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Uniformity In Return Assessment In Gst
The term “Assess” means computing the income of the Assess, determining the tax payable by him, and then following the procedure for collection and recovery of such tax. As per the provisions of section 2(11) of the CGST Act, the…
Soundtrack Registration
In India, a sound that is graphically represented by a succession of musical notes with or without words can be protected under the Trademark Act. The registration of a sound under the Trademark Act will depend on if the sound…
Protection of Unregistered Mark
A Trademark means a mark/ sign or symbol which distinguishes the goods or services of one person/organization from those of others. Trademark ensures that your unique brand name and the attached brand value are well protected. In this competitive era,…
GST On Demo Products Used By A Merchant
Goods & Service Tax is levied on the supply of goods and services and as per the provisions of section 2(83) of the CGST Act, outward supply in relation to a taxable person means the supply of goods & services…
SCRUTINY OF GST RETURNS FOR FY 2017-18 & 2018-19
Now the GST Scrutiny shall soon become a routine thing very soon as the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued an instruction to Department on Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on 22nd March 2022 for Scrutiny of…
Sports Franchises Ownership Mechanism In India
The Indian Premier league is celebrated no less than a festival in our nation, the level of the excitement among the people for IPL is unmatchable. In order to make this sports event happen, lots of huge wealthy people, celebrities,…
Importance of Design Protection in Textile Industry
Innovation in the textile and fabric industry has revolutionized clothing, home, and technical textiles. Design registration is a type of intellectual property protection under which a newly created design applied to an article created under an industrial process can be…
Is it possible to protect your food recipe in India?
Intellectual Property Rights provide the owner to have their own identity and uniqueness in the market from the others whether in terms of trademark, patent, copyright, design, or combination of anything. Now the questions arise for those homemakers or chefs…
Non Fungible Tokens
Non Fungible Tokens sounds unfamiliar right! Well, let us dive into this topic for better understanding. Basically, non-fungible tokens are digital assets where each such token carries its own unique value and identity. NFT’s exist in the digital blockchain where…
Gift To Huf By Member
Taxability of gifts is always a matter of anxiety, every person wants to know about the taxability provisions which would be applicable to him when receiving gifts from his near and dear ones. So let’s first consider what is considered…
METAVERSE
Since the past few months, people have shown so much interest in Metaverse, as Facebook has declared itself a Metaverse company. There is a lot of marketing hype absorbed up in this idea of Metaverse. But what actually Metaverse is?…
India Stepping Towards Digital Assets
DIGITAL RUPEE (THE INDIAN BITCOIN) A digital rupee is a digital currency that will be issued using blockchain and other technologies. Such digital rupee would be issued by the Reserve Bank of India starting with effect from the financial year…
Highlights of Budget 2022
India’s economic growth in the current year is estimated to be 9.2 percent, the highest among all large economies. The overall, sharp rebound and recovery of the economy from the adverse effects of the pandemic is reflective of our country’s…
Budget 2022 – Indirect Tax Alterations
Budget 2022 has brought in the following key alterations to the Indirect Tax Goods & Service Tax (GST) ITC can be availed only if the same is not restricted under Section 38 – as per the details communicated to the…
Direct Tax Update: Budget 2022
File updated ITR till two years: Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman has announced newly updated return rules. Taxpayers can now file an updated ITR within 2 years of the relevant assessment year on payment of additional tax. This gives taxpayers…
Budget 2022 and Schemes for Women Empowerment
The dark times are gone when a woman was instructed to remain in the house and perform household activities. In this changing era, women were able to come out of the shackles and stand strong at par with the men…
PM Gati Shakti – Budget 2022
The AMRITKAL vision for the next 25 years of independence for the completion of 100 years of independence, from India at 75 years of independence to India at 100 years of independence is enhanced by PM Gati Shakti Initiative which…
Delay in Filing ITR?
Delay in Filing ITR? Get all the latest updates and consequences Till further notice, the taxpayers need to file their tax return within 31st July of their financial year as per Government rule. The Government provides a window of 4…
How to create Challan in GST? Learn everything about challan and GST
To generate challan in GST, you need to know the steps to generate and use the GST Portal. The GST payments are available to do in online and offline portals. You will find step-by-step instructions to create a challenge in…
Know Everything About Income Tax and Minors
There is a ban on child labor under the Child Labor (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, applicable for every minor under the age of 18 years. But minors can still earn income from other sources. Not only salary from employment…
Different Types of ITR Forms One Needs To Consider
The government uses the tax you pay for different functions and operations of government like building infrastructure, social welfare schemes, government services, etc. It indirectly benefits you. Income tax is levied on your income. You need to submit the form…
Everything about GST Challan Generation in 2021
Once the Input Tax Credit (ITC) is adjusted, the taxpayer needs to pay the balance GST amount to the Government. To complete the payment, the first one needs to do GST Challan generation from the official GST portal of the…
Forms of ITR
Everyone in India pays taxes. Everyone needs to pay taxes because the government needs money to perform various functions. So government charges a fee in the form of tax. You have to pay tax on your property, goods and service,…
GST Challan Made Easy With This Guide
GST online payment via GST Challan payment made tax payment simple and improved transparency. Therefore, online payment of GST through the common site is properly processed. Accordingly, you may access three electronic ledgers to pay GST as a registered taxpayer….
Everything you should know about Inter Corporate Loan
Any company is authorized to provide loans, investments, guarantees,s, and securities, to other companies or corporate bodies but having full consent of the board or that of the shareholders. Here, we would talk about the different provisions that Section 186…
LEGAL HEIR – THE RIGHT BENEFICIARY
Who is a Legal Heir? A Legal heir is a person who is the lawful beneficiary of the assets of another person who dies without a Will or intestate in legal terms as per the Indian succession laws. Legal heirs can…
Some vital tick downs about Alteration of Share Capital
Any fluctuations in the share capital of a company are known as alterations of share capital. The share capitals are of two types- Equity Share Capital Preference Share Capital The companies that can alter or make some changes in their…
Effective Ways of Tax Free Salary in India
People constantly seek opportunities to save income tax. Nobody loves missing choices that may save money paid as tax. Different individuals choose different methods. Sometimes people simply stick to the techniques they know and lose out on more effective ways…
How to avoid cash transaction charges?
Are you also addicted to a large number of cash transactions?? Then you need to know how to avoid paying extra levy – cash transaction charges. Cash Transaction charges are the charges that are imposed by the banks if you…
An Overview on Section 119 of Income Tax Act
An economy of a nation runs smoothly due to the adequate flow of revenues by the government. One of the sources of revenue for the government is the Revenue from the taxation of the Public incomes. This is also known…
Difference between micro small and medium enterprises
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are small businesses characterized by their investment size. They make a major contribution to the economy’s output, jobs, and exports, among other things. They play an important role in the economy by employing many…
Significant changes in Income Tax Returns applicable from 1st April 2021
India has a well-structured tax system, with two characteristics defining the importance of taxes: progressive tax and proportional tax. It is called progressive in that the tax is extended at higher rates to higher wages and revenue brackets. Meanwhile, it…
CMA Data Report: A significant document used to avail bank loan
As businesses require huge rolling of funds in form of fixed capital expenditure or working capital requirements, to run the business operations smoothly, organizations need to raise funds from financial institutions, credit rating agencies, or banks. These financial organizations provide…
Yearly Update IEC or Face Deactivation
Director-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) recently issued a notification alarming to all the IEC (Import Export Code) users to confirm their details of IEC to the department whether if there is any up-gradation in the IEC required or not. It…
No proposal from government for scrutiny of GST assessment in faceless mode
Surpassing old traditions with the new faceless e-assessment scheme, the government through its Union Budget 2019, bought context for a no-contact policy for Income taxpayers for their faceless tax assessment and scrutiny of their tax suits. The policy as read…
Tax Implications on Transacting CryptoCurrency
For an investor, Forex is a big market to invest in. It encompasses a range of currencies like USD, EUR, GBP or JPY, etc. An investor can invest in these currencies for the long term or can trade in them…
Centre issues Guidelines for Startup India Seed Fund Scheme
Evaluated need of funds by newly incorporated startups, the Ministry of Commerce once said in a statement that “Even funds are available to exist entrepreneurs from angel investors and venture capitalists when proofs of their business concept are made available,…
CMA Report for Small Businesses
What is CMA Report? CMA (Credit Monitoring Arrangement) report is the projection of the future of any business (irrespective of the size or type of business) based upon past performance. It consists of a group of reports in fiscal numbers,…
Tax Changes Applicable from 1st April: Incorporate Changes and Plan Wisely
Taxpayers are all set to step into the new financial year 2021-2022. Last year, the government announced a new Faceless assessment scheme, where the taxpayer could transparently get his tax assessment done and get his tax files evaluated without physically…
NRIs non-repatriable investment now out of FDI numbers: DPIIT
Given the projected irregularities in the estimation process of FDI by NRIs, DPIIT has recently presented its clarification on the readjustment of its FDI policy for NRIs non-repatriable investments. Clarifying for the downstream investment of NRIs, DPIIT stated that any…
Mandatory Accounting Software for companies which has Audit Trail Feature
The history is evident of how business organizations in the past not only in India but also overseas, used to cook the books with the intent to show lower profits to evade higher amounts of taxes. The well-known cases in…
Understanding the Assessments under Section 143 of Income Tax Act 1961
The government of India has made it mandatory for every individual of the country, who is earning an income, above a prescribed limit fixed by the authorities, to file for the Income Tax Return. The income tax return (popularly known…
How to Add Previous Year Losses to Your Income Tax Return?
Tax planning is all about saving money for future contingencies. However, it takes a lot of research on your finance part for investments to grow on different kinds of wealth. Most people are inclined towards building upon assets like investments…
5 tips for the perfect tax planning in 2021
Tax payments take up a considerable percentage of every person’s savings, which can happen more when one is not aware of tax planning. In the process of tax planning, several steps are taken that involve decreasing one’s liabilities and…
PAYMENT MECHANISM UNDER GST REGIME
GST is an indirect tax which got implemented by the Ministry of Finance in July 2017. It is a multi-stage tax system and comprehensive in nature. It replaced a pool of taxes such as Value Added Tax, Excise Duty, Service…
Why PSARA license is important in India?
The relation between crime and India is deep-rooted. As per the National Bureau of crime record NCRB, In India .the crime rate rose steadily by 3% in 2017-2019. As per International Crime indexing, In 2021 the crime rate ranking of…
Statutory Auditor
The Companies Act has clearly defined the importance, role, responsibilities, and duties of the statutory auditor. A statutory Auditor is referred to an external auditor who is certified to check the accuracy of the financials statement and company accounts either….
Form 33 Clearance Certificate
A clearance Certificate under FORM 33 is required to ensure that a non-resident has duly paid all the taxes on the taxable income under the first proviso to sub-section (1A) of section 230 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. This…
STEPS FOR ALTERATION OF SHARE CAPITAL?
Before jumping into the clause, let’s initially know, What is ALTERATION OF SHARE CAPITAL? Alteration of Share Capital literally translates to the alteration in the current structure of the capital pertaining to a firm. A company is allowed to alter…
GST CHALLAN AND EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
Filling a GST challan is as easy as filling out a response form at the convenience of your house. But firstly, WHAT IS A CHALLAN? Every individual, whether he/she is registered or not, makes a GST payment on behalf, is…
How crucial are related party transactions from the compliance point of view.
