Tax Reform Commission to submit first report in 6 mths: Parthasarathi Shome
Posted Date : 22-Oct-2013 , 08:17:37 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), set up by the Finance Ministry to suggest measures to prevent economic offences among other things, held the first meeting today and is expected to submit its report in six months. "The Commission held its first meeting today and will submi...
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Income Tax department puts HRA exemption under scanner
Posted Date : 21-Oct-2013 , 08:30:50 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
As if the additional information required in tax returns was not enough, there's more bad news for tax evaders. Salaried taxpayers who claim HRAexemption will now have to report their landlord's PAN if the total rent in a year exceeds Rs 1 lakh. "In case the landlord does not have a P...
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Coercion not a means to unearth unaccounted money: Income Tax official
Posted Date : 19-Oct-2013 , 08:20:17 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The income tax department has never looked at coercion as a way to unearth unaccounted money and the idea is not to create nightmares, a senior tax official said today.
“The department is never looking coercion as a way. I would like to assure everybody...our idea is not to create nig...
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Non-recovery of refunds: Income Tax dept may begin probe
Posted Date : 17-Oct-2013 , 08:14:02 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Income Tax department may start an inquiry into alleged discrepancies in filing of tax returns of some of Madhya Pradesh ministers pointed out by an audit report. The Income Tax department has got some documents pertaining to the alleged lapses and is in the process of a...
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IT returns: Here
Posted Date : 16-Oct-2013 , 05:00:45 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Many taxpayers, who have filed their returnsand sent across their verification form in June or July, usually get the acknowledgement and refunds around this time of the year. However, quite often, many taxpayers complain that they did not get the intimation of the receipt of their ITR-V(ve...
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BDO International World's Fifth largest Auditing and Accounting Firm re-enters India for 3rd time
Posted Date : 15-Oct-2013 , 08:22:36 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The world's fifth largest auditing and accounting firm BDOInternational, which has just re-entered the country for the third time by roping in MZSK & Associates as its new partner, is bullish about the market and plans to nearly treble head-count to around 1,200 over the next six month...
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Uniform capital gains tax rule for all: Delhi High Court
Posted Date : 12-Oct-2013 , 08:19:30 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Residents and non-residents should pay same tax on capital gains from sale of securities, according to a Delhi High Court ruling that is expected to clear the fog on a tax question that foreign companies face. Long-term gains from off-market sale ofsecurities attract a tax of 10%...
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Another 10 lakh Income Tax defaulters identified
Posted Date : 10-Oct-2013 , 08:38:29 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Income Tax (I-T) department has identified 10 lakh more high-risk individuals, who have made significant cash transactions through their credit cards orinvestments but the same had not been reflecting in their I-T returns. High-risk individuals also include those who hav...
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NSEL scam : Investors seek ICAI action against Auditors
Posted Date : 09-Oct-2013 , 08:25:22 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a separate development, the NSEL Investors' Forum, whose members have petitioned the Bombay HC against NSEL and its promoter FT, on Tuesday urged the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) to take disciplinary action against Rajesh Hiranandani, partner,Deloitte Has...
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Direct tax collection up 10.66% in Apr-Sept at Rs 3 lakh crore
Posted Date : 09-Oct-2013 , 08:18:33 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Amid a slowing economy, the gross direct tax collections rose only 10.66 per cent to Rs 3.01 lakh crore during the April-September period of 2013-14 fiscal. The collections totalled Rs 2.72 lakh crore in the same period of 2012-13 fiscal. The government has fixed direct tax colle...
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Finance Ministry may raise wage cap for provident fund to Rs 15,000 per month
Posted Date : 07-Oct-2013 , 03:01:49 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The finance ministry is considering a proposal that can sharply reduce the government's borrowing costs, bring longterm savings into the cashstrapped infrastructure sectors, deepen the corporate bond market and, possibly, even make Indian stocks less vulnerable to the w...
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Sebi to amend norms in line with new companies law
Posted Date : 04-Oct-2013 , 06:11:23 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The board of capital market watchdog Sebi is expected to discuss changes in certain norms for listed firms to make them in line with the rules in the new Companies Act, during its meeting tomorrow.
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) would seek board approval for revision in illu...
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Income tax department to slap fresh Rs 1000 crore tax notices on Nokia
Posted Date : 04-Oct-2013 , 06:06:48 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
In more trouble for Finnish mobile firm Nokia, whose immovable assets were attached in an alleged tax evasion case recently, the Income Tax department is set to issue fresh demand notices for payment of taxes to the tune of Rs 1,000 crore.The department, according to sources, has also "pri...
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Appeal to all Members to Support the Writ filed in the Delhi High Court regarding TAR / ITR
Posted Date : 04-Oct-2013 , 09:10:30 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a very favourable development, Hon’ble Delhi High Court has accepted the Writ petitions filled against the CBDT in the matter if extension of tax audit report for A Y 2013-14. Allthough everybody is getting mails and SMS from separate individuals who are claiming it that this is their ...
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Diamond merchants face income tax raid after hosting Narendra Modi
Posted Date : 04-Oct-2013 , 08:37:04 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Three days after BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi tolddiamond merchants in Mumbai that they run the risk of receiving notices from the I-T department for hosting him, the tax officials did just that: they carried out search operations at offices of several diamond merch...
