Income tax Department introduces new ‘Discard ITR’ facility on Income Tax Website
Posted Date : 29-Nov-2023 , 07:21:13 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The income tax (I-T) department has introduced a crucial functionality on its website allowing taxpayers to discard their previously filed but unverified Income Tax Returns (ITR). Earlier, taxpayers were allowed to revise the ITR only in case of error or omission.
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Delhi HC imposes Rs 2 lakh fine on ex-Bharat Pe MD Ashneer Grover for derogatory posts
Posted Date : 29-Nov-2023 , 07:18:00 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Delhi High Court on November 28 imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh on Ashneer Grover, the former Managing Director and co-founder of Bharat Pe, for sharing inappropriate posts about Bharat Pe. The action, however, was taken despite Grover giving assurance to the court that he would refrain from doing s...
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CBDT Amended ITR-7 Permitting Assesses Taxable Income to File ITR-7 for AOPs Tax Rate
Posted Date : 22-Nov-2023 , 08:10:32 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) through its Notification No. 94/2023 dated 31/10/2023 has introduced changes to the ITR-7 form to accommodate the taxable income of individuals eligible to file the ITR-7 form under the tax rates applicable to AOP, which aligns with the slab rates applicable ...
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Income Tax Returns filed by individual taxpayers registered increase of 90%
Posted Date : 28-Oct-2023 , 07:53:34 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Income Tax Returns filed by individual taxpayers have registered an increase of 90 per cent from 3.36 crore in Assessment Year 2013-14 to 6.37 crores in 2021-22.
Finance Ministry said, the average gross total income for individual taxpayers have registered an increase of 56 percent from 201...
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Supreme Court rejects lower tax on dividend under treaties
Posted Date : 21-Oct-2023 , 08:28:58 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a big win for revenue authorities, the Supreme Court has held that the provisions of the 'Most Favoured Nation' clause in a tax treaty are not triggered automatically and a separate notification is required. The SC's order is likely to result in re-opening of several high-value cases,...
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Simplified e-procedure for nil and lower TDS certificates effective from October 1
Posted Date : 04-Oct-2023 , 08:45:34 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
If you are eligible for lower or NIL or lower TDS (Tax Deducted at Source) under Income Tax Act, filing for the certificate will be much easier as the Income Tax Department has finalised the e-procedure for the process. The new mechanism has come into effect from October 1.
An assessee must compl...
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CBI registers corruption case against former Income-Tax Additional Commissioner and others
Posted Date : 16-Sep-2023 , 10:03:53 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an alleged corruption case against a former Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, Santosh Karnani, his wife, one director of an Ahmedabad-based firm and others.
It is based on the findings of another case taken over by the agency in Octobe...
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Govt plans to reduce income tax refund processing time
Posted Date : 25-Aug-2023 , 08:23:48 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The income tax department is planning to reduce the average processing time for getting tax refunds. As per a report in Business Standard, the tax department is mulling over the reduction of days to 10 from the current 16 days.
The report says that the new timeline is expected to be implemented d...
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Delhi HC dismisses Ashneer Grover's plea against income tax notice issued under Black Money Act
Posted Date : 04-Aug-2023 , 07:36:03 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea filed by Ashneer Grover, former managing director of BharatPe, challenging an income tax notice issued to him under Section 8 of the Black Money Act.
The high court asked Grover's counsel to withdraw the petition voluntarily, or the court...
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Income Tax Dept serves notices to salaried individuals for documentary proof to claim exemptions
Posted Date : 25-Jul-2023 , 01:32:36 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
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A cavalier attitude towards filing of income tax returns (ITRs), complete with fake rent receipts from close relatives, extra claims against home loans, false donations and a slew of dodgy practices encouraged by some of the ta...
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Interest rate on deposits under EPF scheme hiked to 8.15% for FY 2022-23
Posted Date : 25-Jul-2023 , 07:55:11 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government has approved an interest rate of 8.15 percent on deposits under the Employees Provident Fund scheme for the financial year 2022-23.
According to the Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO), the Ministry of Labour and Employment has conveyed the approval of the Central gov...
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Income tax dept processed 1.5 Cr ITRS of total 3 Cr filed
Posted Date : 20-Jul-2023 , 07:12:55 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Over 3 crore ITRs for income earned in 2022-23 fiscal have been filed so far, out of which 91 per cent have been verified electronically, the income tax department said on Wednesday.
"Out of the 3.06 crore ITRs filed till 18th July, 2023, 2.81 crore ITRs have been e-verified i.e. more than 9...
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ED arrests former I-T officer, 2 Associates in Rs 263-crore TDS scam
Posted Date : 15-Jul-2023 , 06:53:35 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested former Income-Tax (I-T) officer Tanaji Mandal Adhikari and his associates Bhushan Patil and Rajesh Shetty in connection with a Rs 263-crore TDS scam. Adhikari allegedly generated fake TDS (Tax Deducted at Source) refunds to the tune of Rs 263 crore...
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Brought GST under PMLA purview to empower investigators in fighting financial fraud - Centre
Posted Date : 13-Jul-2023 , 08:26:45 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Centre’s move to bring the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) under the purview of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) was to empower the relevant investigating agencies to deal with tax fraud and money laundering matters, and not giving outright access to data to any party, s...
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Income Tax Dept issues clarification on PAN-Aadhaar linking
Posted Date : 01-Jul-2023 , 09:59:02 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Kind Attention PAN holders!
Instances have come to notice where PAN holders have faced difficulty in downloading the challan after payment of fee for Aadhaar-PAN linking.
In this regard, it is to be informed that status of challan payment may be checked in ‘e-pay tax’ tab of ...