The adoption of the concept of related party transactions had been posted in India for the very first time with respect to company law. Related party transactions generally mean any transaction which is entered into by a company with its…
Startups and Budget 2021
The first-ever digital financial budget has been announced by our finance minister and like any other, this year to the red cover tab (earlier the red cover bahi khata) of the finance minister had many offerings for the business world…
Budget Highlights on Direct Tax Regime
The first financial budget of this decade brought by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman came up with only few but notable changes in the policy framework under the Direct Tax Regime. The foremost expectation was a change in the Income…
MCA 21 3.0 New era governance on it’s way
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while announcing her budget 2021, the first post covid budget of the Modi government upheld the need to rationalize the structural framework of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs the develop the ease of business by upholding…
WORK FROM HOME AND TAX IMPLICATIONS
If not for any other normal financial years, 2020 has been the most unexpected and rigid time in the history of mankind. There has been a drastic fall seen in the economic backdrop and surplus amount of job losses. At…
Tax Implication on Housewives
Filing your taxes might get on your nerves. Well, let’s call that a stereotype, cause this article is going to run through all the details which you will require to file your taxes as a housewife. Now the questions like…
E-INVOICING AND ITS IMPACTS
E-Invoicing is a mechanism that reviews the Business to the Business statement to the GST system automatically for an easy filling of monthly returns. In the current system, invoices generated by different accounting software used by divergent. E-Invoice is a…
GST GUIDELINES FOR SMALL BUSINESS
There are many conspiring theories as to why the nationwide GST came into force but the most valid of them all being there was a necessity to implement one banner under which the taxes reached the government, in order to…
QRMP Scheme By GST System
QRMP Scheme By GST System – Coming as a breather to small taxpayers, the government of India decided to introduce the QRMP plan under the GST council. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs proposed a set of instructions…
DEDUCTION UNDER SECTION 80 EEB OF INCOME TAX ACT.
What is section 80EEB? If an individual buys an electric vehicle for personal or for business use, the deduction would help an individual having a vehicle for personal use to claim the interest on the vehicle loan. This section was…
Is filing Income Tax Return Mandatory?
Tax Return’ to be quoted simply, in the form wherein the taxpayer mentions their annual statement of income used by the authorities to assess the liability, individuals/corporate/other assesses in applying for loans, showing compliant person, enhances creditworthiness, the better image…
TDS ON CASH WITHDRAWAL FROM BANKS
TDS stands for tax deducted at source. As per the Income Tax Act, 1961( IT Act, 1961) TDS is an indirect way of collecting tax which combines the twin concept of “pay as you earn” and “collect as it is…
Details of Capital Gain on your plot sale: Taxation Aspect
The purchase of a plot of land is often title as one that will lead you towards riches. It is being considered as a commendable investment plan. Acknowledging the fact, the gains through the sale of a plot are huge,…
Financial Planning: Mutual Funds as an Investment for Retirement Plan
A mutual fund is a professionally managed investment fund that collects money from investors to secure their investments. Usually, retailers or institutions invest in this firm. Mutual funds have advantages and disadvantages compared to direct investment in individual securities. A…
Factors Affecting Credit Score
WHAT IS CREDIT SCORE? A credit score is a number, which represents the creditworthiness of an individual. It gives a picture of a person’s financial health and how responsibly he uses his money. Lenders such as Banks, Credit card companies…
Send a legal notice
Getting straight to arbitration, leaves no time for the aggrieved party to produce or attain perfect documentary evidence for any wrongdoing. Legal matters in India are all dealt with supportive documents and with reports of all preliminary actions taken by…
All you need to know about Form 26AS
Form 26AS is an annual tax statement issued by the Income Tax Department under Section 203AA read with Rule 31AB of the Income Tax Act 1961. The statement is inclined to show details of all tax-related information including TDS deductions, TCS collected from…
PROCEDURES FOR A FOOD DELIVERY BUSINESS.
As we know that people would enjoy making meals for themselves and their loved ones. However, in recent times the demands for jobs and busy schedules have made cooking a luxury, where food delivery business has gained a lot of…
Udyam Registration
Accounting for the undebatable fact that the overall economic growth of an economy largely depends on the small and medium-sized businesses, the government had previously launched Udyog Aaaadhaar registration. This online registration allowed the budding entrepreneurs to avail of a…
REMODELING MSME PORTAL : UDYAM REGISTRATION
Recently, we all have witnessed the major changes that are impactful on the economy of the country for making Atmanirbhar Bharat may it be relaxations in compliance, ease of doing business practices, creation of employment opportunities includes digitization of compliance,…
Labour Law Compliances
The Corporate Sector is obliged to follow some mandatory rules and regulations made for the labour class. These set of rules and guidelines are based on the rights and the constitutional duties of employers specified in the Concurrent List of…
How to Close Proprietorship Firm In India |Winding Up Process for Sole Proprietorship:
In the Indian legislation, it is nowhere mandatory for a sole proprietor to initiate business only after obtaining a particular registration from any authority but certain procedural formalities do exist. Subjecting to the nature and the type of business activities…
A Complete Guide on Form 16
Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) under Section 192of Income Tax Act, 1961 (known as “the Act” in the article) which deals with the TDS on salary income under which itis mandatory that TDS is required to be deducted by the…
GST Audit for Manufacturing Entities
The government of India has a considerable view over forming favorable policies for the manufacturing sector. Usually, these entities are benefitted through government schemes and policies parked for them through the MSME recognition route. The manufacturing sector in India, like…
Licenses for Pharmacy Business in India
The pharmacy market in India significantly holds large business opportunities with space for multiple players and different business model types. With the growing market of pharmaceutical goods, entrepreneurs are penetrating their business funds in the drug industry. Also, in the…
Succession Certificate Vs Legal Heir Certificate
Where ownership rights are granted in a property without proper identification of its legal heir, disputes arise. Property in inheritance generally passes on to the legal heir, after doing some legal formalities. These formalities are incomplete without proper legal documents…
Planning to start Ayurvedic medicine manufacturing? HERE IS A GUIDE FOR YOU
The use of Ayurvedic medicines in medical treatment is an ancient practice. Introduced in the natural life science medical system through Vedic scriptures and Vedas, Ayurvedic medicines are considered as a cure for longevity. Medicines made through ayurvedic science offer…
An Off-Cycle Meet (Covid-19) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Press Conference Update: Assistance & Way ahead for Revival of Economy
The regular meetings and decisions are thereon taken through MPC (Monetary Policy Committee ) meet hints about the performance of the economy of the country and steps considered for the next course of action. The RBI, following the PM Modi’s…
One Nation One Digital Platform, Capacity Building, Health Sector & Miscellaneous Schemes: Finale of Series “Honorable Union FM Announcements”
In the final tranche, the government on 17th May 2020 announced Governance Reforms and Enablers for relaxing provisions to comply in the present pandemic situation following PM Modi’s remarks “As a nation today we are standing at the very crucial…
Focus on New Horizons of Growth with Private Sector Participants: Part 4 of Series “Honorable Union FM Announcements”
In the strings of announcements, on 16th May 2020, the announcements were focused on making India self-reliant and face global level challenges alongside simpler participation of the individuals in building economy following PM Narendra Modis’s “Reform, Perform & Transform”. In…
Major Measures & Initiatives for Agriculture & Allied Sectors : Part 3 of Series “Honorable Finance Minister Announcements”
In the third tranche of the announcements, the key focus areas are the agriculture and allied sectors with announcing 11 major measures by the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of stimulus package Rs.20 Lakh crore. In this write-up, we shall…
One Nation One Ration Card, Improvement for Rural Economy, Empowerment to Women, Migrant workers & farmers: Part 2 of Series “Honorable Finance Minister Announcements”
During the critical period of lockdown, the government is taking various initiatives and measures under which some of them are general, whereas some are specific in the context of promotion and maintenance of livelihood for poor people. On the second…
Highlights of Press Conference held by Honorable FM : Part 1 of Series of FM Announcements
The situation of pandemic COVID 19 is very critical for each citizen and the economy of every country. The country has been going through lots of jiggles and Union Finance Minister on 13th May 2020 announced major reliefs and the…
ELSS (Equity Linked Saving Schemes) – How it is linked to your tax savings?
Mutual funds are ideal when long term financial goals are concerned. In Mutual funds, Investors are free to choose the investment of their choice and liquidate them whenever they want. The power of money multiplication is the crucial factor in…
Taxability of Cashback
Taxability of Cashback – In today’s time it has become a general practice anytime that you go shopping online or offline you get to receive some offers where other than offering a price discount, the seller offers a Cashback. Cashback…
Why healthtech and telemedicine startups have a bright future ?
There’s been great progress in the Indian Start-up Ecosystem in e-commerce, logistics, and online consumer services since the government asserted structural support to young entrepreneurs through Startup India and other related Initiatives. Technology nearly touched every aspect of lifestyle in…
Taxability of trust in India
Trust in India are formed and registered as Non-Government Organizations (“NGO”) under the Indian Trust Act, 1882. Built as an association of individuals, altogether members of a trust work for the benefit of the trust or for society at large….
Debt Recovery Letter
In the Indian business, ecosystem transactions are majorly done on a credit basis. Entrepreneurs have to face several issues of non-payment to their suppliers, delayed payment of wages, non-clearance of bank loans and all such happen due to receipt of…
Income Tax Slab Comparison Chart F.Y.2020-21: Old Tax Regime v/s New Tax Regime
It was certain on the part of government to bring some relief measures for taxpayers to curb the effect of economic slowdown which almost back lifted every sector of the economy. It was on expectations of the taxpayers and recommendations…
Start-ups to lead in 2021
How the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the Indian start-up ecosystem? With travel, food, commerce restrictions and people stuck in quarantine, many are questioning how the start-ups are doing these days? The coronavirus (the Wuhan Disease; COVID’19) has now been spread…
COVID-19 outbreak: How to ensure financial security during such a crisis?
Change in a financial plan due to sudden crisis or miss-happenings are neither planned in advance nor advised, if long term financial goals are to be achieved. During our lifetime, we barely have 2 decades to decide the fate of…
Business Registration by NRI in India
For economic development, NRIs (Non-resident Indians) have always been instrumental. Providing financial resources into India through Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), the Government of India has also recognized their contribution to the development of the Indian economy. Simplifying their businesses in…
Marked as Non-Compliant?
