Finance Ministry modifies IT scrutiny notices; adds words of courtesy
Posted Date : 12-Jul-2016 , 08:14:45 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a bid to end taxpayers' harassment, the Finance Ministry has "modified" the Income Tax department notice issued for the tedious scrutiny procedure by bringing in "three new formats" that will clearly stipulate if the inqury against them is "limited, complete or manual...
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Income Tax To Scrutinise High Value Transactions, Penny Stock Trade
Posted Date : 08-Jul-2016 , 10:54:12 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Income Tax Department has asked its top officers to closely scrutinise high-value transactions and investments in penny stocks to identify potential black money holders who can avail the four-month compliance window ending September 30 to come clean.
In a communication to Principal Chief Commissi...
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Raids on entry operators reveal new list of possible tax evaders
Posted Date : 08-Jul-2016 , 08:36:58 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The income tax department has prepared an integrated databank of suspected black money holders across the country who have taken the help of 'entry operators' to launder large amounts of unaccounted cash through banking channels over the past few years.
These entry operators are chartered...
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Govt may extend tax payment deadline for black money scheme
Posted Date : 07-Jul-2016 , 10:33:02 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Centre may extend the September 30 deadline for taxpayers to declare their undisclosed income. The government has approved a request from the industry for tax to be paid in parts, PTI reported.
“The government is favourably considering extending the tax payment deadline as it understand...
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Govt forms panel to examine desirability and feasibility of new financial year
Posted Date : 07-Jul-2016 , 10:30:04 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government has set up a committee to examine the desirability and feasibility of having a new financial year. According to the Finance Ministry, the four member committee will be headed by former Chief Economic Advisor Shankar Acharya. As per terms of reference, the committee will examine the me...
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Black money window: CBDT curtails leave of income tax officers
Posted Date : 06-Jul-2016 , 10:27:43 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has ordered regulation of leave of all income-tax (I-T) department officials over the next three months. The CBDT wants to ensure that enough officials are available to run the ongoing one-time black money window scheme, also known as the income dec...
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ICDS notified under Section 145 (2) of the Income -tax Act, 1961 to be applicable from 01-04-2016
Posted Date : 06-Jul-2016 , 10:03:27 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Vide Notification No. SO 892 (E) dated 31st March, 2015, the Central Government notified 10 Income Computation and Disclosure Standards (ICDS). These ICDS are applicable from 1.4.2015 i.e. previous year 2015-16 (Assessment Year 2016-17). Subsequent to notification of the ICDS, a number of representa...
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New amnesty scheme levies 31% effective tax, Centre won't question income source
Posted Date : 04-Jul-2016 , 10:37:01 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government is looking to encourage people with black money stashed away under the mattress to come clean by softening the tax blow in its amnesty scheme that runs from June 1 to September 30. They may only need to pay an effective tax of about 31% against 45% stipulated in the Income Declaration...
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Income tax department has verified over one crore tax returns online
Posted Date : 04-Jul-2016 , 10:04:34 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
As per the latest data, over 1.02 crore Income Tax Returns (ITRS) have been verified by the internet-based electronic filing system of the department.
"The figures for e-verified ITRs stand at 1,02,08,715 as of now. The one crore mark was achieved recently and the department wants this to gr...
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Government Notifies Rules regarding Fair market value and reporting requirement for Indian concern
Posted Date : 01-Jul-2016 , 08:54:06 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Under section 9 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act), any income arising from transfer of any share of or interest in a foreign company or entity that derives its value substantially from the assets located in India, is deemed to accrue or arise in India.
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7th Pay Commission Overview and Highlights
Posted Date : 29-Jun-2016 , 01:32:52 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission, headed by Justice A K Mathur.
The pay panel had earlier recommended an increase in pay by 16 percent, 63 percent in allowances and a 24 percent hike in pension, suggesting a total increase of 23.55 percent.
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Income tax department to establish over 60 taxpayer centres across country
Posted Date : 29-Jun-2016 , 09:20:11 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The income tax department will establish over 60 facilitation centres - Aaykar Seva Kendras(ASKs) - this fiscal from Goalpara in Assam to Neemuch in MP as part of efforts to widen the taxpayer base and reach a maximum number of people who need help in doing business with the taxman.
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PM asks people with undisclosed income to come clean by Sep 30
Posted Date : 26-Jun-2016 , 05:54:28 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to people with undisclosed income to come clean by 30th September. Addressing the Nation on his monthly Mann Ki Baat programme in All India Radio, he said this is the last opportunity for such people. He assured that there will be no probe against persons those ...
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GAAR Not to apply on Income from Investments before April 1
Posted Date : 26-Jun-2016 , 05:49:09 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
To clear the air on retrospective applicability of the General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR), the Income Tax Department has said the same will not apply to income from transfer of investments before April 1, 2017.
The stringent anti-avoidance rule (GAAR), which will kick in from April 1 next year, c...
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Income tax dept publishes list of asset valuers
Posted Date : 25-Jun-2016 , 09:10:33 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Income Tax department today published a country-wide list of registered asset valuers for those who wish to declare their untaxed funds and properties under the one-time domestic black money compliance window that opened this month.
The exhaustive list, uploaded on t...
