Missed the August 5 deadline? You can still file your income tax returns
Posted Date : 08-Aug-2013 , 08:35:30 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The last date to file income-tax returns is gone. Okay, the government last week had extended the deadline by a week from July 31 to August 5. As usual, there are many taxpayers who couldn't meet the deadline this year, too. Of course, they also list the usual reasons for not filing return...
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Overwhelming Response to e-Filing of Itr: 123.03 Lakh Returns e-Filed till 5th August
Posted Date : 07-Aug-2013 , 08:53:53 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The due date for filing of Income Tax Return for Individuals, HUFs and non-auditable cases for A.Y. 2013-14 was extended by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) from 31st July to 5th August, 2013 as there was an overwhelming response to e-filing from every corner of the country.
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Foreign donations above Rs 1 crore under tax scanner
Posted Date : 07-Aug-2013 , 06:51:14 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
All foreign donations above Rs 1 crore will now come under the scrutiny of the Income Tax department. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued new directives for selection of scrutiny cases during the financial year 2013-14 by the taxman which also includes b...
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Tax defaulters not depositing TDS to be prosecuted
Posted Date : 06-Aug-2013 , 03:34:21 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Income Tax (I-T) department today warned that non-payment of Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) to the government could lead to prosecution.
“It has come to the notice of I-T department that many times the tax deductors, after deducting TDS from specified payments, are deliberately no...
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Income-tax department gets more teeth to conduct Special Audit
Posted Date : 05-Aug-2013 , 08:44:19 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
When DLF Commercial Projects Corporation - a partnership firm in which India's largest real estate firm, DLF, held 74% - filed its income-tax returns in September 2009, declaring a loss of 20.1 crore, the assessing officer could not understand certain transactions. One such transaction was...
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Income tax e-filing: cyber criminals trying to steal financial data
Posted Date : 04-Aug-2013 , 05:46:56 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
As income tax e-filing picks up pace due to last minute rush, are busy using phishing e-mails and fake ads to steal confidential financial data of users, cyber security firm McAfee said on Sunday.
Cyber criminals try to take advantage of the rush during the last days of e-filing as tax payers...
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E-filing of I-T returns crosses one-crore mark
Posted Date : 04-Aug-2013 , 05:37:13 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The e-filing of income taxreturns has crossed the one crore mark with the maximum of such filings done by the salaried class of taxpayers. In a latest data released by the Central Processing Centre (CPC) of the I-T department based in Bangalore, a total of 1,03,21,775 e-returns w...
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Why you shouldn
Posted Date : 03-Aug-2013 , 08:50:31 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The income tax law sets out two deadlines for filing your returns in the financial year just gone by: 31 July is the default date; 30 September is the last date for companies and all others who need to get their accounts audited. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the last date fo...
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Special Arrangements for Receipts of Returns during 1ST to 5TH August 2013 Including on Saturday and Sunday
Posted Date : 01-Aug-2013 , 08:20:29 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
As a measure of taxpayer convenience, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the ‘due date’ for filing Returns of Income for A.Y. 2013-14 by Individuals, HUFs and non-auditable cases from 31st July, 2013 to 5th August, 2013. The field offices have been asked to make speci...
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ITR: Deadline for filing return extended till August 5
Posted Date : 31-Jul-2013 , 04:58:12 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a major relief to those who could not file their income tax returns today, the Income Tax Department has extended the deadline for filing returns till August 5. The previous deadline was scheduled to expired today.
The department had earlier extended the date for filing returns for Uttar...
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Mobile Apps for filing of return aren't approved by I-T Department: e-Filing Portal
Posted Date : 31-Jul-2013 , 10:38:17 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
There are Mobile applications which are not approved by the Income Tax Department. Users are advised that they may not be according to Department's data structure. Filers using them would be doing so at their own risk.
Source : www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in
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ITR efiling: Last-minute rush slows down income tax site
Posted Date : 31-Jul-2013 , 08:38:01 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The website of the income tax (I-T) department is running slow since Monday. It has slowed down at a time when taxpayers are in a rush to meet the July 31 deadline for filing returns for the assessment year 2013-14.
Besides, the central board of direct taxes ( CBDT) recently ma...
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More than 82 lakh tax returns e-filed till July 29: Finance Ministry
Posted Date : 31-Jul-2013 , 08:22:26 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
More than 82 lakh income taxreturns have been e-filed till Monday which is 40 per cent higher than the same period last year, the Finance Ministry today said. "On July 30, 2013, 6.23 lakh returns were e-filed till 6 pm. Record peak of more than 85,000 returns per hour has been ac...
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I-T department identifies 12 lakh assessees who do not file returns
Posted Date : 30-Jul-2013 , 11:54:09 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Income Tax department has already identified 12 lakh assessees who do not file returns and are doing their follow-up action on them.
The department has prepared a list of non-filers based on their information records.
According to reports, a large number of tax payers have already paid taxes a...
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Disclose top 10 Income Tax assessees: CIC to I-T department
Posted Date : 26-Jul-2013 , 08:15:02 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Central Information Commission has directed the Income Taxdepartment to disclose the list of top 10 Income Tax assessees among individual, companies and charitable organisations categories. Information Commissioner M L Sharma said the information should be disclosed as i...