Here’s another chance for DIN Holders and Companies to roll back their Compliance Status with MCA With the disruption in the economy flow due to lockdown, the Government asserted a need for relaxation in compliance norms for corporates. Earlier, the…
Companies Fresh Start Scheme 2020 – as announced by MCA
Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has now come up with relief for all law-abiding Companies, who defaulted in any of their previous filings with Registrar of Companies (ROC). Ministry for all default adjustments of companies has introduced Companies Fresh Start…
Filing GSTR 10: Final Return after GST Cancellation
The GST Council vide a notification issued directions for the filing of a final return using Form GSTR 10 by every taxpayer subject to exception whose GST registration has been canceled or surrendered. Filing of return in Form GSTR 10…
Highlights of 39th GST Council Meeting
With the introduction of the Goods & Services Tax Regime, the government has progressed towards implementing “One nation, One Market” by notifying one single indirect tax subsuming multiple indirect taxes. Classification of initiatives, measures, exemptions, and exceptions for specified persons…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman: Economic Relief Package
“Reaching out to people in need is the prime concern for government now” – Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman In view of the recent coronavirus pandemic also called COVID 19 disease, all the economies of the world are suffering heavily. The…
RBI Prepositions for Lockdown: COVID-19 Policy Updates
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), working towards providing a support system along with all the firm steps of PM Narendra Modi towards developing remedies for pandemic coronavirus, came up with measures to revive the economy with sizeable reductions in…
Vendor Agreement: Important Elements
Have you ever wondered how does a business manage to partner with the same buyers or suppliers for a long period of time? Just like any other type of agreement, a vendor’s agreement is a standard agreement wherein all general…
COVID-19 Effect: Tax Compliance Extended, Recent Updates from FM
The pandemic COVID-19 has led to an eruption in the Indian economy. With all Schools, hospitals, malls, cinemas shut, it is expected to recline the economic situation to a financial crisis. Addressing the government efforts to eradicate the effect of…
Master Service Agreement
Master Service Agreement (known as “MSA”) is an agreement made by businesses to decide terms for future transactions. Master services agreement helps both the customers and management during work on any project and the purpose of such an agreement to…
Small Enterprise Network (SENET)
India is a developing country, which recognizes the need to develop in terms of knowledge, skills, and technology. The small enterprises which have continuous updation are required for the Small Enterprise Information & Resource Network also known as SENET is…
Joint Venture: Formation & Agreement
A Joint Venture Agreement is a contract between two or more parties who want to do business together for a period of time. Instead of creating a formal partnership or new legal entity, a contractual JV allows the parties to…
One Person Company Registration
To opt for a business format like One Person Company is a refinement option in business a sole proprietor. By forming a One Person Company, a single promoter of business gains full authority and the opportunity to run his own business single-handedly. One…
Aspect of Advance Tax – Provisions, Applicability and Computation
It is easier on the part of the Income Tax Department to collect taxes at regular intervals and proceed for processing of refunds only when Income Tax Return is filed by the taxpayer. To reduce the compliance burden on the…
Private Security Agency License
Private Security Agency (Regulation) Act, 2005 (“known as PASARA“), the legislation made for the entities which provide security services including training of security guards and related services. From the date of commencement of this Act, it is mandatory for each…
Filing Income Tax Returns for Minors
The income tax slabs have been provided by the income tax department for individuals on the basis of different age criteria or entities. Underage children, toddlers or students with a source of income are as a mandate to report to…
Cheque Bouncing & Related Consequences
A single bounced cheque can lose all financial credibility that has been one gained in the market over the years of business. In trade practice, Cheque Bounce is a financial offense. The drawer of the bounced cheque can either be…
Receipt without consideration (Gift) from Non-Relatives – A tool for tax planning
Other than the social aspect, gift-giving in India is much more inclined to tax planning, wherewith sharing of gifts whether, in the monetary form or any movable or immovable property form, the recipient of gifts has to go through certain…
Registration Mistakes By Entrepreneurs & Start-ups
With any opportunity before getting too far, it is essential that you go through small things first, then take big steps with the right foot. To have a new start-up on board, everything must be on time and well planned….
Obtaining Drug License in India
The pharmaceutical industry is ever-growing, rather than getting a contraction in demand it grows with evolution in new diseases or epidemics discovered each day. India even with the advancement in technology, still lacks in the medical infrastructure where against an…
About ITDREIN (“Income Tax Department Reporting Entity Identification Number” )
ITDREIN abbreviated for “Income Tax Department Reporting Entity Identification Number “ is a 16 character identification number issued to reporting entities liable to report under Section 285BA of the Income Tax Act, 1961. ITDREIN is used by reporting entities to…
What if your employer refuses to issue Form 16 / TDS Certificate?
It is an obligation on the part of the employer to deduct TDS while making payment of any allowance or while issuing salaries to the employees above the prescribed limit stated under TDS Rules and income tax slabs. There can…
Reverse Charge Mechanism under GST
Reverse Charge Mechanism under GST specifies for payment of tax by the recipient of goods & services rather than by the supplier of such services & goods to the government. Tax is implied under the Reverse Charge Mechanism only to…
Guidelines for New Return Dashboard
Under Goods & Services Tax regime, Taxpayers who are filing their monthly return i.e., GSTR-3B under Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (“CGST Act”) should note that with effect from 1st April 2020 new forms will be applicable during…
QR CODE REGISTRATION
QR Code (known as “Quick Response Code”) which is readable by machine and it provides the information about the particular item to which it is attached. Users can scan the image of the QR Code and connect to a wireless…
BAR CODE REGISTRATION
Bar Code is a square or rectangular image consisting of a series of parallel black lines with white spaces in the background. It can be read by a scanner, laser scanners, and barcode reader machine. Bar Code generally affixed to…
Government Approves More Amendments in the Companies Law: Decriminalization, Offences
In 2019, the Companies law was amended in July to tighten the corporate social responsibility (“CSR”) norms and to assure that the Act preserves strict action on non-compliant entities. In the same year in November, Government appointed a high-level panel to…
LLP Settlement Scheme, 2020
Limited Liability partnerships (“LLP”) are one of the most favored forms of businesses amongst the professionals and entrepreneurs these days due to advantages in terms of recognition by the department, controlled ownership, and less complicated compliance requirements. LLPs are also…
FREE PAN Allotment in 10 Minutes: Income Tax Department Launches New Utility
FREE PAN Allotment in 10 Minutes: The department final deadline for linking Aadhaar with PAN has now been fixed to 31st March 2020. After this, those who be left unlinked will be blocked by the department. Their PAN will become…
Tender Reservation for MSE under Single Point Registration Scheme (SPRS)
National Small Industries Corporation (“NSIC”) is an enterprise owned and controlled by the Government of India under its department of Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (“MSMEs”) assures preparation and implementation of policies required for the growth and development of Small…
Debt Restructuring Scheme for MSME
For Promotion & Development of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (“MSMEs”) entities, the government is keeping wheels of the economy moving. The MSME sector is among the largest employment generation sector, which also accounts for 31 to 45% of the…
India for its 2020 FATF Review
FATF Review – Agreeing with common legislation and international treaties, great efforts have been made by governments of different countries for combating financial issues of an economy like money laundering and terror financing. Lacking in view of harmony in structures…
Cancellation of a Registered Trademark in India
The dynamics of business keeps on changing. There might arise a new competitor, each day. So, for keeping the business concerns secured with the identity, a trademark is applied. Trademark registration involves the registration of a unique expression which can…
Budget 2020: Highlights to Some Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Opportunities
The Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman in the Budget 2020 announced for some upcoming flagship initiatives of the government to be governed and managed in partnership with the private sector enterprises. PPP (Public-Private Partnership) is an initiative by the Government…
Alteration in Price of Goods: Budget 2020 announces New Custom Duty Rates
To reduce non-essential imports and raise the revenue of domestic manufacturers, the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the announced the new custom duty rates, which are to be made applicable to the country goods by the Budget 2020. Speaking about…
Navigation of information through Data Centre Parks: Budget 2020
With the announcement of Budget 2020, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman revealed for the ministry discussions, about the need for forming a robust mechanism for transmission of data locally. The Government shall soon notify a new policy, engaging the private sector…
Introduction to Taxpayers Charter (Section 119A) in Budget 2020
In the Union Budget 2020, the Finance Minister proposed several changes in the Income Tax Rules. The Finance Minister introduced a new policy for the taxpayer for the adoption of the charter by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)…
Export Promotion Measures in Budget 2020
Post-1991 reforms of Liberalisation Privatisation and Globalisation, the Indian export market share has grown up drastically, as last estimated in 2018. The Economic Survey 2020 says for an unprecedented opportunity for India to become a China like a labor-intensive export…
Union Budget 2020
Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman (FM) has presented her second and the Modi government’s seventh consecutive Union Budget 2020 in Parliament today. The Indian economy has in recent days witnessed slowing trade, rising protectionism accompanied with the increasing unemployment FM states budget based…
Single Investment Clearance Window (as announced in Union Budget 2020)
Single Investment Clearance Window – As announced by the Finance Minister, Government has taken a view to enhancing the support to startups by providing easy and quick clearance mechanisms for investments. It is proposed to set up a new single-window…
Capital Gain Exempt if invested in specified Bonds under section 54EC
There are many gains which are not exempted from tax. High percentage of Income tax is payable on various Capital assets sold if it is held more than 36 months as Long term capital gain. After going through this section,…
Budget 2020 : Vivad se Vishwas Scheme
The Budget 2020 announced by the Smt. Nirmala Sithraman on 1st February 2020, included many growth-oriented schemes and policies for the economy. Allocating the budget proportionately to different sector development programmes, FM also placed some relieving changes in tax policies…
Union Budget, Economic Survey, and Related Financial Terms Explained
The Budget 2020, is going to be announced on 1st February 2020 at 11 A.M. by the Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman. This is her second Union Budget to be presented in the Parliament. Budget is the most important statutory…
No more ‘Steal’ in E-commerce: Govt drafts New E-commerce Rules
It is often said that online shopping brings convenience to home, but the reality seems in the opposite direction where e-commerce entities steal consumers with dubious quality goods charged at huge prices. Also, there have been several instances, where consumers…
Highlights of PPF Scheme 2019: Features, Rules & Perks Added
We all do savings generally because practically we cannot predict the future. Saving help you become financially independent and provide you a safe play in events of contingencies. While a number of saving & investment schemes are already there in…
MCA Guidelines for Accounting and Auditing for Private Limited Companies
Opting to form a private limited company for the low cost of registration, limited liability and low-risk is absolutely among other reasons a win-win choice. With business registered as a private limited company, the promoters not only receives tax benefits…
Industrial Relations Code Bill 2019 – Assessing Need for Labour Law Reforms
It is often said – labor and employment reforms structure the workplace. These reforms define ‘What regulations employers and employees are responsible for?’. To neglect such labor reforms and work ahead in the industry is an impractical thought. Like for…
How to file a complaint with the banking ombudsman?
Trapped in a fraudulent bank phone call? Want response over the wrong deduction of bank charges? The Reserve bank of India (“RBI”) had issued directions to all the banking and finance companies for upgrading their resolution process with their account…
Interest on delayed payment of GST – A Critical Analysis
Delay in payment of Goods and Service Tax (GST) creates a charge of penalties on the taxpayer. For each day of default, the GST law other than levy of the penalty amount for non-filling, prescribes for a penal interest, if…
STAGGERED RETURN Filing of GSTR-3B
The finance ministry vides a Press Release altered the last dates of filing the GSTR-3B, the return form depicting the details of Sales made during a month in a summarized form. Earlier, the GST return filing system faced problems of…
Inter- corporate Loans and Investments by Companies
Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 guides all about the provisions related to inter-corporate loans and investments which a company is permitted to do. For companies, it specifies all rules, limits, conditions, and procedures to undergo before extending any…
How Small Businesses can benefit from E-Invoicing under GST
For the greatest benefits, businesses are to be placed in a range of technologies and digital solutions. They’ll be able to reap more rewards when they have much business to do with reduced cost and compliance efforts. Both the objects…
Circular Trading under Goods & Services Tax Act, 2017 (“GST”)
The term links to the share market for most of us. Practicing circular trading in shares, people tend to increase share price by planning a definite way of trading shares between a few people or companies involved. When these shares…
Conversion of Partnership to Company – Procedure, Rules & Tax Effect.
Due to a rise in regulatory policies for ease of doing business for companies and announcement of a special reduction in the corporate tax rate through the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019, many leading entrepreneurs and firms are opting to…
How to Claim HRA in Income Tax Return
House rent allowance (HRA) is a reimbursement benefit provided by an employer to the employee to reimburse the cost of accommodation for the time being the employee is serving the organization. HRA is allowed in addition to the basic salary…
Government livered ease of doing business in 2019: MCA
The government of India in 2019, made several policies and recommendations to improve the ease of doing business (“EODB”) index ranking of the country. Among other subsidiary policies, some significant decisions relating to – resolution of insolvency, speedier processing of…
Can an LLP become a subsidiary of a company?
Limited Liability Partnership (“LLP”) is one of the most prevalent forms of business entity in India, especially for licensed professionals like Chartered Accountants (‘CAs’), Company Secretaries (“CS”)Doctors, and Lawyers, etc. The biggest advantage of forming an LLP is that it…
Blocking and Unblocking of E-Way Bills: GST
The persons registered in GST will now have to be more cautious in their GST compliances, as the Government of India (GOI) has brought an alarming policy for the negligence in compliance of the GST Act, Rules & Regulations. For…
All about Writ Petition in India
To know the context of justice in the Indian Constitution is a fundamental right of each and every citizen. The Constitution enjoins social, economic, and political justice for citizens and guarantees their equality before the law, it never restrains or…
Taxpayers to extra care for their tax payments with GST E-invoicing.