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Amendment in Rule 114H of Income-tax Rules, 1962
Posted Date : 22-Jun-2016 , 10:06:44 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Rule 114H of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (the Rules) has been amended vide Notification No.48/2016 [S.O.2151(E)] dated 20th June 2016.
In order to provide sufficient time to the reporting Financial Institutions for completing the due diligence procedure in respect of other reportable acc...
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NGOs receiving Rs 1 cr govt grant to be under Lokpal
Posted Date : 22-Jun-2016 , 10:03:39 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
In order to keep a check on the funding of NGOs, organisations receiving more than Rs one crore as government grant and donations above Rs 10 lakh from abroad have been brought under the ambit of the Lokpal.
Under the new rules, office bearers of such NGOs will be treated as "public servants...
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Capital Gain from penny stocks not bogus - ITAT
Posted Date : 22-Jun-2016 , 09:11:12 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Investors holding penny stocks have got a reprieve from the Income-Tax Tribunal. The body has ruled that gains from penny stocks cannot be termed as bogus just because the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is probing into possible irregularities in these stocks.
Recently, invest...
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Encroached property cannot be considered a capital asset:ITAT
Posted Date : 22-Jun-2016 , 09:07:03 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Tax needs to be paid even on property encroached upon illegally as it would be considered as 'income from other sources', though it would not be considered as a 'capital asset', according to a tribunal ruling.
A Mumbai bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) ha...
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Clarification regarding News Report of Arrest of Tax Defaulters
Posted Date : 22-Jun-2016 , 08:49:28 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Certain sections of the press have been carrying news reports today that Income Tax Department is going to arrest wilful defaulters of tax.
In this regard, it is clarified that no such statement has been authorised by the Income-tax Department. Though the provisions for arrest and detention...
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Income Tax dept to use powers to arrest, detain wilful defaulters
Posted Date : 21-Jun-2016 , 10:27:51 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Challenged by increasing cases of defaulters who smartly evade paying due taxes, the Income Tax department has asked its officers not to shy away from invoking the rare provisions of arrest, detention and auctioning of attached assets of the accused.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes, in a strate...
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Govt announces 100% FDI in Defence, Pharma, Single Brand Retail, Aviation sectors
Posted Date : 20-Jun-2016 , 10:23:57 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Government today approved 100 per cent FDI in a host of sectors including civil aviation, defence, pharma and single brand retail sector under automatic route. Other sectors in which FDI norms have been relaxed include e-commerce in food products, broadcasting carriage services, private security age...
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ATM-based validation facility activated for e-filing income tax
Posted Date : 07-Jun-2016 , 08:42:34 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Income Tax department has launched an ATM-based validation system for filing e-ITRs by taxpayers as part of its measure to enhance the paperless regime of filing the annual IT returns.
"Now, Electronic Verification Code (EVC) can be generated by pre-validating your Automated Teller Machi...
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Income Tax dept notifies declaration forms for untaxed funds
Posted Date : 03-Jun-2016 , 08:24:40 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Income Tax department today notified four new forms for those who wish to declare their untaxed funds and properties under the one-time domestic black money compliance window that opened this month.
The forms– 1, 2, 3 and 4– can be used both for e-filing or manual fili...
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RBI allows NBFCs to provide takeout financing to infra projects
Posted Date : 03-Jun-2016 , 07:59:31 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Thursday allowed non-banking finance companies (NBFC) to provide takeout financing to projects, an option so far available to only banks.
In a notification, the central bank said NBFCs can provide takeout financing for existing infrastructure loans subject to cer...
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Black money window: Income Tax dept to publish list of asset valuers soon
Posted Date : 02-Jun-2016 , 07:08:18 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Income Tax department will soon put out a list of registered valuers of various categories of assets for those who wish to declare their untaxed funds and properties under the one-time domestic black money compliance window that opened on Wednesday.
Officials said a decision to upload details...
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Income Tax dept made info exchange requests to many countries
Posted Date : 01-Jun-2016 , 10:03:01 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Income Tax department had made overseas information exchange requests to a clutch of countries, including some tax havens, in connection with a tax evasion probe against Delhi-based defence consultant Sanjay Bhandari, who is said to be linked to Robert Vadra in an alleged benami proper...
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Pay 1% tax on cash buy of goods,services over Rs2 Lakh
Posted Date : 01-Jun-2016 , 08:55:54 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Payment in cash for buying goods and services worth more than Rs 2 lakh with the exception of jewellery will attract 1 per cent tax collected at source (TCS) from 1st June.
The existing TCS of 1 per cent on cash purchase of over Rs 5 lakh of jewellery and over Rs 2 lakh of bullion will continue, ...
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Four month window to disclose black money opens today
Posted Date : 01-Jun-2016 , 08:05:24 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Income Declaration Scheme will open today and will remain in force till 30th of September. The Scheme is part of Finance Act, 2016 and seeks to provide an opportunity to all persons who have not declared their income correctly in previous years to come forward and declare undisclosed incomes. AI...
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Service tax will be 15% from June 1
Posted Date : 31-May-2016 , 08:24:38 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Come Wednesday, consumers will now have to dole out an additional 0.5 per cent cess for various services, taking the total service tax to 15 per cent.
In the last budget, the total service tax was raised to 14 per cent from 12.36 per cent.
With the addition of the Krishi Kalyan C...
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