You filed your income tax returns for 2017-2018 and think you tax problems are over for now. But have you paid your advance tax this quarter, asks Samkit Maniar.
This brings its tax treatment on par with the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund.
If the refund is wrongly adjusted against any past tax liability, immediately clarify it online
Purchase of items in excess of two-and-half times the income filed under annual information return (AIR) may become one of the criteria for selecting cases for scrutiny assessment by the income tax department.
Tinesh Bhasin explains the tax liabilities that accompany receiving a gift.
Banks have chosen Chennai-based Integrel Hitech Ltd's Easitax software package as their e-filing solution.\n\n
The volume of new fund offerings (NFOs) in 2025 will fluctuate based on market conditions. However, innovation is expected to continue unabated. With an increasing number of fund houses aiming to establish a presence in the 'factor' investing space and changes in fund-of-fund taxation providing more opportunities, several industry-first offerings are anticipated.
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
The Supreme Court will decide whether a non-resident company is liable to pay advance tax on fee charged by it for providing services in India.
Experts pointed out the move will only help taxpayers temporarily, as the tax liability remained the same and the date for advance tax has not been extended.
To remain hassle-free and for healthy conduct of business, every business owner should follow correct tax compliances for paying service tax, TDS, return filing, etc.
Although the Singapore-based World Sports Nimbus has decided to file an appeal against the CIT (Appeals) order with the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, the tax case will have wide implications for foreign companies telecasting live cricket matches. In the present case, assessing officer imposed a tax liability of Rs 6 crore (Rs 60 million) on Nimbus on the income it had earned by telecasting live cricket matches during 2002 to 2005.
The Bombay high court has passed an ex-parte interim order restraining several entities from operating websites etc claiming to provide PAN card services on behalf of the government-owned UTI Infrastructure Technology and Services Limited (UTIITSL) and noted such an act poses a "national level threat". A single bench of Justice Bharati Dangre, in its order of January 12, said the Union government has made it mandatory for PAN card holders to link the same to their Aadhar Card, which is an acceptable proof of identification. Therefore, any potential misuse of the licence/ authorization to issue PAN cards would be highly detrimental not only to the interest of the company but also to national interest, the HC said.
The employees said in a joint memorandum that they are feeling "demotivated due to shortage of manpower in lower cadres and huge stagnation in officers cadre right at this moment".
Reliance ADA Group chairman Anil Ambani on Monday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Mumbai and recorded his statement in connection with an investigation linked to the alleged contravention of the foreign exchange law, official sources said. Ambani, 64, deposed at the office of the federal agency in south Mumbai. Ambani's statement was recorded as part of a fresh case filed under various sections of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), the sources said without elaborating.
The income-tax department has detected "unaccounted" transactions and investments worth more than Rs 100 crore after it raided two Jharkhand Congress MLAs, their alleged associates and linked coal and iron ore businesses across the state last week.
The last date for filing of income tax returns has been extended to November 1, 2004.
Salaried individuals may not need to file revised returns as they have only one source of income and there are lesser chances of erring while filing returns
The government asked all income tax assessees to disclose their true income or risk getting a notice from the tax department.
Though seven opportunities have been granted to the states, it appears that full compliance has not been affected and several states are in default, it said.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday reduced the time limit for reopening of income tax assessment cases to three years from six years, while for serious tax fraud cases where concealment of income is Rs 50 lakh or more it would be 10 years.
In a bid to reduce harassment of tax payers, the income-tax department is mulling setting up five centralised return processing centres in different parts of the country.
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Cairn India said it has always been fully compliant with all Indian income tax laws.
Journalists and camerapersons can file their income tax returns at special counters being set at Press Information Bureau in Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi, during September 24-26.
New ITR form may be simpler, but some changes could stump you.
The Bombay high court on Monday directed the Income Tax department not to take any coercive action against Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani till November 17 on a show cause notice issued to him seeking to prosecute him under the Black Money Act. The I-T department had issued the notice to Ambani on August 8, 2022 for allegedly evading Rs 420 crore in taxes on undisclosed funds worth more than Rs 814 crore held in two Swiss bank accounts. The department has charged Ambani (63) with "wilful" evasion, saying he "intentionally" did not disclose his foreign bank account details and financial interests to Indian tax authorities.
To ensure taxpayers are able to shield their e-filing against any fraudulent activity, the Income Tax Department on Monday introduced a new facility called e-filing vault.
Taxpayers who have not e-verified their ITRs for 2019-20 fiscal can complete the verification process by February 28, 2022, as the Income Tax department has given a one-time relaxation to assessees. As per law, an income tax return (ITR), filed electronically without a digital signature, has to be verified electronically through Aadhaar OTP, or net-banking, or code sent through demat account, pre-validated bank account and ATM within 120 days of filing the return. Alternatively, taxpayers can send a physical copy of the ITR filed to the Centralised Processing Centre (CPC) office in Bengaluru.
Taxmen also claimed that the signature of Siddhartha on the letter being circulated on the social media under his name "does not match" with the record available with the department.
Ensure you don't get benefits that get reversed, while filing returns.
A salaried individual needs to file returns as a business owner if s/he has a high turnover while trading in stocks or futures & options, reveals Tinesh Bhasin.
The government paid Rs 164.5 crore to Infosys to build the new income tax e-filing portal between January 2019 and June 2021, Parliament was informed on Monday. "The contract for Integrated e-filing & Centralized Processing Centre (CPC 2.0) Project was awarded through an open tender published on Central Public Procurement Portal (CPPP) to Infosys Ltd, the Managed Service Provider on the lowest cost basis.
The National Informatics Centre uses AI to automate document analysis and detect fraud in government departments.
A robust dispute settlement system would help the government unlock tax revenues, and also aid ease of doing business.
The Supreme Court will hear the issue related to taxing of business processing outsourcing units of multinationals in the country on February 13.
rediffGURU and financial planning expert Colonel Sanjeev Govila (retd) answers your personal finance-related questions.
Statements of five 'Angadiya' firm operators have also been recorded by the ED to establish the "money trail" of this alleged Rs 45 crore bribe amount.
The government has cancelled the FCRA registration of nearly 1,900 NGOs for violating various provisions of the law in the last five years. There were 22,762 FCRA-registered organisations till December-end 2021.
In his tax proposals he announced that there will be no change in the rates of personal income tax. He further announced that there will be no new taxes on income.
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