GST E-invoicing – Reforms in Goods & Services Tax Act, 2016(“GST”) are progressing in stages and with e-invoicing, the changes are brought to effect digitalization and simplification of the process. Earlier, tax on bills was subjected to State-specific rules and…
Undervaluation of Goods In Transit, is it the new market trend?
Since the inception of GST in India, several measures were taken to prevent tax evasion. The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman once stated for the link of a specialized directorate with the Central Board of Indirect taxes and Customs (CBIC)…
Re-issuance of Income Tax Refund – How to Submit Request Online
Failure to receive a refund on the filing of your Income Tax Return? What are the probable causes? How it can be rectified? What is the time frame? Taxpayers receiving a ‘ failure to issue refund ‘ mail for…
Obtained New GST Number – What to do next?
The looming question for every entrepreneur today is ‘I have just obtained New GST Number for business, Now! What’s the next step should I initiate for?’ It’s a hard task for a layman to keep up with all ups…
Income Tax E-Assessment and Artificial Intelligence how realistic it is?
After moving ahead from paper return to paperless return starting from 2012 for specified taxpayers to a more broad list of taxpayers by whom only the return through e-filing portal that is paperless return is mandatory to vide notification issued…
Missed Income tax return for 2017-18 or earlier period? What to do now?
Does lapsing of the due date means attracting a severe penalty from the department or still there’s hope? For each financial year, the tax department notifies due dates for submission of the Income-tax return by different taxpayers. Also, an…
GST Exemptions on Supplies to Food and Agricultural Organizations (FAO)
The Food & Agriculture Organization, in short, FAO, of the United Nations (UN) is an agency, specially empowered to deal with the world problem of hunger. Efforts of this organization are directed individually and collectively for creation, discussion and for…
GST Concession on Motor Vehicles Cars for Persons with Disability (PwDs)
Disability is not just a problem with health or any attribute of any individual, but it reflects the problems an individual faces in interaction with his fellow beings and while living in society. People living with disabilities have to bear…
GST on RWA on Subscription/ Contribution Received from its Members
After long negotiations made in house, the Finance Ministry and the GST Council have come up with clarifications on several issues raised in past for levy of GST on payments received by RWA (Residential Welfare Associations) from its members. RWA…
TDS Penalty and Interest for Late Payment under Income Tax Act, 1961.
In cases of non-filling, delayed filling, non-payment or imprecise deduction of TDS, the tax department charges penal interest from the taxpayer. The penalty shall be notified to the taxpayer, once a faulty return or incorrect tax payment is submitted to the…
New GST Registration after Cancellation
To consolidate the majority of indirect taxes and simplify tax imposition on goods and services in India, GST was wholeheartedly accepted. With constant changes and improvements in rules made every year in GST, the Government tried to leverage the way…
New Guidelines for Compoundable Offences In Income Tax
For defaults made in compliance of provisions, the Income-tax Act, 1961 specifies for legal actions and statutory complications for the taxpayer. The Income-tax Act guides in detail the procedures for handling the punishable – non-punishable, cognizable – non-cognizable, compoundable –…
Taxability of Gifts to NRIs from Resident Indians
‘’ Gifts in India from/to a relative or a specified person are not liable to tax (up to a specific limit)’’, the tax department apart from major reliefs in the gift sections added this is in the context of the…
How to Rectify Mistakes Done while Filling ITR?
The last-minute rush increases chances the most frequent possibilities of errors/mistakes while filing an Income tax return. Sometimes, it might happen when you miss out filling of your bank account number, place, incorrect aadhaar details, fill a wrong amount or…
GST Reconciliation Issues & Errors
With the uploading of returns till completion of the audit process, assessees are required to keep pace with changing demands of authorities through GST common portal. While Filing returns, the taxpayer is required to reconcile the values of supplies and…
GST Audit for Small Assesses to be Desk-Based.
After due extensions given, the GST Annual return this year was expected to be filed before 1st July 2019. Initiation of the audit procedure in GST was also expected to begin on completion of the taxpayer’s annual return filling. But,…
Incorporation of a company needs many compliances, what are the other possible ways to start a business?
As per various rules, regulations made in the Companies Act, 2013 and other applicable legislation and amendments made therein, it has become cumbersome for small private companies to comply with changing compliance requirements each day. Considering such compliances, it’s difficult…
My company is denying me of maternity leave, what can I do
Female Maternity Leave Allowance (FMLA) is a central right provided by the government to female . A female employee applying for FMLA to the employer cannot be denied her right if an application for it, is placed in a well-framed…
How to send a legal notice for non-payment of Salary
Employees in India do lack knowledge of rights available to them through the constitution and various statutory laws. Non-payment or delayed payment of salary by the employer is one of the most common problems faced by employees during there tenure…
Can a company deduct one’s salary for Saturday and Sunday based on a sandwich rule as per the labour laws in India?
Employees in India are entitled to get a certain number of leaves every year besides from national holidays and festivals as per distinct labour laws and legislation. Labour laws in India specify the rights, duties, and responsibilities of both employers…
Ways to Make Your Payroll Process Compliant & Error Free
No matter how big or small the organization is – Payroll management is one of the most tiring and crucial functions performed by HR Management Team of any business concern. It puts require efforts of the entire HR team or…
How many months of salary can a company legally hold if someone resigns without giving a proper notice period ?
The government through various Central and State legislation gives rights and resolved matters relating to employment, payment of wages and other allied matters. No rigid rules are there to govern employment in India, different legislations available for different categories of…
Certain laws that every Indian should know
Laws in our society helps in following ethical norms for best behavior. Ethical standards are different for different people but laws are developed based on ethics and acts which when decided as morally and ethically wrong requires decency. For example,…
What are some important labour laws in India that every employee should know?
The Constitution of India governs the rights and duties of Indian citizens, it specifies a clear distinction between the ethical practices to be followed and unethical practices to be curbed. It also lays stress on matters relating to employment status…
Applicability of GST on Priority Sector Lending Certificate
Only a few goods and services are left to be brought under the ambit of GST. The recent inclusion of the Priority Sector Lending Certificate (PSLC) in GST has been made by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes (“CBIC”) for…
Does Registration Under Shop Establishment Act And Udyog Aadhaar Mean Once And The Same Thing?
Establishments in India varies with respect to investment, size, and output. There are some entities which are engaged in commercial activities, some in entertainment products, some in manufacturing & productivity while some in the rendering of services. Each of them…
Does Company Registration and Udyog Aadhaar Registration mean one and the same thing
There are various forms of organizations available in the constitution to register and operate a business in India. Out of all, the Company form represents one which operates a business on a large scale. These ventures are guided by the…
Can Export Business be registered using Udyog Aadhaar
There has been a vast scale improvement in exports of India since last few years. This has been largely due to policies introduced by the government to promote Ease of Doing Business in the country. There were over 100+ policy…
How Does MSME Registration Help a Start-up Company
On a broader aspect, not all start-ups survive long. Some of them lack in planning the right structure of business while most of them collapse due to irregular fund sources. In spite of several schemes and initiatives by the government,…
Can Udyog Aadhaar help in Getting GST Registration?
GST registration is compulsory for all entities – having an annual turnover of business above the threshold limit. These entities have to get them registered and file taxes to the government on the supply of taxable goods and services. Working…
Does registration under Udyog Aadhaar help in getting loans ?
Ease of doing business and simplification in regulatory procedures was an all-time requirement of the business sector, especially for MSMEs. Also, obtaining adequate finance for running their business activities was among their priority issues. Thus, the introduction of Udyog Aadhaar…
Recent policy decisions for MSMEs
Termed as the engine of growth, the MSME sector has a greater role to play for comprehensive development of the economy. Adding employment, wealth and economic stability to the country, the sector cognizes as a crucial spot for government to…
Is MSME Registration relevant for Service Sector?
Working on a global network, the Indian service sector contributes about 75% of the total world GDP. Parallel to other world economies, the sector not only brings large scale employment opportunities but also great investment sops for the country. Service…
Is Cancelation of Udyog Aadhaar Required on Closure of Business?
Application of Udyog Aadhaar is mandatory for all entities working as MSMEs, without Udyog Aadhaar no entity shall be eligible for availing benefits introduced by the government for MSMEs. Udyog Aadhaar simplifies regulatory procedures for MSMEs whether it related to…
Filling of GSTR 9C – GST Annual Return filling ( Turnover Above 2 crore )
GSTR 9C is a supportive return filed with GSTR 9 for the reconciliation of information submitted by the taxpayer in its annual return with the figures of GST stated in his Audited financial statements. GSTR-9C has to be filed by…
GST ANNUAL RETURN FILLING – GSTR 9
GSTR 9 is an Annual GST Return form to be filed by every taxpayer including SEZ units and SEZ developers registered under GST. It specifies a summarised view of all the GST returns (monthly/quarterly) filed within the financial year by…
Filling of GSTR Annual Return for Composition Dealers operators – GSTR 9A
A composition dealer registered under the CGST Act has to mandatory file quarterly GST returns for all inward and outward supplies made during the year. Like indicated norms for a normal taxpayer for filing annual returns, any person opting for…
Short Topic On Deduction Under Section 87A
‘Taxes made easy’, was always an ever promoted agenda of the Indian government. With the announcement of the Budget 2019-2020, government briefed for tax goals of the economy and the essential amendments required in the present direct tax laws. Several…
Income Computation and Disclosure Standards (ICDS)
As the name suggests, simplifying and providing a stable benchmarking system for computation of Income and its disclosure, the government of India introduced the Income Computation and Disclosure standards (ICDS). ICDS has been enforced through the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles…
No BAN on deposits made/accepted for business purposes
With the passing of the Banning of the Unregulated Deposit Scheme Ordinance, 2019 in the Lok Sabha, the government stood up to qualify the law, to be an effective step for curbing unregulated deposits made in forged deposit schemes. The…
Section 92 – Annual Return filling provisions for the companies and expected ordinance amendments
The Companies Act,2013 – Section 92 compiles provisions for mandatory annual return filling by all companies registered under the Act. Filling of annual returns by companies under this section includes annual reporting of company financials, shortcomings of the meetings held,…
MCA Update: File Particulars or Get Penalised
To pull up the reporting standards, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has put forward a compliance notification for all companies incorporated before 31st December 2017 to electronically file their company particulars to the department before 25th April 2019. Adding a…
Can a person use 44AD and 44ADA simultaneously if he has income from both businesses, as well as a profession?
To conclude the above statement, it is necessary to understand the applicability of both sections. What does the Section 44AD and Section 44ADA of Income Tax Act comprise of? Who shall be covered under this section? Section 44AD: Highlighted under…
Which professions are exempt from Income tax ?
The Income-tax Act 1961, provides certain income sources to be partially or fully exempted from Income tax. Below we have summarised all listed professions exempted from Income tax: Section 10 Exemptions – any agriculture income(including rent or revenue received from…
How to Hire the Most Experienced Agency for Auditing, Accounting & Tax Guidance
Accuracy is built when you hire experience. As an entrepreneur, you need to comply with numerous mandatory regulations of government including – confirming of accounting principles, bookkeeping, registrations, taxation, and related compliances. Above all, the most tiring thing of the…
Who will pay the GST when a vendor gives services to a company?
The GST law implies a levy of tax on all taxable supplies made within a specified period by the taxpayer. For Intrastate supply of goods and services both CGST and SGST is to be charged while for Inter-state supply, IGST…
Which Type of Company form Should be Registered For Online Selling?
