 03-Oct-2019 , 10:16:53 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Wednesday said the benefit of minimum alternative tax (MAT) credit cannot be availed of by companies that opt to pay the tax rate recently lowered by the government to 22%.
MAT is the minimum tax to be paid by companies that keep their taxable profit lo...
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Personal income tax slabs could be revised
Posted Date : 02-Oct-2019 , 09:19:54 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Days after finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman slashed corporate tax rates to boost a slowing economy, the government is now planning to rationalise personal income tax rates too, according to a report. "...the idea is to give at least a 5 percentage point benefit to every taxpayer," Hindu...
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Income Tax Deptt uncovers Rs 4,000-crore tax evasion through LTCG route
Posted Date : 01-Oct-2019 , 09:07:29 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The investigation wing of the Income Tax Department has unearthed tax evasion to the tune of Rs 4000 crore carried out through the long term capital gain route.
“We have found beneficiaries of 12 companies listed on NSE and BSE which evaded tax through the LTCG route,” a source close ...
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Govt compulsorily retires 15 more senior tax officials on graft charges
Posted Date : 28-Sep-2019 , 10:29:26 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government has compulsorily retired 15 more tax officers in the fourth tranche of its crackdown on errant officials accused of corruption and other malpractices.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) compulsorily retired 15 senior officers under Fundamental Rule 56(J) on corruption and oth...
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Income Tax Dept to scrutinise 4 lakh taxpayers under new e-assessment system
Posted Date : 27-Sep-2019 , 08:15:53 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Income Tax (I-T) Department has recognised around 4 lakh taxpayers who will face inspection under the new e-assessment scheme 2019. The new scheme was notified recently by the finance ministry for carrying faceless scrutiny of Income Tax Returns (ITR).
The I-T Department has served notices to...
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RBI puts Mumbai-based PMC Bank under directions
Posted Date : 24-Sep-2019 , 01:01:13 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India has placed Mumbai-based Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank (PMC Bank) under directions for six months from the close of business of the bank on September 23, 2019.
The depositors will be allowed to withdraw a sum not exceeding ₹1,000 of the total balance in every ...
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CBDT issues order to set-up National centre for e-Assessment
Posted Date : 23-Sep-2019 , 08:36:51 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
A National e-Assessment centre (NeAC) will be setup in the national capital as part of the government’s ambitious plan to launch faceless and nameless assessment for income tax payers from next month.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), that frames policy for the Income-tax department...
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President Kovind clears ordinance to amend Income Tax Act
Posted Date : 21-Sep-2019 , 09:28:22 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday cleared an ordinance to give effect to amendments in the Income Tax Act, 1961 and Finance Act, 2019. To arrest slowdown in the economy and boost growth, the government has cut corporate tax rate for new and domestic manufacturing companies.
For companies th...
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Govt cuts corporate tax rate to 22%, relief on buyback tax
Posted Date : 20-Sep-2019 , 12:27:05 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government on Friday cut corporate tax rate for companies that do not avail of any tax incentive to 22%. Effective corporate tax rate after surcharge will be 25.17%.
New manufacturing companies will have to pay an even lower corporate tax rate of 15%.
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to...
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Income tax department issues warning against this fake SMS
Posted Date : 19-Sep-2019 , 09:39:01 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
After the income tax return (ITR) filing season is over, taxpayers have started to get tax refunds in their bank accounts. Miscreants have now started to take advantage of unsuspecting assesses by sending out fraudulent SMSes with phishing links.
Sample this. "Important Alert! Dear xxxxxxxx,...
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No documents required for updating photograph, email, mobile number in Aadhaar
Posted Date : 18-Sep-2019 , 08:14:52 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Aadhaar card holders can now update their personal details such as photograph, biometrics, gender, mobile number and email ID without requiring to submit any physical documents. Cardholders who need to update their details can simply walk into the nearest official Aadhaar Seva Kendra and get them up...
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ED slaps show cause penalty notice of over Rs.229 Cr FEMA violation against PwC
Posted Date : 14-Sep-2019 , 08:46:06 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has slapped an over Rs.230-crore FEMA violation show cause penalty notice against multi-national accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and others, officials said on Friday.
They said the notice was issued under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEM...
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Cost Inflation Index for FY 2019 -20
Posted Date : 14-Sep-2019 , 08:33:21 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
CBDT prescribed Cost Inflation Index (CII) for the Financiya Year 2019 - 20 is 289....
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E-assessment scheme for faceless scrutiny of income tax returns notified
Posted Date : 14-Sep-2019 , 08:27:31 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The income tax department’s scheme for assessing tax returns electronically without any personal contact between officials and tax payers has become effective, with the government notifying the e-assessment scheme, 2019, on Friday.
Personal representation is allowed under the scheme in spec...