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ITAT Vice-President booked by CBI in disproportionate assets case
Posted Date : 26-Jul-2013 , 07:58:16 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
CBI has booked G E Veerabhadrappa, a Vice-President ofIncome Tax Appellate Tribunal(ITAT), for allegedly amassing disproportionate assets, a charge refuted by the official who said the case was a conspiracy against him.CBI sources today alleged that Veerabhadrappa, a chartered account...
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Income Tax Department sends letters to another batch of 35000 non-filers
Posted Date : 25-Jul-2013 , 09:08:01 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Getting tough, the Income Tax department has sent letters to an additional 35,000 non-filers of returns.
"The Income Tax department has sent letters to another batch of 35,000 non-filers ... With this latest batch, the department has now issued letters in 2.10 lakh high pri...
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Deadline for filing Income Tax returns extended to October 31
Posted Date : 25-Jul-2013 , 08:30:44 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government has extended till October 31 the deadline for filing of income tax returns for taxpayers in calamity-hit Uttarakhand. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex body for framing policies of the I-T department, has issued orders in this regard on Tuesday.
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RBI takes more steps to tighten liquidity, support rupee
Posted Date : 24-Jul-2013 , 08:13:00 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
With the rupee still continuing to be weak, the Reserve Bank today announced additional liquidity tightening measures to contain excessive speculation and volatility in the foreign exchange market.RBI has reduced the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) for each bank from 1 per cent of...
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CBDT Releases ITR 6 for e-filing for AY 2013-14 / FY 2012-13
Posted Date : 23-Jul-2013 , 10:19:47 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
CBDT has released ITR 6 for e-filing or Online filing of Income tax Return to be used by a company, other than a company claiming exemption under section 11 for Assessment year 2013-14 or Financial Year 2012-13. The ITR-6 can be downloaded from the following w...
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Salary earners upto Rs 5 lakh need to file I-T return: CBDT
Posted Date : 23-Jul-2013 , 08:19:41 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Unlike the past two years, salaried persons earning up to Rs 5 lakh annually will have to file income tax returns,CBDT said today. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) had exempted salaried employees having total income of upto Rs 5 lakh including income from other sources u...
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Special IT Return Receipt Counters for Salaried Tax Payers With Income Upto Rs. 5 Lakh
Posted Date : 22-Jul-2013 , 07:34:35 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The CBDT has, vide notification dated 1-05-2013, made E-filing of Return compulsory for Assessment Year 2013-14 for persons having total assessable income exceeding Five lakh rupees.
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e-file your Income Tax Returns in 10 steps
Posted Date : 22-Jul-2013 , 08:33:19 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
If you have a taxable income of Rs 5 lakh and above, it is mandatory for you to e-file your tax return. An average taxpayer should take roughly 30-40 minutes to key in all the information and upload his return. Here's how to go about it.1Log on to the Income Tax Department's portal (income...
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CBDT moves to limit carry forward of loss forward of losses
Posted Date : 20-Jul-2013 , 08:18:30 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a move that will limit the carry forward of losses by businesses to reduce their tax liability in subsequent years, the revenue department has issued a ‘departmental view’ on how to set off losses while calculating the taxable income. The circular is in line with a Kerala HC judgment ...
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Address your tax grievances the traditional way
Posted Date : 19-Jul-2013 , 07:57:29 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Getting across to the income tax (I-T) department when you need to address a complaint or process your refund is often tiresome and long-drawn. However, the department is trying to change this system and quicken the response time to your refund and othergrievances by issuing a unique ...
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Filing of income tax return: Special counters to be set up in Delhi
Posted Date : 18-Jul-2013 , 06:55:33 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Special counters for filing of tax returns will be set up in the national capital. The counters would become operational from July 25 till July 31 and will remain open from 10 AM to 5 PM, officials said. July 31 is the deadline for filing of I-T returns by salaried and individual taxpayers.
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DTC bill to be introduced in monsoon session: FM
Posted Date : 16-Jul-2013 , 02:34:13 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said official amendments to the DTC bill, which seeks to overhaul the over 50-year old income tax law, will be introduced towards the end of Monsoon session of Parliament starting August 5.The Direct Taxes Code (DTC) bill was introduced in Lok Sabha in 2010 and S...
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Every district to have Income Tax office by 2013
Posted Date : 16-Jul-2013 , 07:55:57 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Every district in the country will have at least one Income Tax office once the ambitious cadre restructuring of the department is implemented by the end of this year. The proposal was discussed at length and approved at a recent meeting of top I-T and Central Board of Direct Tax...
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New Rules of Filing Income Tax Returns
Posted Date : 15-Jul-2013 , 02:34:08 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The tax authorities have introduced several new guidelines for filing returns this year. Find out how these changes are likely to impact you.
First they made it compulsory for businesses to e-file their tax returns. Then they made it mandatory for taxpayers with incomes of over 10 lakh to tak...
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E-filing of income tax returns to surge on new norms
Posted Date : 15-Jul-2013 , 07:21:09 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Electronic filing of income taxreturns is likely to jump sharply this year as the government has brought down the mandatory limit of online filing to income above Rs.5 lakh from the earlier Rs.10 lakh. "A large number of people come under Rs.5 lakh to Rs.10 lakh category. The lowering of i...
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