There is no specific form of business determined in the law for setting up an e-commerce business in India. However, it is a necessity for every entrepreneur to know what all legal provisions he deemed to get fulfilled with respect…
Is it compulsory to fill out the GST return
Is it compulsory to fill out the GST return every month with no sale done in an e-Commerce business? Yes, in normal course if you are a registered applicant of GST for e-commerce business then you have to compulsorily file…
Tax planning objectives
What are the tax planning’s objectives? Tax planning is an integrated course of working with all your tax worries and finding the most effective tax-saving solutions. A tax planner makes use of all possible available deductions, exemptions, allowances and legal…
What is the official website to apply for a PAN Card?
For online tax return preparation, the foremost requisite thing is to apply for a PAN. PAN (Permanent account number) is a 10 digit alphanumeric number allotted by the tax department, used to identify each unique taxpayer and to make interaction…
What are the benefits of filing Income Tax return online?
As per the Income-tax Act, every individual, company or organization as specified under the act having income over and above the prescribed threshold limit is liable to pay Income tax to the tax department of India. While the department provides…
What criteria should a small business use to determine whether to use a tax preparation software or live accountants when determining how to get taxes done?
To help you, file your Income tax return online, the tax department provides both utilities – online and offline. But to fill in details, in each and every respective field mandatory of the different tax forms, a taxpayer needs the…
Is It Better for a Company to Hire Accountants or Use An Agency that which provides Accounting Services?
The growing scale of business operations brings an obligation to keep up all legalities associated. Especially for bookkeeping where the number of transactions becomes huge & complex, finding an appropriate accounting professional becomes a tedious process. There are several options…
How Outsourcing of Bookkeeping And Accounting Service Works?
Get it outsourced! – This is one of the most preferred advice given to any entrepreneur nowadays, who is finding a perfect person to match the accounting needs of his business. When it comes to managing finance and reporting, entrepreneurs…
How can I check my ITR status?
The tax department provides a number of options to verify ITR before final submission. On completion of the submission and verification process on part of the taxpayer, the IT department begins the processing work of the details provided in the…
Budget 2019 for Taxpayers
Just like clinching victory in the last over of the match, Piyush Goyal, presenting his maiden Budget, made an announcement that is bound to cockle the hearts of middle-class salaried citizens. Interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal has given some relief…
IT department places a last chance for reporting to high-value transaction makers in 2017-18
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has recently reported for several people who have undertaken big value transactions in FY 2017-18 and have not filed their IT returns. The department placed a last chance to all non-filers to file…
WCO Theme for 2019 – ‘Smart Borders’
On occasion of the annual celebration of the International Customs Day, the World Customs Organisation (WCO) will initiate a Smart border theme for cross border transactions on 26 January for provisioning seamless trade, travel, and transport in the economy. Stating…
What are some financial tips for middle-class people?
To keep up with all day expenses is a fair share of stress for the middle-class people. Though the cash supply keeps us ever-limited, the credit needs always remain high on demand. Piled up with expenses like EMIs to be…
How do I file a TDS returns online?
What is TDS? TDS (Tax Deducted at Source) is a system of government in which a person as engaged in a transaction specified under the TDS rules, have to deduct a certain amount of tax while making certain payments. The…
Highlights to the Financial Deadlines in the coming year 2019
With the start of 2019, you all must have set out many distinct plans for the year coming. Out of all hustle, it is important for us to remember- that like every year government stipulates some financial deadlines for some cruicial events like tax filing etc, the governement must have…
Be Careful and Cautious while filing ITR in future
Taxpayers must be extra careful while filing Income Tax Returns as a small mistake can bring them into the attention of the Income Tax Department. And as obvious nobody would ever want this to happen. So to be very cautious,…
Undisclosed Assets worth Rs 6000 crores detected under Foreign Black Money Law
Outcome of prompt actions against black money always raised success fruits for government. As per an official report presented recently, some undisclosed assets totalling about Rs 6000 crores have been detected in the scrutiny process enacted under the Foreign Black Money Law…
Government allows premature withdrawal from New Pension Scheme Fund.
Before the upcoming budget session, the government has come up with a more relieving update for pensioners of the country. Allowing premature withdrawal from the New Pension Scheme Fund (NPSF), the government has now notified- that with effect from the…
Multinational Corporations asked to pay 15% higher tax on ad spend
The tax department has raised its demand by 15% on the promotional expenditure of multinationals, adding in their list – expenses made by them on advertising, marketing, and sales promotion (AMP) as stated in an official report. Several MNCs, especially selling…
GST Cuts to be Pragmatic and Helpful to Some Industries
The GST council has recently brought down tax rates on a number of goods and services. Hoping for better consumption growth and compliance for the coming year, the government has taken over some major changes in the GST tax policy….
Cabinet approves Agriculture Export Policy, 2018
The Union Cabinet meeting held on 6th December 2018, has approved its concern for the Agriculture Export Policy, 2018. The meeting was held under the supervision of the Union Prime Minister Narendra Modi who nodded a positive gesture towards the…
Government to line up Tighter Corporate Governance in 2019
In 2018, the corporate governance implied on regulators, shareholders and investors showed a turning heat. The resulting effect, made several large companies to explain and disclose more of their planning with management and promoters, also their stand to investors more in brief. Last year,…
MNC Units, Indian Firms to get tax notice for receiving FDI
The Income Tax Department after giving in a due notice of the Angel tax has turned on to target taxation on foreign direct investment (FDI) received by big fatty Indian companies and multinationals who was paid an investment value of…
How is Borrowing Cost falling for Companies?
What is a Borrowing Cost? IAS 23 Borrowing Costs necessitates that getting costs specifically inferable from the securing, development or generation of a ‘qualifying resource’ (one that essentially sets aside a generous time of opportunity to prepare for its planned…
GST Audit Process and Assessment
GST Audit includes an examination of business returns, records, declarations and documents maintained by the taxpayer to verify the accuracy of turnover declared, taxes paid, refunds processed and input credit claimed throughout the filing period to the GST department. The…
GST Registration of 655 Traders Cancelled
For non-filling of GSTR 3B, GST registration of 655 traders in Raigarh district has been recently cancelled. It was reported that these traders failed to file their GSTR-3B return for over 6 months. In a statement, the Assistant Commissioner (State…
Is it possible to obtain more than one GST Number in a single State or Union Territory (UN)?
In India, any business entity falling above the prescribed threshold limit of Rs 20 lakh as annual turnover has to get its business registered under the GST legislation. Registration under GST comprises of obtaining a 15 digit unique identification number…
Panel to overhaul, simplify Direct Tax laws – To submit the report by Feb 28
In summon of the last year announcement for the recreation of a new direct tax law, the finance ministry has recently called the appointed task force to submit its reports by 28 February 2019. The ministry last year mediated need for a new…
Is it necessary for Merchant’s Selling Edible Products online to comply with FSSAI norms?
FSSAI norms in India generally apply on all food businesses whether operated on a small scale or big scale, whether operated from a small local retail store or any e-commerce platform. For the grant of the license, it certainly depends on the…
I am not a Manufacturer, but only a Marketer of some food items. Does FSSAI apply on me?
As per FSSAI norms, all entities dealing in edible food and dairy products have to obtain a license for running their food business legally. While a food product manufacturing license can easily be obtained from the official website of FSSAI,…
What is the basic difference between FSSAI license and its Registration?
To incorporate a food business in India, it is necessary to get certified by a regulatory authority. Also, for considering and getting a business listed for a category of food product manufacturing, trading or for doing any food-related business activity…
Government Initiatives for MSME under GST
With a commitment of as high as 45 percent towards the nation’s GDP, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have an essential task to carry out in the Indian economy. The segment has confronted numerous difficulties both with respect to…
RBI cancelled Certificate of Registration of 28 NBFCs
RBI of India has dropped the Certificate of Registration of twenty eight non-keeping money monetary partnerships (NBFCs) in exercise of forces gave on it under Section 45-IA (6) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. “The organizations incorporate, Steel…
Supreme Court verdicts on Aadhar
The Supreme Court on Wednesday, 26th September 2018 declared Aadhar as constitutionally valid but struck down some of its provisions including its linking with bank accounts, mobile phone connections and school admissions or appearing for NEET, UGC and CBSE exams. However,…
Cabinet Okays Conversion of GST Network into Government Entity
With recommendations of the Union Cabinet, the government has recently called the Goods and Service Tax Network (GSTN) to go for procedural conversion of its constituency to a full-fledged government-owned company. With the proposed announcement government will now own 100%…
Government May Soon Come Out With Comprehensive Gold Policy
To boost up the metal & alloy industry, the government is soon going to come up with a comprehensive gold policy. Considering the gem and jewelry sector of India, government has planned to bring out a policy which could secure more…
Composition Scheme Taxpayers Need Not To File Purchase Details While Filing GST Quarterly Returns
To bring an additional relief to composition taxpayers, the Finance ministry has recently updated a new notification which quotes ‘All businesses opting for composition scheme will from now does not have to file details of purchases made by them from…
Know all the basic costs involved in FSSAI registration?
FSSAI registration or FSSAI license is required by all entities engaged in the business of food production and all other food related business activities. It-is basically a 14 digit registered number issued by FSSAI Licensing authority to specify the quality assurance…
Is GST Mandatory for Registered MSME?
GST (Goods and Service Tax) is a composite tax which subsumes all major taxes of economy. With launch of GST, each entrepreneur whether big or small has was to deal with GST taking in all major and minor business transactions….
Is ISO Registration Mandatory for Me?
To beat the rising heat of competition, certain standards are used by business individuals to assure quality, safety and efficiency of their products & services to customers .To create a better comparison goal for a buyer, it is necessary that…
Does Every Alteration of Capital Require Filling Compliance with ROC?
Alteration of capital follows a sequential process. A change in Memorandum related to alteration can be of the form: Altering the Authorized Capital Reducing the Share Capital Checking provisions related to Reserve Capital and Reserve Liability Checking Variations of Rights…
FSSAI License registrations- Mandatory or optional for carrying Tiffin services?
As per FSSAI License Act (Food Safety and Security Standards Act) it is essentially required that every food business operator whether working on small or large scale, whether being engaged in manufacturing, storage, transportation, catering, sale of food ingredients, retailing,…
Know Why You Can Be Taxed For Jointly Owned Property Holdings
Generally, we buy immovable property in name of our family members to get saved from various legal obligations and to take advantage of various tax exemptions. While most of us are unaware of the fact that such holdings can lend…
Modi government doubles import duty on 328 textile items to boost ‘Make in India’.
Leaning on to the textile manufacturing sector for generation of employment opportunities, the government has recently called for a change in their taxation policy. With a new update, the government has notified for levy of double import duty on all…
Updates Due Dates For GST Return Filing – 2018
Giving a slight shift to the return filing schedule of GST returns, government has recently modified the due date for filling GST returns for businesses having turnover below 1.5 Crore to the 11th of succeeding month of the return filing period/month which…
GST slabs may be pared to 3; Rates could be 5%,15% and 25%: Sanjeev Sanyal
The Economic Advisor to the Finance Ministry, Mr. Sanjeev Sanyal has recently come up with a new update in the working laws of GST. He has recently ensured the business sector to see some bigger amendments in the GST tax…
Revised IT Audit Form Needs GST and GAAR Details
The IT department has recently notified for changes in the present audit report format. It has now been stated that both Non-salaried professionals and business entities having gross receipts over Rs 50 lakh and 1 Crore respectively will now have to…
Govt to take action against 2,25,000 companies for not filing financial statements.
