Bombay High Court will hear Vodafone Essar's case on tax for 10 working hours from March 10.
However, the extension leaves the salaried taxpayers with a limited time-frame of just 20 days to file their income tax returns.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday banned Mumbai-based high net worth individual Sanjay Dangi and promoters related to him from dealing in equity markets. Promoters and promoter entities of Murli Industries Ltd, Ackruti City Ltd, Welspun Corp Ltd, and Brushman India Ltd have been barred from trading in their own and group companies' shares.
The Income Tax department has given a clean chit to the five banned domestic cricketers, who were involved in the IPL spot-fixing fiasco, from any financial misconduct or receiving kickbacks in order to fix matches.
Rajya Sabha MP and Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter, along with her husband Shailesh Kumar, are alleged to have entered into benami deals for purchase of a farm house in Delhi.
Besides real estate, other sectors which are under the scanner of include mining, civil construction, education, jewellery and manufacturing.
The e-filing website of the I-T department would now provide a facility to pre-validate bank account details.
PAN may also be required for cash payment of Rs 100,000 or more as life insurance premium, amid concerns that insurgents may be parking funds in high-value insurance policies.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes has issued new directives for selection of scrutiny cases during the financial year 2013-14 by the taxman which also includes big ticket international transactions.
The claim relates to assessment year 2008-2009.
The Income Tax department on Tuesday raided more than 60 places across the country in connection with the alleged illegal investments and hawala transactions case involving Jharkhand's former Chief Minister Madhu Koda.
The Panama Paper leaks were originally revealed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists on April 4, 2016, following which, the government had set up the MAG to probe the matter.
Other ministers who have presented five straight annual financial statements include Arun Jaitley, P Chidambaram, Yashwant Sinha, Manmohan Singh and Morarji Desai.
The taxman wants the mascot, which will be used in all communications and publicity purposes of the department, to be 'captivating' and 'inspiring', particularly to the young and future taxpayers.
Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), Prakash Chandra, has asked the income tax (I-T) department to hasten court and tribunal proceedings to meet tax collection targets in the coming quarters.
The online tax payment feature will be extended to all credit cards directly through the website www.incom-etaxindia.gov.in
Tax officials saidsome instances of "asset transfers" are also under their scanner
Niira Radia-promoted Vaishnavi Corporate Communications on Friday said none of its present or past employees has given any complaint to the government that became the basis for the I-T department to tap Radia's phones.
Burman held an undisclosed, yet, active account in an HSBC branch in Zurich
The IT sleuths recovered 'incriminating' documents from the premises of Vijayabaskar and others, officials said.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes has said the government has not introduced any new provision regarding the chargeability of tax on jewellery.
The Income Tax department has begun sealing properties and issued prohibitory orders around the premises of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and his associates in the alleged hawala transactions and illegal investments case.
This is because no prosecution complaint has been filed in any of these cases under the Black Money Act.
Tax department plans to link PAN with the bank account number to eliminate the scope of the amount being transferred to a wrong account number.
The Enforcement Directorate, which continued its searches against Modi, Choksi and their companies for the fourth day on Sunday , is also moving to attach at least two dozen immovable properties under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The company has not been able to sell its 9.8% stake in Cairn India
I-T department has fixed Rs 12,000-crore tax claim on the 2007 deal in which Vodafone bought Hutch's 67 per cent stake in Hutchison Essar for $11.2 billion.
The department plans to give taxpayers the facility of applying for tax refunds and tax credits through ATMs.
Verification process to be made robust after detection of frauds
Accordingly, the deadline for obtaining tax audit report also stands extended to October 15.
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda will be questioned by the Income Tax officials in Ranchi on Tuesday over an alleged Rs 2,000 hawala transaction case.
Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal has been slapped with a fresh notice by the Income Tax Department, asking the former IRS officer to pay over Rs nine lakh in dues by this month-end.
Empowered CIB to play lead role in recovering tax evaded.
Empowered CIB to play lead role in recovering tax evaded.
Department has collected information about these defaulters from various sources and will soon initiate action against them.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes has urged the Income-Tax department to ensure enhanced accountability and probity in public dealings and see to it that honest and tax compliant people are treated with "dignity and courtesy".
The department had sent a notice to the company seeking details and clarifications on a host of issues besides the original agreement between Hutch and Vodafone to establish the jurisdiction of the tax authorities to determine the tax liability. This follow an SC order in January 2009 to the effect that Vodafone should present its case to the tax authorities first and submit a copy of the share purchase agreement, the deadline for which expires by the end of this month.
The finance ministry on Thursday appointed National Securities Depository Ltd to provide PAN cards to new taxpayers in 139 cities from next week.