I-T dept extends filing deadline for ITR-V forms
Posted Date : 27-Nov-2012 , 08:21:53 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Director General of Income Tax (System) as per powers assigned to it under clause (ii) of Para 14 read with clause (7) of Para 4 of the ‘Centralized Processing of Returns Scheme, 201 T, issued as per C B D T Notification No. SO 16(E) dated 4.1.2012, has decided to extend the time limit for...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 1162
|
 |
RBI considering four alternatives to gold
Posted Date : 26-Nov-2012 , 08:59:40 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Given Indians’ yen for gold and the pressure on the current account due to its import, the Reserve Bank of India is considering introducing four gold-related instruments to ease the physical demand for the yellow metal.
The instruments are modified gold-deposit scheme (GDS),...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 874
|
|
FIU asked to track service tax evaders
Posted Date : 26-Nov-2012 , 08:57:04 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), country’s nodal agency for gathering, analysing and disseminating information related to suspicious financial transaction, has been asked to work with theDirectorate General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI) to go after over 65,000 non...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 780
|
|
600,000 Pakistanis didn't pay tax last year
Posted Date : 26-Nov-2012 , 08:53:49 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Around 600,000 people in Pakistan did not pay their taxes in the past one year, which highlights the "incompetence and mismanagement" of the country's top tax machinery, a daily said Sunday. The Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) claims 1.44 million people regularly file tax returns, but there are...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 754
|
|
Tax panel formed to go after 20,000 evaders
Posted Date : 24-Nov-2012 , 08:52:25 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Finance minister P Chidambaram has formed a team of revenue intelligence officials to track over 20,581 cases of high networth individuals and entities who have not filed their income tax returns, and get them to pay the amount they are suspected to have evaded.
The list was compi...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 852
|
|
Web Based Status Tracking Facility Launched to Check Corruption in Income Tax Refunds
Posted Date : 23-Nov-2012 , 11:02:59 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Instances of alleged corruption for settlement of refund claims and complaints come to notice from time to time. Whenever any such instance or complaints comes to notice, the same is verified and if it is found to be correct, the concerned officers/officials have to face penal consequences depending...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 889
|
|
No Tax Free Zones in Operation
Posted Date : 23-Nov-2012 , 11:01:19 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
There is no concept called Tax Free Zones as such in operation. However, there are schemes like Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and Export Oriented Units (EOUs) which provide tax exemptions. Both above schemes are administered by the Department of Commerce. In addition to above, package of incentives ...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 656
|
|
Tax rebate allowed on capital gains after property sale - ITAT
Posted Date : 22-Nov-2012 , 07:50:40 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) ofChennai has held that interest on home loans will continue to remain out of the tax net even if the house is sold later. The tribunal clarified that the interest paid on loans is certainly an expenditure that should be taken into account while co...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 1044
|
|
RBI gives infrastructure lending status to host of sub-sectors
Posted Date : 21-Nov-2012 , 09:12:37 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Giving a boost to key segments like roads and bridges, LNG and oil pipelines, water treatment plans, telecom towers, and three-star hotels, RBI today gave them 'infrastructure status' and paved way for them to avail easier funding from banks.
In a notification, RBI said the credit facility ...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 657
|
|
Notification - Special Examination
Posted Date : 20-Nov-2012 , 08:22:52 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India[Set up by an Act of Parliament]Post Box No.7112, ICAI BHAWAN, Indraprastha MargNew Delhi - 110002
TO BE PUBLISHED IN PART III SECTION 4 OF THE GAZETTE OF INDIA19th November, 2012NOTIFICATION
No.13-CA(Exam)/N/2012/III: In partial modific...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 815
|
|
HSBC Geneva acts: Income tax dept approaches Swiss authorities
Posted Date : 19-Nov-2012 , 08:48:06 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Income Tax department, probing the secret list of account holders in the Geneva branch of HSBC bank, has approached Swiss revenue authorities for banking data of certain individuals after investigations showed some of them reportedly had other accounts under fictitious names.
The depart...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 684
|
|
GAAR amendments finalised, says Chidambaram
Posted Date : 19-Nov-2012 , 08:41:27 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Amendments to GAAR, the controversial law against tax avoidance through foreign investments, have been finalised, Finance Minister P Chidambaram disclosed today."I have finalised the amendments to the Chapter 10A of the Income Tax Act. Now it will go to the PMO and then we should be ready ...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 723
|
|
CA Exam at Mumbai/Navi Mumbai, Thane and Panvel postponed
Posted Date : 18-Nov-2012 , 08:56:28 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
November 17, 2012
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS EXAMINATION
Due to unavoidable circumstances, the Final Examination in Paper 8 – Indirect Tax Laws, and the Post Qualification Course(s) Examination(s) in Management Accountancy, Corporate Management, Tax Management, and Insurance and R...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 769
|
|
Essar loses income tax appeal
Posted Date : 18-Nov-2012 , 08:55:31 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Essar Oil Ltd has lost one more legal battle with the taxation department after the apex court directed the company to pay multi-crore sales tax dues to the state government.
Though the amount is not much this time around, the Gujarat high court concluded that the company had defa...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 787
|
|
CBDT bats for penalty waiver in retro tax cases; boost for Vodafone?
Posted Date : 17-Nov-2012 , 07:51:17 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In the first indication of a softening of stance from revenue authorities on the controversial retrospective tax laws introduced in budget 2012, the country's apexBSE 0.00 % tax body, the Central Board of Direct Taxes or CBDT has recommended waiver of penalties in cases...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 714
|
|
Final draft of GAAR to be made public in 10 days: Chidambaram
Posted Date : 17-Nov-2012 , 07:40:16 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government plans to announce within the next 10 days the final general anti-avoidance rules (GAAR), Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Friday.