The government has recently notified to take legal action against more than 2,25,000 companies for not filing their requisite financial statements for 2015-16 and 2016-17. As per Section 248 of the Companies Act, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) holds…
Things you can’t miss out in GST to notice: one anti-profiteering second the constant GST rate change policy…
Since rolling of GST in India, criticism always aired the walls of the GST Council. It has always been criticized on grounds of impractical tax slabs, improper management system, lack of visibility and delays in refund procedures. While government is being criticized for bringing…
Cash Transactions : Know Which and Why to Avoid
The digital India initiative was introduced by Government of India on 1st July 2015. Based on the vision of transforming India into a digitally empowered economy, PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the thought and called it ‘to be the beginning of…
Whether CA Assistance Is Mandatory For ITR Preparation?
It is nowhere mandatory to get your returns assisted with some legal professional or institution. You can file all your tax returns by yourself if you have the knowledge of all basic rules and procedures. For ITR preparation one should…
What can be the Reasons for Rejection of Trademark Applications?
‘ For effective brand build up just make up to focus on getting priority recognition to your business product. ‘ Trademark applications are on a rise these days. Getting your business name in the priority list with only a unique…
Income Tax Return Preparation For NRIs (Non Resident Indians)
Are you from abroad ? Do you hold partnership in a business in India while living abroad ? Do you have bank accounts, investment in property, shares or any other asset in India ?.While living abroad is your income sources…
Can Income Tax Return be filed if PAN and Aadhaar details don’t match?
To file your Income Tax Return Online you just have to submit your PAN, Aadhaar and Income details. To successfully complete the filing process, it is now mandatory to link PAN and Aadhaar as per government requirement to verify the…
Visionary Takeaways from PM Modi Speech at the Rising India Summit 2018
To the nation, each word spoken by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is a sign of some fore-coming change in the country’s system. Each time he addresses the nation with the most ethical one man radio show ‘ Mann ki…
CBDT notifies New ITR Forms for AY 2018-19 , Taxpayers to furnish Salary breakup & GST ID
To initiate new financial year with a specified amendment in tax filing policy, CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) has recently announced for a new tax filing pattern for assessment year 2018-19. CBDT stating acceptance of good number of new…
Important Amendments and Tax Changes You Need to Know before Filing ITR for FY 19-20 and FY 20-21
FM Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2020 on 1st February 2020. This year, FM announced the budget in a compact mode where all schemes and policies revolved around three prominent themes, Aspirational India, Economic Development and Caring Society. Including…
Banks will Not Allow You Buy Bitcoins Anymore, RBI New Policy Update
Have you looked on to the bitcoin price today ? Wait ! are you a crypto trader ? If yes, there’s a bad news for you. As per new RBI guidelines trading of crypto currency through banks or e-wallets or…
A Short Guide to SMS E-Way Bill Generation
SMS E- WAY BILL is a mobile sms based E-Way Bill generation service. This facility is for all those small taxpayers who do not have enough resources for generating the E- WAY BILL via computer system and internet connection. This…
No More Offenders like Nirav and Mallya: Cabinet Approves The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill
Being opposed by critics on the highly aired issue of PNB Scam and Nirav Modi flee out of the country, the Cabinet recently made its concern to approve the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018 for confiscating assets of all those…
Some Relieving Updates of GSTN on GSTR 3B Filing
With no further delay in process, the GSTN Network has seemingly approved the suggested changes required in procedures of GSTR-3B filing. Through a scripted notification on the official GST portal, the authorities reported about the current status of problems faced…
How New LTCG Tax with STT violates Three Basic Principles of Taxation
Capital gain is an increase in the value of a capital asset that gives it a higher worth than the purchase price. The gain is not realized until the asset is sold. A capital gain may be short-term (one year or less) or long-term (more than…
Everything You Need to Know About The Start-up Action Plan (The Legal Perspective)
To sustain economic growth & suffice the economy with employment opportunities, PM Narendra Modi in 2016 launched the Start-up Initiative in India. To this policy, he added many appraising benefits for small and beginning ventures to get legal aid in their…
Fiscal Situation Should Be Comfortable Next Financial Year, Says FM Arun Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 10th February 2018 showed strong confidence that there will be no more fiscal failures as the financial position is likely to be comfortable from the next fiscal. Brushing aside any immediate need to worry about rising global oil…
CBDT caps losses From House Property For TDS At Rs 2 Lakh
Seeking to the tax filing season, leaving no extra day another important amendment has been crafted by CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) in the Income Tax rules. The amendment has been scripted in Section 71 of the Income Tax…
Highlights Of Budget 2018-19
The Union Minister heading Finance and Corporate Affairs Mr Arun Jaitley while presenting the General Budget 2018-19 in Parliament on 1st Feb 2018 said‘the Indian society had politically and economically shown remarkable resilience in adjusting with the structural reforms introduced by us in…
MCA on 69th Republic Day Announces ‘Zero Fee and A Simplified Approach of Business Incorporation’
Initiating speedy growth & republic working of businesses, Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has recently announced some effective freedom measures for easing commencement needs of new business ideas. On auspicious occasion of 69th Republic Day (26th January 2018), a statement…
Key Amendments of Companies Act 2017 – Quick Summary
The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2017 has received its acceptance from both statutory houses being Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on ‘‘27th July 2017 and 19th December 2017 respectively and has also received President’s assent on 3rd January 2018 . The…
India Can Grow Faster Than China Says Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar
India can take over the baton of higher growth from China for the next three decades if ties between the two Asian giants remain buoyant and the Indian economic trajectory follows the Chinese one, NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said…
Soon ‘Payee’ In A Cheque Bounce Case Will Get Incentive As Govt Plans To Amend Law, Fast Track Trials
Delayed process of dealing with bounce cheque cases has made Modi government to stand and call for a change in the present law. It has been indicated that soon the government will come up with a much stronger law which…
Five Regulatory Essentials Startups Should Keep in Mind Before Doing Business in India
Indian Government since last few years is seeking out some effective measures for encouraging emerging startups. As per latest ‘Ease of Doing Business Index of 2018’ of World Bank, India currently is ranked at 100th position out of other 190…
No Income Tax ! A Thrilling Thought To Be Taken Before Any Budget Announcement
Since last few years, the absolute proportion of income tax collection out of total GDP has been only 2%, out of which mostly the salary based middle-class people pay their taxes honestly. Concluding to this situation, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley…
Quick Highlights of the 25th GST Council Meet
The GST Council ended its 25th Council meet on 18th Jan 2018 in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The council in series of discussion with members recommended many relieving measures in GST rates and policies covering all major sectors and commodities….
How To Change Authorised Person Mobile Number And Email Id On GST Portal After Registration
Mobile number and email ID entered in the GST Portal is of utmost importance for a registered person, as all notifications with respect to the GST portal will be communicated to the mobile number and email ID specified. Many taxpayers…
How to Spot a Fake GST Bill
There have been a lot of instances where fake GST bills have been issued by non law abiding businesses. We all are aware of the fact that only persons registered under GST have a right to collect GST but still…
What Happens If You Pay Wrong GST On Supply
In Goods and Services Tax, Place of supply plays an important role to determine whether transaction is intra-state or inter-state. Goods and Services Tax is applicable in the state where the goods/services are consumed i.e., it is a consumption based…
No GST on Advances Received For Supply Of Goods
The term SUPPLY is the cornerstone of the GST Law prevailing in India. Goods and Service Tax is chargeable only if there is Supply of Goods or Services. However the liability to pay GST arises only when the taxable event…
Understanding Salient Features of The Real Estate (Regulation And Development) Act, 2016, (RERA)
To regulate the real estate sector, the Government has come up with the idea of Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) Bill which is expected to help buyers. It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir….
Impact of GST on GTA Services
In the pre-GST regime, if a manufacturer is located in one state, he sets up warehouses in multiple locations in each state; at least definitely in various geographies – central, western, north and south, and also in maybe multiple other…
Set up Teams To Boost GST Registrations – Says Modi To States
On 30th August 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the instructions at a PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation) meeting with top central and state officials where he reviewed the progress of GST registrations. He has asked all states to form special teams and…
Here is How Aadhaar Identifies Benami Properties..
Post to Demonetization, PM Narendra Modi made several addresses to nation indicating his definite plans for rooting out black money from India. After cracking up huge cash holdings, the coming aim of government is to acquire details of investments kept…
Rise in Digital Transactions: An Evident Support of Taxpayers to Digital India Initiative
NEW DELHI: As reported by an official source, the government is going to launch its second phase of promoting digital transactions from January. In the statement, it was affirmed that management and working of the programs would be assigned to committees…
Understanding LTCG and LTCG Tax on Property Purchased with Borrowed Money
As per Indian tax laws, you are liable to pay tax when you sell any asset for profit and this includes the property also. The tax rate depends on whether the earned profit is a short term or a long…
A Tax Saving Guide to NRIs
As NRI (Non-Resident Indians), adhering to tax rules of two different countries is a severe challenge. When it comes to tax filing, NRIs finds themselves in an unmanageable position when they have to handle their remittances, foreign incomes & investments…
Panel Suggested to Put GST in MRP – A Mandatory Call
New Delhi: Bringing up the most criticized GST matter, The Group of Ministers (GoM), headed by Assam finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma called the GST Council to bring out a new amendment in the GST law to ease up fiscal burden on…
Good News Might Come in for Composition Dealers under GST Scheme
Easing compliances for small taxpayers, government is now all set to raise the ambit of benefits stored in the present composition scheme. Other than fixing up sector based flat rates it has been reported that the new scheme would be made more attractive…
Company Incorporations: 17 Lakh till September Incorporated
Nearly 17 lakh companies had been registered in India in the month of September, out of which almost 5.32 lakh entities had closed down, as per official data. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs data showed that there were 11.27 lakh…
Everything You Need To Know About Gst Audit
GST (Goods and Service Tax) is a one tax regime impelled by Government to promote a unitary basis of transacting business in India. It enables every assessee to self-assess his tax liability & file timely returns to government without any major…
Things You Must Know About Esi Registrations & Returns.
Employee State Insurance (ESI) is a social security scheme and a health supportive insurance plan for Indian employees in the organised sector, which offers them lifetime medical and disablement benefits on contribution of a small amount while they are working,…
Steps to Create GST Payment Challan
After adjustment of Input Tax Credit (ITC), the taxpayer has to pay off the balance GST amount to Government. To make such payment, firstly a GST payment challan is to be generated from official GST portal of government located on ‘https://www.gst.gov.in/ ’….
Doing Export of Services ? GST is no more a worry for you.
The most awaited notification has been finally issued by the Government on 4th October, 2017 vide Notification No. 37 /2017 which exempts all the registered taxpayers under GST from furnishing bank guarantee for shipping goods and services. Thus, now onwards, any…
Procedure for Online Udyog Aadhaar Registration and Benefits
MSMEs (Micro Small and Medium Enterprises) have been an aid to foster country’s growth since years. Other than being an employment generator, the sector also yields to industrialize major rural and backward areas. Government to encourage business in this sector, have recently…
India’s Ease Of Business Ranking: A Boost To Increase Investments
World Bank complemented India’s initiative of ensuring that the structural changes in easing the regulations around business are not only limited at the national level but has percolated to the local. India’s business ranking in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing…
Interest On Refunds From Builders Adding To Tax Burden
Recently, several high courts and also the Supreme Court have come forward to save the investors who have booked flats in projects which were delayed for years with not even a single ray of hope to get their flats in…
How To File Tax Return As a Representative Of Someone
When a person other than the assessee files income tax returns for someone by acting as a representative, there may be several reasons for doing so. There can be factors like death, mental disability, lunacy or being a minor, which…
Here Is How Banks View Transactions To Be Suspicious
The number of suspicious financial transactions reported by banks went up in the year 2016-17. Such activities gave the impression that unaccounted wealth was being deposited into banks. The figures released in the recent report of RBI are based on…
Apply For Aadhaar Before Dec 31 To Avail Govt Schemes & Subsidies
The Central Government on Wednesday, Sep 27 extended the deadline for obtaining biometric identification Aadhaar for availing government schemes and subsidies by three months to December 31,2017. Ministry of Finance has issued four separate Gazette notifications making Aadhaar mandatory for opening all post office deposit accounts, Public Provident…
1% Of Expected Invoices Uploaded To GSTN
On 4th September, 2017, the Central Government extended the last date for filing of sales and purchase data as well as payment of taxes for the months of July and August, 2017 under the Goods and Services Tax Network. The due date…
Why GST and Demonetization Alone are Not Responsible For Slow GDP Growth.