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BlockChain - Opportunities and Challenges for Chartered Accountants
Posted Date : 13-Sep-2019 , 09:49:23 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
BlockChain - Opportunities and Challenges for Chartered Accountants by CA.Shailesh Churiwala and CA Vivek Khurana.
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CBDT eased prosecution norms for TDS, I-T return filing defaults
Posted Date : 12-Sep-2019 , 10:33:05 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has relaxed some norms relating to prosecution of income tax defaulters for delay in depositing TDS (tax deducted at source), under-reporting of income in the tax return or non-filing of I-T return.
CBDT’s circular, issued on September 9, sets the li...
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Govt to tweak Income Tax Act, won’t replace it with direct tax code
Posted Date : 10-Sep-2019 , 10:02:24 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government is unlikely to replace the Income Tax Act with the direct tax code, and will only incorporate select suggestions from the draft law to avoid creating more uncertainty for businesses amid an economic slowdown.
Some suggestions in the draft legislation, submitted to finance minister ...
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Govt gets tax bonanza from online ads on Google, Facebook
Posted Date : 09-Sep-2019 , 09:17:40 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Tax receipts arising from a levy on payments made to digital advertising platforms such as Google and Facebook from Indian entities jumped 59% in the year ended March, said a tax official privy to the development.
The tax department collected ₹939 crore in the year to 31 March, up from ₹590 c...
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Madras HC directs Cognizant to approach Appellate Authority on tax dispute
Posted Date : 07-Sep-2019 , 08:23:41 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
A Division Bench of Madras High Court has partially allowed an appeal by IT major Cognizant against a single judge order, while upholding its direction to the company to approach the tax appellate authority for a remedy.
The order was issued on an appeal filed by the company against a single judg...
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PAN will be generated automatically if taxpayer uses Aadhaar for filing returns
Posted Date : 03-Sep-2019 , 09:41:26 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Income Tax Department will automatically issue PAN to a taxpayer using Aadhaar number for filing returns as part of a new arrangement to link the two databases.
According to a notification issued by the CBDT on August 30, a person who furnishes Aadhaar, as they do not have PAN, “shall b...
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ITR filing deadline not extended again, clarifies tax department
Posted Date : 31-Aug-2019 , 10:43:30 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The income tax department has said that an order circulating on social media about extension of income tax filing deadline is not genuine. "It has come to the notice of CBDT that an order is being circulated on social media pertaining to extension of due date for filing of IT Returns. It is cat...
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Revised threshold limits for appeals by I-T department to apply in all pending cases
Posted Date : 23-Aug-2019 , 09:26:55 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in an internal notice sent to high ranking I-T officials has clarified that the revised monetary limits of filing of appeals by the tax authorities before the tax tribunals and courts, will also apply to all pending cases.
TOI in its edition of August 9, h...
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Date extension the only solution for GST annual return & GST audit
Posted Date : 21-Aug-2019 , 10:53:46 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The GST annual return & GST audit report for the first year, which is 2017-18, had to be submitted before December 31, 2018, but saw three extensions - March 31, 2019, June 30, 2019 and finally August 31, 2019. However looking at the recent statistics released by the authorities it is observed t...
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Ontario draw targets Express Entry candidates with management and financial work experience
Posted Date : 20-Aug-2019 , 08:35:12 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Ontario, home to both Canada’s capital city, Ottawa, and the country’s largest city, Toronto, issued 997 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence to Express Entry candidates on August 15.
Express Entry candidates who received an invitation were required to have work exper...
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Committee submits report on replacing I-T Act with Direct Tax Code
Posted Date : 20-Aug-2019 , 08:28:48 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
A committee headed by CBDT member Akhilesh Ranjan on Monday submitted its report on replacing the Income Tax Act with a new Direct Tax Code, said the finance ministry on Monday.
The report's recommendations could not be known immediately.
The task force--as the committed was called officia...
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Government panel moots tax relief for companies
Posted Date : 20-Aug-2019 , 08:21:16 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
A government panel tasked with overhauling the nearly six-decade-old Income-Tax Act on Monday recommended significant relief for taxpayers, including an across-the-board 25% tax rate for both local and foreign companies and changes in personal tax slabs to benefit middle and upper middle class India...
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Income Tax Dept issues checklist to trace unaccounted demonetisation cash
Posted Date : 19-Aug-2019 , 09:39:23 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a bid to seize illegal cash, the Income Tax Department has issued a 17-point checklist to tax commissioners across the country to track those who deposited unaccounted cash during demonetisation.
In a directive to the Principal Chief Commissioners of Income Tax and Principal Director Gen...
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Govt panel gets time till Monday to submit direct tax code report
Posted Date : 17-Aug-2019 , 07:10:25 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The much-awaited report on the new direct tax code (DTC), which will replace the existing income tax act of 1961, will be submitted to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday, said one person privy to the development, requesting anonymity.
The finance ministry-appointed task force, headed b...
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