The rules, introduced in this year's budget to check tax evasion, provoked an outcry from foreign investors who feared excessive scrutiny ...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 623
|
|
How CAs can Download Income Tax Form & Upload XML at Income tax website
Posted Date : 15-Nov-2012 , 10:26:45 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
To file an Income Tax Formelectronically, you should download the Income Tax Form Utility applicable, fill and generate an XML. This XML should be uploaded in the application post LOGIN.
Steps to follow:
GO TO ‘Downloads&r...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 1660
|
|
Registeration process on Income Tax e-filing website as Professionals
Posted Date : 15-Nov-2012 , 09:13:05 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
1. Click on ‘ Register Yourself’ on the homepage or on the below link :-
https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/e-Filing/Registration/RegistrationHome.html
2. Select the user type as ‘Chartered Accoutant’
4. 3. Provide Membership details with ICAI, ...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 4183
|
|
Google India slapped with Rs 76 crore fine
Posted Date : 15-Nov-2012 , 09:02:19 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Google India, the Indian arm of the global search engine, is grappling with a Rs 76-crore penalty slapped by the income-tax authorities.
The tax office has said Google India has misled the department, deflated income, violated accounting rules laid down by the chartered account...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 752
|
|
Vodafone makes no provision for $2.2-b Indian tax claim
Posted Date : 14-Nov-2012 , 08:40:18 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Telecom giant Vodafone has decided against making a $2.2 billion (about Rs 12,000 crore) provision for its Indian tax bill, in a sign of the company’s confidence that it will not be held liable, following the legislative changes brought in by the Manmohan Singh Government.
F...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 679
|
|
Google faces searching queries from tax officials; penalised Rs 76 cr for incorrect accounting
Posted Date : 13-Nov-2012 , 08:39:35 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Google India Private Limited, the Indian arm of the global search engine, is grappling with a Rs 76-crore penalty slapped by the income-tax authorities.The tax office has said Google India has misled the department, deflated income, violated accounting rules laid down by the cha...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 673
|
|
I-T dept loses
Posted Date : 12-Nov-2012 , 09:00:10 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The income tax department has lost a battle before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal against UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav where it had accused him and his wife Dimple of using "unaccounted" cash to convert the land use of a property purchased in their joint name...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 835
|
|
Government in a Statement States that Appropriate Action has been Taken on the Information Received by it from the Government of France in June 2011
Posted Date : 10-Nov-2012 , 09:42:01 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Information was received in June, 2011 by the Government of India from the Government of France relating to certain bank accounts reportedly held by certain individuals/non-individuals in a foreign bank .Reference to this matter was made by the then Finance Minister during the course of the debate o...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 1000
|
|
CBDT disagrees with Shome panel, wants GAAR from next fiscal
Posted Date : 09-Nov-2012 , 08:13:42 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Disagreeing with the Shome panel's recommendation, the CBDT is believed to have favoured implementation of the anti-tax avoidance rules GAARfrom the next financial year. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), which submitted its report to Finance Minister P Chidambar...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 635
|
|
Direct tax collections rise 6.59 percent in April-October
Posted Date : 08-Nov-2012 , 10:49:16 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Subdued corporate tax realisation on account of slow economic activity kept growth in gross directtax collection at a mere 6.59 per cent during the April-October period of the current fiscal.The collection during the first seven months of 2012-13 was Rs 3.02 lakh crore, up from R...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 620
|
|
Sebi allows FIIs to reinvest half of investment in debt holdings
Posted Date : 08-Nov-2012 , 08:09:58 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Easing norms for foreign investors, Sebi on Wednesday allowed them to re-invest half of their investments in debt holdings to the next calendar year, starting from January 2014.Once the relaxation is in place, Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and their sub-accounts can re-invest 50 per cent of...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 691
|
|
High Court dismisses Income-Tax department
Posted Date : 08-Nov-2012 , 08:00:28 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Bombay High Court dismissed an Income-Tax Department's appeal on tax claim onReliance Communication on nearly Rs 5,635 crore of revenues. The court upheld the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal order that some alleged transactions do not qualify to be taxed."The finding of th...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 719
|
|
Supreme Court asks Income Tax department to transcribe Radia tapes in 2 months
Posted Date : 07-Nov-2012 , 08:47:25 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court today granted two more months to the Income Tax department to transcribe the entire intercepted telephone conversations of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia. A Bench of justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhaya said that the department must place the transcrip...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 665
|
|
I-T dept tightens noose on tax evaders in Gujarat
Posted Date : 07-Nov-2012 , 08:31:17 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The demand for real estate units might be at its lowest since 2009, but for tax sleuths the sector remains at the top when it comes to unveiling unaccounted income. In the last two months, income tax department has searched and surveyed more than 50 realty firms in the state, hig...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 606
|
|
Bombay HC's verdict: RComm escapes tax net on Rs 5600cr
Posted Date : 06-Nov-2012 , 08:28:16 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Reliance Communications heaved a sigh of relief with a recent Bombay HC order that restrained the I-T department from taxing Rs 5600 crore of alleged income, reports CNBC-TV18's Ashmit Kumar.
A recent Bombay High Court order has allowed Rel Comm to escape a tax liability. Now important...
Continue Reading...
Category :
Income Tax |
Comments :
0 | Hits : 638
|
|
|