Though there are multiple villains to blame, the most immediate reason is demonetization of November 2016 and the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax in July this year. GDP Growth has been slowing for five quarters now, and the…
Government Decides Penalty Waive off on Late GST Filing: Here’s the Complete Reason for the Move
The government, on recommendations of the Goods and Services Tax Council, has decided complete penalty waive off of Rs. 200 per day for all taxpayers who failed to file their first Goods and Services Tax returns within the stated deadline….
How To Respond To an Income Tax Demand Notice
Income tax demand notice is received in a situation when your tax payable is less than the tax to be paid as per income tax department. Once you have verified your income tax return after submitting it, the income tax department cross checks the income…
25% – A Record Jump to ITR Filing August 2016-17
New Delhi: While the centre and authorities felt a setback of GDP with Demonetization, the recent fiscal records updated the benefit of the move with an effective rise of taxpayers in economy. Submitting a new growth figure of 41% in advance…
How To Check EPF Balance Online Via Missed Call
Over the years, the Retirement fund body i.e. EPFO (Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation) has taken many initiatives to ease the claim process for subscribers as well as provide different services like online checking of EPF balance and passbook. Typically, both…
Income Tax Department: To Prior e-assessment and lessen Human Interface
I-T dept is all set to plan its future ways to e-assessment and step back from human interface procedures. According to the official statement of CBDT, priority goals of department include maximising income tax collections for current fiscal year using…
Do you have to pay tax on gifts from cousin?
Section 56(2) of the Income-Tax Act seeks to impose tax in the hands of recipient subject to certain conditions. According to the said provision, the receipt of property (which may be in any form – cash, jewellery, movable and immovable…
Income Tax Department Working On New 3-Part Strategy To Optimize Tax Collection
The Income tax department is making a strategy to enhance the efficacy of the present tax collection procedure and as a result, get more taxpayers under its fold. The strategy involves three parts- functional specialization, jurisdiction-free assessment and taxpayer segmentation. Let…
Restaurants and Companies Fret over Proposed Fat Tax
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India proposed the FAT tax on Monday, 8th May, 2017. Although a rate hasn’t been specified, it would bring almost all processed food items under the ambit of the proposed levy if implemented….
Govt. has no plans to Tax on Agricultural Income
In the month of April 2017, NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy stated that farmers should be liable to pay tax on their incomes at par with other citizens after seasonal fluctuations are adjusted. In the contradiction of above, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has…
Bank Don’t need to wait 90 Days to Start Loan Recovery
Now the Banks can initiate loan recovery proceedings without waiting for an account to be formally classified as non-performing asset, as the latest amendments to banking rules allow for faster resolution of their bad debt problem, a senior government official…
Understanding Income Tax Notices
Receiving a Tax Notice from the Income Tax Department is a stressful situation for a taxpayer. But rather than getting afraid of it, one must understand the purpose of the Income Tax Department to issue such a notice. It might…
Income Tax Changes applicable from April 1st, 2017
The tax proposals in the Budget 2017 have now become laws with the completion of budgetary exercise for the year 2017-18 by Lok Sabha. The Finance Bill has come with several amendments including- Limit of Rs. 2 lakh on cash…
How to deal with Income Tax Notice under Section 143(3)
Income Tax Notice Under Section 143 (3) deals with Scrutiny Assessment under the Income Tax Act which is a detailed assessment. The notice under this section is received by the assessee where the income tax department is doubtful about the authentication…
How to Check Income Tax Return Status Online
The Income Tax Department of India has made it an easier and convenient process for users to file Income tax returns online and track the status of returns being processed and verified or the status of Income tax Refund. In order…
Everything you need to know about LLP Registration
LLP Registration – It’s not been a long time since LLPs came into existence, they have gained popularity day by day throughout the nation. LLP is quite a new concept which has come with a wide range of benefits over…
Tax Return Under Presumptive Taxation Scheme
The Budget 2017 proposed a new Section 44ADA to the Income Tax Act which talks about Presumptive Taxation Scheme (PTS) regime for professionals in order to reduce the compliance burden of small tax payers. It was proposed to provide estimation…
Simplify Compliance Procedure For MSME
Now here comes an order from the Center to the State to simplify the Compliance procedures for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) to address issues related to availability of credit facilities and skilled man-power. A meeting was called upon…
No Price Hail with GST Finance Minister Jaitely
The Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley in his attempt to appreciate the governments efforts stated that the percentage rates under the goods and services tax (GST) regime would never the less be “significantly different” from existing levels, giving cues that there…
Donald Trump’s Immigration Rules; are they beneficial for Indians??
The prevailing immigration rules welcomes vast majority of immigrants. It sponsors immediate family members of citizens and legal permanent citizens— spouses, minor children and parents for visas that are not subject to any caps. Mr. Donald Trump, President of USA…
Government Sends Notice To 2,00,000 Companies Over Tax Non-Compliance
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) sent notices to around two lakh inoperative companies ordering them to bring to an end the operations of the Company and subsequently de-register themselves from the MCA. The decision was in pursuance to the…
Government Proposes Fast Track Insolvency For Startups
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code provides for completing insolvency resolution process within 180 days after the process is initiated plus 90 days extension for resolving insolvency. The Code also provides for the Fast Track Insolvency Resolution Process within 90 days…
Technology based Small business? Cloud Computing brings you subsidy.
In past abundance of resources and manpower were required in handling and managing the documents. The fleeting time and aggressive competitive market taught need of technological development. From using pages to maintain records in books to managing space in computers,…
Deduction under Section 80EE
Section 80EE – For all the Dreamers who wish to build and own his house – place of dwelling can chase it by getting the relief on interest paid on Home loans. Various banks offering the buyers incentives on rate…
Deductions on House Rent under Section 80GG
Section 80GG – Income tax act, 1961 promotes the policy of good standard of living under which Any person who doesn’t own his house and lives on a rented place can claim deduction of the rent paid to the owner…
Deductions under The Rajiv Gandhi Equity Saving Scheme (RGESS)- Section 80 CCG
Section 80 CCG of the Income Tax Act was introduced in Finance bill 2012, for those persons who save money but do not wish to invest in the capital market. This section had been introduced with a vision to get…
Capital Gain Exemption under section 54F
Being an Indian before investing on a capital asset such as House property we evaluate the source of funding and benefits in tax can be claimed. So while sourcing there come times when we require to sell – off our…
Section 80 GGA – Deduction On Donation
Donations can be claimed under section 80 G also but there are some donations made to special institutions working for the development of the society or nation and the employees who lives can be a donor for such cause and…
Government to give a leg up to start-ups
The Startup Walk – Turning Easy Startup strengths potential ideas and develops business scale to success ventures. In force to development of these short investment stakes government last year announced “Startup India and Standup India” initiative which was solely defined…
Most common Deduction Section 80C of Finance Act
Finance Act provides certain benefits to tax assesses in the form of Deductions. One of the major, widey applicable and effective is deduction under Section 80C of Finance Act Talking about the deductions what comes to mind first is :…
Government to boost benefits for SMEs.
The SMEs operating in India experienced a declined rate to their clerical jobs with the note ban (demonetization) announcement last year November 8th 2016, to support the decline in operations these entities expected to get some good rebates from government…
Aadhaar soon to become mandatory for IRCTC Ticketing site
Indian Railways is each day working on strengthening its ticketing system and it could soon introduce a system in which Aadhaar will become mandatory for booking rail tickets online. Though railways has taken several measures to put a check on…
Cash Transaction Charge – A new levy
The end of demonetization era is just round the corner. Banks such as HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank will be charging its customers a minimum amount of Rs.150 per cash transaction for cash deposits and withdrawals beyond four…
Startup journey of Women Entrepreneurs – A Govt. of India initiative
Isn’t it a good-news to be welcomed that the Government is going to do something which will be highly beneficial for women entrepreneurs? Well to bring more women into the ambit of startup businesses, the Government of India will soon…
File easy Trademark : 8 Minutes 8 Forms that’s all you need
To the most required amendment, Indian Government on 6th March 2017 proposed a defined verdict on a need to rewrite the official trademark registration rules. The new changes would be portioned to Trademark Registration Rules, 2017 and will work up…
Gold loans in cash now restricted to 25,000
Gold Loan – The fast growth in the economic system requires a need to inculcate technology at all ends to ensure unscrupulous executions. The Reserve Bank of India on 9th of March, 2017 had declared for a reduction in the…
Deduction under section 80 D
Income Tax Act provides for tax benefits on the investments of assessing under Section 80 C and 80 D of the Income Tax Act. After claiming the deduction on the policies and investments under section 80C, next comes the turn…
You have to pay more for cash withdrawals. SBI also joined the club now. See complete details
The top three private sector banks in India- ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank have begun imposing cash transaction charges by charging their customers with a minimum of Rs.150 for every cash transaction over and above a limit of free…
Deduction under Section 80 E of Income Tax Act,1961
Section 80 E of Income Tax Act,1961 – Being increase in number of students going abroad or foreign countries for their further higher educational qualifications, the financial institution are being approached to give loans for higher education and remit the…
How Many Banks Have Reduced Home Loan Interest Rate After Demonetization
Home Loan Interest Rate After Demonetization – RBI Governor recently circulated his unchanged yardstick for the repurchase rate to be saved at 5.75% and the repo rate at 6.25%(Dated 9.Feb.2016 notification).He detailed this step to be a declining measure for…
Effect of Change in Tax Reform on Indian Businesses
Released Budget FY17: Post to demonetization effect , a relief to tax reform was a necessity for middle class. Also ,GDP index had experienced a major fallback in the last quarter, which calls for some major changes for corporate sector…
List of Allowances when exemption does not depend on expenditure
While calculating Income tax liability, there are certain allowances in which the amount of tax exemption does not depend upon expenditure incurred by the employee. Given below is a list of such allowances which are very useful in determining the…
Capital Gains – When and to what extent they are exempted from Tax
Indian tax structure has orderly defined “How different income sources of an individual are taxed?” Specified under different heads, government has designed a proper hierarchy to know which part of your income is taxable and which is not. One such…
How to Electronically verify your Income Tax Return using Aadhar
The Electronic Verification code EVC is a 10 digit alphanumeric code which is sent to registered mobile number while filing returns online. It verifies the identity of the verifier being an individual to verify his Income Tax Return or that…
How and when should you pay your Advance Taxes?
Advance Tax – Taxes have in present day become a very important concern for all ever since the Modi government has started being stringent towards its fight against the so called black money devil. In present it has become very…
Tax Saving Tip – Save Taxes By Paying Rent To Your Parents – An Awesome Idea.
