The union cabinet on Thursday approved an additional expenditure of Rs 442.03 crore (Rs 4.42 billion) for the computerisation of income tax department.
Today one can easily file returns online.
The income tax department has a steep collection target of Rs 9.8 lakh crore during 2017-18, rising 15.7 per cent from a year ago.
While you can land a very good bargain in an auction at times, you might need to deal with illegal occupants and dues on the property
The finance ministry on Thursday appointed National Securities Depository Ltd to provide PAN cards to new taxpayers in 139 cities from next week.
What was recovered from Bhajiawala family: Rs 1.45 crore cash, of which about Rs 1.05 crore was in new currency notes, bullion worth Rs 1.49 crore, gold jewellery valued at Rs 4.92 crore, other ornaments worth Rs 1.39 crore and silver ingots priced at Rs 1.28 crore.
Nokia's Chennai plant is under freeze over tax dispute.
The Income Tax Department on Tuesday also raided 20 premises linked to Gitanjali Gems promoter Mehul Choksi and suspected shell firms in connection with an alleged tax evasion case against them, official sources said.
The ED is investigating Lodha after it booked him on criminal charges for his alleged involvement in two high-profile black money cases of illegal conversion of old notes post demonetisation.
2,138 firms deposited unaccounted Rs 5,000 cr in zero-balance accounts during the note ban
The British telecom major has disputed the tax demand over its acquisition of 67 per cent stake in Hutchison, now called Vodafone India, arguing that no tax was due as the transaction was conducted offshore.
As part of efforts to boost revenue collection, CBDT has asked the Income Tax Department to monitor cases of over five lakh taxpayers who have not filed their latest tax returns.
I-T dept launches Tatkal system for those who desire to help the victims of the earthquake in Nepal.
The Income Tax department on Sunday published names of 31 tax evaders who owe over Rs 1,500 crore (Rs 15 billion) tax to the government.
With this amount, the total seizure in the case has now gone upto Rs 166 crore in a single case.
Aadhaar-based electronic verification code will do away with need to send physical ITR-V copies to I-T centre
Income Tax officials plan strikes, stoppage of searches and surveys if their demands on vacant positions, infra aren't met.
The year-long probe into Xerox Modicorp bribery scandal by an independent auditor appears nowhere near the end, with examination of two former managing directors of the company being carried out.
Cairn said it had initiated arbitration.
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Nokia may be allowed to sell Chennai mobile plant.
The customs duty from gold imports could be approximately Rs 8,000 crore, about less than half of what was collected a year ago.
The Income Tax department has begun the process to examine bank deposits and transactions to check possible black money instances and said once the last opportunity to declare funds in old notes under the PMGKY scheme ends it will be very tough for hoarders.
The Committee will 'examine the assessment orders, appellate orders and scrutiny report for the appeal to the ITAT related to orders. . . and give its recommendations for different income groups, separately for corporate and non- corporate assesses", CBDT said.
The Supreme Court had ruled in Vodafone's favour in 2012.
The tax department has released the software for preparing the Income Tax Return forms -- ITR 1-Sahaj, ITR 2, 2A and 4S-Sugam
Tightening its noose on those who do not pay taxes, the Income Tax Department has started sending letters to around 12 lakh assessees who are high spenders but do not file returns, a top finance ministry official said.
Promoter entity RRPR - owned by Prannoy and Radhika Roy - says allegations baseless; replies to queries by Sebi.
The bench also said there was merit in ED's contention that while the "driving force behind the companies" (Modi) was not submitting to the agency's jurisdiction, his companies cannot be given any discretionary relief.
Last week, Nokia offered financial help to employees who wished to explore opportunities elsewhere
Financial Intelligence Unit detects over Rs 7,800 cr blackmoney.
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.
I-T department's direct taxes target for the current financial year is Rs 6.36 lakh crore (Rs 6.36 trillion.
The move follows poor results in detecting undisclosed foreign assets and delay in concluding pending matters under the Black Money Act, which came into effect in 2015. According to the official data, only 52 cases have been identified so far. Of these, nine are from Mumbai alone.
Officials said it had informed the RBI about these alleged malpractices earlier and is regularly updating it about such modus operandi being deployed