Under the existing provisions contained in section 194-1 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 ('the Act'), tax is required to be deducted at source on payment of rent. The term "rent" is defined in the Explanation to the said section to mean any payment, by whatever name called, under any lease, sub-lease, tenancy or any other agreement or arrangement for the use of (either separately or together) any (a) land; or (b) building (including factory building); or (c) land appurtenant to a b...

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MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) Notification No. 51/2017 New Delhi, the 9th June, 2017 G.S.R. 569(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 139A and section 285BA, read with section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely:‑ 1. (1) These rules may be called the Income –tax (14th Amendme...

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MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 9th June, 2017 [Income-tax] S.O. 1866(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by the third proviso to sub-section (2) of section 92C of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961)(hereinafter referred to as the ‘Act’), read with proviso to sub-rule (7) of rule 10CA of the Income-tax Rules, 1962, the Central Government hereby notifies that where the variation between the arm’s length price determine...

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MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TEXES) NOTIFICATION NO. 44/2017 New Delhi, the 5th June, 2017 INCOME-TAX S.O. 1790(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (v) of the Explanation to section 48 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby specifies the Cost Inflation Index as mentioned in column (3) of the Table for the Financial Years mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, ...

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MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 5th June, 2017 INCOME-TAX S.O. 1789(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by third proviso to the clause (38) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) hereinafter referred to as the Income-tax Act, the Central Government hereby notifies all transactions of acquisition of equity share entered into on or after the 1st day of October, 2004 which are not chargeable to...

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Delcaration in form 15G/15H to be furnished to the deductor / payer for each financial year - notification no. 06/2017, dated 30/05/2017...

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CIRCULAR No. 18/2017 F. No. 385/01/2015-IT (B) Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes North Block, New Delhi 29th May, 2017 Subject: Requirement of tax deduction at source in case of entities whose income is exempted under Section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 – Exemption thereof. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (the Board) had earlier issued Circular No. 4/2002 dated 16.07.2002 and Circular No. 7/2015 dated ...

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F.No. DGIT(S)/CPC(TDS)/NOTIFICATION/2017-18 Government of India Ministry of Finance Central Board of Direct Taxes Directorate of Income-tax(Systems) New Delhi. Notification No. 5/2017 New Delhi, 29 May, 2017 Subject: – TDS and filing of ITR in case both the parents are dead of minor –reg. It has been brought to the notice of CBDT that in cases of minors whose both the parents have deceased, TDS deductors/Banks are clubbing the interest income accrued to the min...

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G.S.R.399(E).– In exercise of the powers conferred by section 295 read with section 115TD of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely: - 1. (1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (8th Amendment), Rules, 2017. (2) They shall be deemed to have come into force from the 1st day of June, 2016. 2. In the Income-tax Rules, 1962, after rule 17CA, the following rule sh...

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Procedure, Formats and Standards for ensuring secured transmission of electronic communication - introduction of E-Proceeding for communication between the Income Tax Department and Assessee-reg...

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In pursuance of sub-clause (ii) of clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 138 of income tax act, 1961, the Central Government hereby specifies Director, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Government of Tamilnadu for purposes of the said clause. It is clarified that income-tax authority, as specified in Notification No. SO No.731(E) dated 28.07.2000, shall- (i) furnish only relevant and precise information after forming an opinion that furnishing of such information is necessary so as to enable t...

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The Taxation and Investment Regime for Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, 2016 (hereinafter ‘the Scheme’) has commenced on 17.12.2016 and is open for declarations upto 31.03.2017. 2. Representations have been received from various stakeholders regarding difficulties in uploading of declaration in Form No.1 under the Scheme. Instances have been communicated wherein despite making payment of tax, surcharge, penalty and deposit under the Scheme, Challan Identification Number / deposit...

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S.0 (E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 138 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government, having regard to all the relevant factors, hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of Government of India in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue (Central Board of Direct Taxes) published in the Gazette of India, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section(ii) vide number S.O. 576(E), dated the 23rd of May, 2003, namely:- In the said n...

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Section 6(3) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act), prior to its amendment by the Finance Act, 2015, provided that a company is said to be resident in India in any previous year, if it is an Indian company or if during that year, the control and management of its affairs is situated wholly in India. This allowed tax avoidance opportunities for companies to artificially escape the residential status under these provisions by shifting insignificant or isolated events related with control and manag...

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F.No. 275/192/2016-IT (B) Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes North Block, New Delhi 24th January, 2017 CORRIGENDUM Sub: Corrigendum to Circular No. 1/2017 dated 02.01.2017 on TDS under section 192 of Income-tax Act, 1961. In para 3.6.1 in clause (a) below the table at page 4 of the captioned Circular, the words -3 years” appearing in line 1 may be read as “5 years”. 2. The table in para...

