taxation

A division bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), led by the Tribunal’s President Justice P.P. Bhatt, has, through web based video conferencing platform, heard and disposed of an urgent stay petition today. This is a first in the 79-year-old history of this Tribunal. The petition was heard by a two member bench of the ITAT Mumbai, comprising Justic..

ITAT President Justice P.P. Bhatt encourages stakeholders to avail the Scheme so as reduce pending tax litigation Government open to suggestions for better implementation of the scheme and propose amendments to the Bill, says Mr. P.C. Mody, Chairman, CBDT div style="text-..

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has commenced today a series of Video Conferences involving regular interactive sessions to productively utilise the time available during the 21-day lockdown to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. ITAT President, Mr. Justice P.P. Bhatt, in a communication to Vice Presidents and Members of the Tribunal, said such meetings can be utilized for exchanging views a..

Hon’ble Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech on 01.02.2020, announced Direct Tax Amnesty Scheme “Vivad se Vishwas” for tax payers to settle their tax disputes.    The Vivad se Vishwas bill got the assent from President on 17.03.2020 and it became "The Direct Tax Vivad Se..

In recent times, cases of additions of income by respective Income Tax Officers/Assessing Officers have increased substantially. Factor such as demonetization, increased reliance on information technology and availability of tremendous data available with the Income Tax Department have contributed in the growth of litigations between the assessees and the income tax..

What is Input Tax Credit(ITC):- ITC means deducting the tax paid on Inputs and Inputs Services from the tax payable on final output. What are conditions for claiming ITC(Section-16):- There are flat twelve conditions for clai..

Introduction Legal Maxims are the base for learning any jurisprudence. A Legal Maxim is an recognized principle or proposition of law. Latin maxims were developed in the Medieval era in European countries that used Latin as their language in courts of law. Actori incumbi..

Introduction Post-independence there were varied structures of indirect taxes prevailing in India such as Sales tax (subsequently changed to VAT ) charged on sale of Goods, Excise Laws charged on manufacture/ production of Goods, Service Tax Laws (Charged on services Providers). Besides these, there were lot many o..

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Industrial Trade (DPIIT), under the aegis of ministry of commerce and Industry issued a notification on February'19, 2019 that will go on a long way to prove a boon to Startups from Angel Tax. A series of changes have been notified aimed at dilution of the erstwhile 'Angel Tax' and enlarging the base of 'S..

WHAT IS SECTION 80EE? Under section 80EE, an individual can claim deduction on the interest portion of the home loan taken from any financial institution or a housing finance company. The maximum deduction allowed under this section is up to Rs.50000 annually. An individual is allowed to claim deduction until the f..

The Interim Budget 2019-2020 is a political budget in view of ensuing elections. Sab ka saath sab ka vikas is sab ko thoda thoda do and sab se vote lo. A good vote bank policy. NDA is expert in this ideology. There is nothing wrong in it. After all it is political game-Budget!  As the Budget speech praising the so-called achievements of NDA unnecessary w..

Interim Budget Highlights - 2019 Direct Tax:- 1. Tax Rebate on total income up to 5,00,000/-(Section 87A). 2. Standard deduction for salaried increased from 40,000 to 50,000. 3. Notional rent not payable on holding up to 2 House properties.b..

MEANING OF PROFESSIONALS Professionals for the tax purposes in India include Architects, Chartered Accountants, Company Secretaries, Cost Accountants, Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers, Technical Consultants, Interior Decorators, Film Directors, Cameramen, Artists, Singers, Authors, IT Professionals etc. p style=..

In the recent landmark judgement by the Hon'ble Bombay High Court, in the case of SBI Cards & Payments Services Pvt. Ltd. v. Rohidas Jadhav. Facts of the Case: The respondent had been evading service of the Notice under Order XXI Rule 22 o..

Unit-Linked Insurance Plans (ULIPs) are a great product offering the dual benefits of insurance and investment. However, there are various myths which are floating around ULIPs, stemming from the misunderstanding about their liquidity, objective, returns and cost. It is the result of these myths that many people stay away from investing in ULIPs. Even taxpayers who fr..