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Income Tax Department Conducts Verification of Reporting Entities
Posted Date : 01-Jul-2023 , 09:38:06 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Income-Tax Department has been focusing its efforts on promoting voluntary compliance. In this endeavour, information is received about financial transactions of taxpayers from Reporting Entities, such as Banks, Forex Dealers, Sub-Registrars, etc. The information furnished by the Reporting Entit...
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Income Tax Dept tweaks disclosure norms for Charitable Institutions
Posted Date : 27-Jun-2023 , 08:58:41 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The income tax department has tweaked disclosure norms for charitable institutions claiming I-T exemption by seeking additional details.
As per amendments to the Income Tax Rules, which will come into effect from October 1, charitable institutions will have to now disclose whether the activities ...
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Govt seeks applications for hiring 15 judicial, technical members at NCLT, NCLAT
Posted Date : 09-Jun-2023 , 10:08:15 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Government has sought applications for a total of 15 positions of judicial and technical members at the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) as well as the appellate tribunal NCLAT.
As many as 15 posts, including that of 5 judicial members and 5 technical members, are to be filled up at the...
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Income Tax Dept. to conduct Scrutiny where assessees failed to respond to I.T. Notices
Posted Date : 29-May-2023 , 10:21:25 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Income Tax department has come out with guidelines for selection of cases for scrutiny, under which cases wherein assessees have not responded to I-T notices will be picked up for compulsory examination. The department will also undertake cases for scrutiny where specific information regarding t...
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Income Tax exemption limit for leave encashment on retirement for salaried employees hiked to Rs 25 lakh
Posted Date : 26-May-2023 , 09:55:45 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In line with the Budget announcement, the finance ministry on Thursday hiked the tax exemption limit for leave encashment upon retirement for private sector salaried employees to Rs 25 lakh.
So far, the tax exemption on leave encashment for non-government employees was Rs 3 lakh which was fixed...
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RBI imposes Rs 2.9 Crore Penalty on Canara Bank
Posted Date : 13-May-2023 , 08:25:32 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday, May 12, imposed a penalty of Rs 2.92 crore on Canara Bank for non-compliance with certain provisions of directions issued by the central bank.
This action is based on the deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not intended to pronounce upon the val...
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SC ruling on Income Tax Searches, Big relief to taxpayers
Posted Date : 26-Apr-2023 , 11:17:14 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court has held that the income tax (I-T) department cannot reopen completed assessments under the Section 153A of the I-T Act, unless “incriminating material” is unearthed during search and seizure operations. Any other material emanating from the search can’t be relied...
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NFRA imposes fine, debars auditors for 3 yrs for professional misconduct
Posted Date : 24-Apr-2023 , 07:47:20 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) has imposed a fine and a three-year ban on two auditors for professional misconduct and other lapses in connection with the audit of SRS Ltd in 2017-18. In two separate orders, NFRA slapped a fine of Rs 3 lakh each on auditors — Pankaj Kumar an...
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Income Tax department sends Notices over Donations to Charitable Trusts
Posted Date : 21-Apr-2023 , 12:14:08 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The income tax department in India has issued notices to around 8,000 taxpayers on account of them making large donations to charitable trusts, which are believed to be attempts to evade paying tax.
Tax officials say that these individuals and entities have made donations not commensurate w...
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Mere Delay in TDS remittance shall not attract penalty u/s 271C - SC
Posted Date : 13-Apr-2023 , 08:02:13 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday held that the delay in remitting tax deducted at source (TDS) by assessees is not liable for penalty. It stated the revenue department should adopt a literal interpretation of the penal provision.
While allowing the assessee to appeal against the Kerala High Court...
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CBDT notifies Cost inflation index (CII) for FY 2023-24 / AY 2024-25
Posted Date : 12-Apr-2023 , 06:20:15 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified the cost inflation index (CII) number for the current financial year 2023-24.
As per the notification dated April 10, 2023, the CII number for the current fiscal is 348. This CII number will be used to calculate the capital gains accrued...
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RBI announces a Central Portal to Check Unclaimed Money from Inoperative Bank Accounts
Posted Date : 07-Apr-2023 , 06:48:49 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das, who surprised everyone by holding interest rates, on April 6 also announced a centralised web portal for the public to search unclaimed deposits.
"At present, the depositors and beneficiaries of unclaimed bank deposits of 10 years or ...
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Net direct tax collections grow to Rs 16.61 lakh Cr., exceeds estimates by 17.6%
Posted Date : 04-Apr-2023 , 08:45:30 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The provisional figures of Direct Tax collections for the Financial Year (FY) 2022-23 show that Net collections are at Rs. 16.61 lakh crore, compared to Rs. 14.12 lakh crore in the preceding Financial Year i.e. FY 2021-22, representing an increase of 17.63%.
The Budget&...
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IBBI publishes syllabus for Limited Insolvency Examination w.e.f 1st July 2023
Posted Date : 01-Apr-2023 , 07:45:00 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
IBBI conducts the Limited Insolvency Examination (LIE) in pursuance to regulation 3 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Insolvency Professionals) Regulations, 2016, for prospective Insolvency Professionals. The said Regulations inter-alia empower IBBI to determine the syllabus, of LIE w...
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Govt extends last date for linking PAN and Aadhaar cards to June 30
Posted Date : 28-Mar-2023 , 09:59:13 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The last date for linking PAN and Aadhaar has been extended to 30th June this year to provide some more time to the taxpayers. In a statement, Central Board of Direct Taxes, CBDT said, from 1st July, the PAN of taxpayers who have failed to intimate their Aadhaar will become inoperative. The CBDT sai...
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