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FTS No. 279157/ITJ Government of India Ministry of Finance Central Board of Direct Taxes New Delhi, Dated 23rd January, 2017 Subject: Measures for reducing litigation- Clarification on Circulars 21/2015 and 8/2016 reg. Instructions were issued vide CBDT Circular No. 21/2015 dated 10.12.2015, to the effect that appeals/SLPs should not be filed in cases where tax effect does not exceed the monetary limits specified under para 3 of the said Circular. It was also clarified therein that a...

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The Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Act, 2016 has been enacted by Parliament on 15.12.2016. The said Act has inter alia amended the provisions of Finance Act, 2016 and inserted a new Chapter on, ‘The Taxation and Investment Regime for Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, 2016 (hereinafter ‘the Scheme’) in the Finance Act, 2016....

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Under the indirect transfer provisions contained in section 9(1Xi) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (.Act'), all income accruing or arising, whether directly or indirectly, through or from any business connectiofi in India, or through or from any property in India, or through or irom any asset or source of income in India or through the tfansfer of a capital asset situate in India, shall be deemed to accrue or arise in India. Explanation 5 thereof clarifies that an asset or a capital asset being ...

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S.O. 3498(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 295 read with section 9A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely:-...

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Special Provisions Relating to Tax on Distributed income of Domestic Company for Buy-Back of Shares 40BB. Amount received by the company in respect of issue of share....

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File No. A-27023/21/2016-Ad.VI (A) Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes Dated: 19th September, 2016 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject: Installation of Display Board asking people to contact CBI in case of any demand for bribe- reg. The undersigned is directed to circulate a d.o. letter dated dated 05.09.2016 from the Director, CBI, thereby requesting that a message on the following lines in Hindi/Local language and English in ...

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F. No. 225/195/2016-ITA II Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes North Block, New Delhi Dated the 14th of September, 2016 Clarification req. u/s 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 dated 9th September 2016 Central Board of Direct Taxes, vide order u/s 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (Act) dated 9th September, 2016, has extended the ‘due date’ for filing of income tax returns by the taxpayers whose accounts are audite...

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F.No. DGIT(S)/CPC(TDS)/DCIT/15GH /2016-17 Government of India Ministry of Finance Central Board of Direct Taxes Directorate of Income-tax(Systems) New Delhi. Notification No. 10/2016-Income Tax New Delhi, 31st August, 2016 Subject: Extension of due date for quarterly furnishing of 15G/15H declarations –reg 1. The due date for quarterly furnishing of 15G/15H declarations received by the payer from 1.4.2016 onwards and the manner for dealing with Form 15G/15H received by payer...

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MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) NOTIFICATION NO. 75/2016-INCOME TAX New Delhi, the 19th August, 2016 S.O. 2747(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1E) of section 206C read with section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (21st Amendm...

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DIRECTORATE OF INCOME TAX (SYSTEMS) ARA Center, Ground Floor, E-2, Jhandewalan Extension, New Delhi – 110055 F.No. 1/20/CIT(OSD)/efiling/Electronic Verification/2013-14 Dated: 11/07/2016 To The Principal Chief Commissioners of Income-tax/ CCsIT (By Name) The Principal Commissioner of Income-tax/CsIT/CsIT(CO) (By Name) Sir/Madam Subject: Ensuring 100% data entry of IDS Form 1 received in paper format by PCIT/CIT- reg. I have been directed to request that all PCIT/CIT...

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The Income Declaration Scheme, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Scheme’) incorporated as Chapter IX of the Finance Act, 2016 provides an opportunity to persons who have not paid full taxes in the past to come forward and declare the undisclosed income and pay tax, surcharge and penalty totaling in all 45% of such undisclosed income declared. The Income Declaration Scheme Rules, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Rules’) have been notified. In this regard, Circular...

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In order to curb the cash economy, Finance Act 2016 has amended section 206C of the Income-tax Act to provide that the seller shall collect tax at the rate of one per cent from the purchaser on sale in cash of certain goods or provision of services exceeding two lakh rupees. Subsequent to the amendment, a number of representations were received from various stakeholders with regard to the scope of the provisions and the procedure to be followed in case of the amended provisions of Section 20...

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Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes PRESS RELEASE New Delhi, the 20th June, 2016 Sub: Threshold Limit of tax audit under section 44AB and section 44AD – clarification regarding Section 44AB of the Income-tax Act (‘the Act’) makes it obligatory for every person carrying on business to get his accounts of any previous year audited if his total sales, turnover or gross receipts exceed one crore rupees. Howe...

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Amendment in Section 206C vide Finance Act 2016 - Clarification s regarding Section 206C of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (hereafter referred to as 'Act'), prior to amendment by Finance Act,20 16. provided that the seller shall collect tax at source at specified rate from the buyer at the time of sale of specified items such as alcoholic liquor [or human consumption, tender leaves, mineral being coal or lignite or iron orc etc. It also provided for collection of tax at source at the rate o...

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES NEW DELHI Notification No. 43/2016, Dated: June 2, 2016 S.O. 1949(E)– In exercise of the powers conferred by section 295 read with sub-section (2) of section 14A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Income–tax (14th Amendment) Rule...

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