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US shutdown starts, 1 million workers on unpaid leave
Posted Date : 01-Oct-2013 , 07:51:13 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The US government began a partial shutdown on Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, potentially putting up to 1 million workers on unpaid leave, closing national parks and stalling medical research projects.
Federal agencies were directed to cut back services after lawmakers could not b...
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Government faces yet another blow to retrospective tax laws
Posted Date : 01-Oct-2013 , 08:34:11 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
At a time when the government has made little progress over the settlement of its multi-billion dollar tax dispute with British telecomgiant Vodafone and uncertainty persists over the taxation of cross-border deals, it has been stung with yet another challenge to its controv...
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CAs to manually file 2 Million Audit Reports in 5 days
Posted Date : 29-Sep-2013 , 08:48:11 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Unable to solve software glitches in its e-filing system, the Central Board of Direct Taxes has asked assessees to manually file tax audit reports by September 30. The new requirement of manual filing of tax audit reports came through a CBDT notification on September 26.
This means chartere...
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How to Reset Income Tax e-filing Password using Digital Signature
Posted Date : 28-Sep-2013 , 08:40:53 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Assessee can Reset the Password of his Online e-filing account by taking the following steps:-
1. Go To Following link on e-filing website of Income Tax Department :-
https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/e-Filing/Services/ForgotPassword.html
2. Enter the PAN and Captcha ...
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Company
Posted Date : 27-Sep-2013 , 06:30:27 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Court of the Special Judge, Economic offences, Nampally, Hyderabad has sentenced the Managing Director of M/s Kitty Steels Ltd., Hyderabad to rigorous imprisonment for 3 months along with the fine of Rs. 5000/- each for the two offences committed under section 276B and 276C of the Income Ta...
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No change in the ITR filing due date. Tax Audit must be filed Physically on or before 30th Sept 13 if not submitted electronically
Posted Date : 26-Sep-2013 , 02:37:23 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
This is to inform that there is no change in the ITR filing due date. Tax Audit must be filed physically on or before 30thSeptember 2013 if not submitted electronically. For more details on this please read below Notification F.No. 225/117/2013/ITA.II issued by Central Board of Dire...
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Tax audit report due date for e-filing extended to 31.10.2013
Posted Date : 26-Sep-2013 , 01:08:48 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
F.No. 225/117/2013/ITA.II
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Direct Taxes
Dated- 26th September, 2013
Order under Section 119 of the Income-tax Act. 1961.
CBDT in exercise of power under sec 119(2)(a) of the IT Act, 1961 read with Se...
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Finance Ministry detects Rs 2,280 crore black money routed through PPP
Posted Date : 25-Sep-2013 , 09:19:35 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
About Rs 2,280 crore unaccounted income being allegedly routed through Private Placement Programme(PPP) has been detected by economic intelligence sleuths. The Central Economic Intelligence Bureau(CEIB), the nodal agency in the Finance Ministry for gathering and disseminatin...
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Adopt uniform procedures for non-filers of I-T returns: CBDT
Posted Date : 25-Sep-2013 , 08:37:50 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
With an aim to check tax evasion, the Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT) has tightened norms to deal with 'no-filers' of income tax returns and asked its officers to follow uniform procedure in handling such cases. "The existing procedure for monitoring cases of '...
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CBDT releases updated version of ITR- 7
Posted Date : 24-Sep-2013 , 08:48:55 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
CBDT releases updated version of ITR- 7 and offline Forms (Other then ITR). updated version of ITR- 7 and offline Forms (Other then ITR) are available in the website on income tax www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in
Assessee may download and use the same....
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Rs 3,000 Cr lost as tax rebates to NGOs, trusts: CAG
Posted Date : 23-Sep-2013 , 09:56:39 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government has given away more than Rs 3,000 crore by way of tax exemptions to some non-deserving big charitable organizations and trusts.
The revelations were made in a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report which was submitted to the government for tabling in the monsoon sessi...
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8 Delhi engineering students get Rs. 70 lakh/annum Job offer
Posted Date : 21-Sep-2013 , 08:22:35 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The placement season may have just started but eight students at the Delhi Technological University (DTU) have already bagged packages of Rs. 70 lakh per annum.
The US-based software firm, EPIC, has made the offer of $105,000 per annum to the students who will graduate ...
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Govt releases second set of draft rules for new Companies Act
Posted Date : 21-Sep-2013 , 08:08:44 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government today released the second set of draft rules for the implementation of landmark Companies Act, 2013, that will replace the nearly six-decade old legislation governing corporates in the country.
Draft rules for eight more chapters of the new Companies Act have ...
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Tax officers would need intensive training on transfer pricing
Posted Date : 20-Sep-2013 , 08:38:39 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government has done well to firm up simple rules that software and other MNCs can follow in pricing services when they do business with their parent outfits or subsidiaries. It has fixed a mark-up on costs, known as safe harbour, for six sectors, including information technology (IT), IT-enabled...
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FinMin asks CBDT to clarify taxes on offshore fund managers
Posted Date : 19-Sep-2013 , 08:17:15 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In what could result in a huge relief for the Indian fund industry, the finance ministry has nudged the CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) to issue a clarification on the taxation of fund managers of an offshore fund. The ministry believes that fund managers managing offshore funds are being drive...
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