Pre-Planning of refunds and exemptions is significant to e-filing of IT return. For some effective tax saving, one must ensure to get complied with all guidelines relating to different sections, for which taking an expert advice is always recommended. While…
Have You Submitted Your Income Tax Saving Proofs Till Now? If Not Be Prepared For A Major TDS Deduction
Gaurav Das, an employee in an insurance company realized the importance of sending timely tax-saving documents in February 2015, when he received a fifth of his stated monthly salary. Shockingly he made a call to the accounts department where he…
Govt To Charge 100% Penalty On Cash Transaction Above 3 Lakh Rupees
As a new economic reform in Budget FY-17, PM powered Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to announce a legal ban over cash transaction above Rs 3 lakh to get effected from the coming year 2017-18.The reason he explained behind such decision…
Income exempted for upto Rs 5 lakh ; How will the new income tax slab be look like
Announced in the Budget 2020, FM Nirmala Sitharaman bought significant changes in the direct tax policies. Issued amendments in the Finance Bill 2020, an optional theme for taxpayers has been placed this time in the tax rules. According to the…
Benami Property & how it is related to terms Benamdar and Beneficiary?
Benami Property – Real estate is an emerging sector of Indian economy. Being influenced by private players, govt role in this sector is only subjected to a position of working as a legal regulator. With less government intervention, this industry…
As per IMF, India will be a superpower by 2017
IMF – India is one of the largest economies in the world with a rich population of 1.2 billion people. As per World Bank report, India has shown tremendous growth in last few years. A major uplift in country’s economy…
Setting up of Mahila Shakti Kendra
Mahila Shakti Kendra at Village Level – In India Women are treated badly in every field, be it political, social, education, sports and technology and innovation. Thus, it is essential that they are empowered to be independent and stand on…
All you need to know about Jan Dhan Aadhaar Mobile (JAM) initiative.
JAM (short for Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile) trinity is the initiative by Government of India to link Jan Dhan accounts, Mobile numbers and Aadhar cards of Indians to directly transfer subsidies to intended beneficiaries and eliminate intermediaries and leakages. The JAM trinity…
Difference between Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises and their Validity
Some cultures around the world define micro, small and medium enterprises with fancy terms and language but in developing countries like India, it means survival for many families. Let us discuss these three enterprises individually to get a better understanding….
What is ELSS ? Is it a good option to save tax?
“Govt to increase tax payer’s base !” – ELSS Have you read the same headline in your newspaper? Not yet! I hope in a day or two you may be saying this eventually right . After demonetization , Govt. is…
Related Party Transaction (overall Understanding) Section 188 of the Companies Act 2013
According to international financial reporting standards, an entity is termed as related party as per following criteria: Highly influenced by a Key Management Personnel (KMP) or relative. Any firm wherein partner is director/manager or his relative Any public venture wherein…
How Can You Save a Huge Amount Of Tax by Taking a Home Loan?
As the word “tax” comes to our mind, we always think about various ways through which we could avoid paying it. But I think paying your fair share should be considered one of the most patriotic activities someone can engage…
What’s in Budget for MSME’s. Tax Relief and other Benefits.
While subjecting major reliefs to rural and infrastructure provisions, corporate sector is bound to get a short of space in union budget FY17. Keeping business sector at hold, govt major concessions to this year budget ended up with making some…
Can a Domain Name Be Trademarked?
Relate yourself with the process you follow when accessing the Google Maps “The Navigator” searches the desired destination. So unless the desired destination is registered as a trademark, (domain name), the same will not be accessible worldwide. What do you…
Working on NPA Recoveries by Banks
On July 02, 2012, RBI published a Master circular (RBI/2012-13/39 DBOD.No.BP.BC.9/21.04.048/2012-13) stating the meaning of NPA. As per circular: NPA (Non-performing Asset), includes a leased asset which becomes non- performing when it ceases to generate income for the bank. NPA…
Sankalp Yuva – “Skill Acquisition & Knowledge Awareness Program “
Sankalp – Union Budget summit, this time seems to be devoted for developing an employment route for Indian job seekers, especially covering a large scale unskilled population. Arun Jaitley, initiating his budget speech on 1 st Feb accommodated the concern…
FIPB abolition shows India more open to FDI countering trends towards more protectionism.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during his speech in session of Union Budget 2017 announced scrapping of Foreign Investment Promotion Board to ease the inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). He said that the Foreign Investment Promotion Board will be abolished and…
How are withdrawals from EPF Taxed?
EPF (Employee Provident fund scheme) For a salaried person, dependence of his family for financial matters is always a major thought of concern. An expected amount which an employee receives as his monthly salary, is not always enough to create…
How to File Tax Returns when you have multiple Form 16?
Multiple Form 16 is a Certificate of deduction of tax at source under Section 203 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. It contains the details regarding- salary earned by the employee tax deducted from it by the employer In simple words…
How to ensure your Gifts are exempted from Gift Tax in India?
Everyone loves to receive presents. Gifts are also a way to express our happiness and affection in India. Every birthday is incomplete without presents from parents, friend, and relatives. Especially in marriages, gift is given both as cash and expensive…
Budget 2017 Highlights
Key highlights of Budget 2017-18 Union Budget New Delhi : Arun Jaitely ,the formal Finance minister presented the most awaited Bugdet for 2017-18 in Lok Sabha ,which can be rightly said as a history breaker moment due to being evocated…
Will GST help in curbing black money?
This is the question which is hovering over mind of each and every person in the country. Well there is no straight answer to that question but let’s see the measures being introduced in Goods and Services Tax to tackle…
GST has been a Developmental step Globally, Will it help India too?
Goods and Services Tax or its substitute Value Added Tax, Conceptually a destination based tax on consumption of Goods and Services has been a global phenomenon for way too long now, We can trace it back to Year “1954” when…
Eater of Black Money: Goods and Service Tax (GST)
Black money is one of the most serious question of the Country.Goods And Service Tax being the game changer, it is expected and presumed by the expert that after rolling Out of Goods And Service Tax, the question of Black…
Difference between a LAP and Home Loan
Home Loan is something borrowed for a particular duration of time and that has to be paid back along with the extra ordinary payment of interest. People take different kind of loans as per their requirements. Most common loans are…
FY 2016-17 is about to end. What needs to be done if you haven’t planned your tax savings yet.
Tax Planning is contribution towards tax saving and reserves, 31 March 2017 is closer which talks about closing of financial year and allocation of income in the way possible so as to reduce tax liability abiding the Income Tax Act,…
Taxation of Gold and Gold Products
The major asset in investment category is gold, currently a huge favorite of investors who fear almost all other assets, especially paper money. Taxation has also lent its glitter to this metal either by providing incentives or sometimes taxing it…
Are you aware of Fat Tax in India?
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How Safe Is Our Mutual Fund Investments?
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Certain Types of Income you need not to Pay Tax On
Moving to the end of financial year, last 3 months demand a great attention of every business professional to utilize them for planning a good strategy to save some part of their hard earned money. Most of you may…
Tax Benefit on Life & Health Insurance, Premium Payments & Claims
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What rewards Income tax payers can expect from budget 2017 after demonetization?
Demonetization has been a strong move recently taken by the Indian government. We have seen both appreciations as well as criticism of the notion. Now the million dollar question that comes to every citizen’s mind is what next? How will…
Obama leaving and Trump walking in Will this affect Indian economy?
The most awaited and outrageous US elections have resulted the wining of Republican candidate “Donald Trump” giving a momentary leaving handshake to “Barrack Obama” and a clean defeat to “Hillary Clinton“. Since announcement of election dates Trump was part of…
How many countries other than India ever had Demonetization of their currency notes?
Indians recently became familiar with the powerful word “Demonetization” and its effect on one and all. Demonetization means cease of any currency unit as a legal tender by a country. On 8 November 2016, the prime minister of India, Narendra…
Exchange of Old Currency notes stopped on Dec. 30. What Next? Is everything going to be smooth? Or the situation will become more complicated?
Everyone is effected by the revolutionary step of Demonetization taken by Narendra Modi on 8th Nov, 2016.As per the announcement old currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 ceases to be legal tender effective from 9th Nov,2016. Several notices…
Govt. has no more plans to give Opportunity to Declare The Black Money
The heading itself is stringent enough to state that present government after launching surgical strike against black money with plenty of schemes is in no mood to forgive the black money hoarders. This article attempts to highlight schemes of Government…
Everything You Need To Know About Impact of Currency demonetization for Indian Economy
November 8, 2016 the date not any Indian can forget, the announcement of demonetization left citizens on the roll. Demonetization is the financial step in which a currency unit’s status as a legal tender is declared invalid. Such withdrawal of…
Taxation and Investment Regime for Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, 2016
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All you need to know about Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016
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Is there a need to panic about the recent change in currency notes? Why or Why not?
At the stroke of the hour on midnight of 9th November, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a key economic decision, the demonetization of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 currency notes with immediate effect. Government has attempted to tackle issues…
Positives and Negatives Of Demonetization
The demonetization of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 banknotes was a step taken by the Government of India on 8 November 2016, ceasing the usage of all ₹500 and ₹1000 banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi Series as a form of…
Short term & long term impact of Currency Demonetization for Indian Economy
The demonetization effort being led by PM Modi in India is appreciable to an extent but follows positive as well as negative aspects. The aim is to wash the stock of “black money” out of the economy and get it…
Black Money – Impact of Recent Change in Currency Notes of Rs. 500 and 1000
8 th November, 2016 shall be marked in the history of Indian Economy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a bold step towards wiping out black money from India. The reason specified by him for this drastic step was that black…
The difference between TM Logo and R Logo
Here is the difference between TM Logo and R Logo – A trademark refers to any kind of sign or symbol which is used to recognize and distinguish products and goods from several organizations. It helps the end-user to identify…
Which kind of businesses are most effected if they miss to register their brand?
Be it a businessman or an individual entrepreneur, the most important thing is to protect your company or start up name. A brand or trademark name is the root of the any company. Consider a scenario where another company opens…
Do you really need to worry about Income Tax audit? A simple guide to having a worry-free audit.
Be it a businessman, professional or individual, everyone has a fear of getting his book of accounts reviewed. Income Tax Act of 1961 has mandated the income tax audit process for all individuals as per Section 44AB. First, it is…
Understanding section 44AB of Income Tax Audit in India
Understanding section 44AB of Income Tax Audit in India Individual or business person has to get his book of accounts reviewed as per Section 44AB of Income Tax Act 1961.It sets the general guidelines to assist the assessing officer to…
What to expect if you fail to meet the guidelines set for tax audit
For every legal procedure, government prescribes a specific set of rules to follow. Similar is the case with tax audit process in India. The Income Tax Act of 1961, states all guidelines for maintaining the books of accounts for proper…
Due Date For Tax Audit For AY 2016-17 And Things To Keep In Mind
Tax Audit Due Date For AY 2016-17 As most of us know, a tax audit is a review or inspection of individual or organisation’s tax return. It is a compulsory process as per the Income Tax Act 1961. Tax audit…
Why are companies a better form of business?
Why are companies a better form of business? It’s because of the below mentioned characteristic features that the Companies turn out to be a better form of business Limited Liability The primary benefit of undertaking business in the form of…
Difference Between Micro and Small Enterprises
Micro and Small Enterprises (MSME) Micro and Small Enterprises · Easy finance availability from bank etc Without collateral requirement. · Protection against delay in payment from buyer & right of interest on delayed payment. · Preference in providing government tender. · Stamp…
Can We Use ATM To E-Verify Income Tax Return Through Electronic Verification Code
Electronic Verification Code To facilitate the tax-payers, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) through a notification has allowed the verification of Income Tax Returns for Assessment Year 2015-16 electronically through generating EVC (Electronic Verification Code). If the Income Tax Returns…
LLP VS Partnership Firm
For all those who need to know what is the difference between an LLP and a Partnership firm, below is the detailed comparison. LLP VS Partnership Firm SR. NO. PARTICULAR LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP PARTNERSHIP FIRM 1. Governing Law The Limited…
Benefits of Trademark Registration
Benefits of Trademark Registration Benefits of a Trademark/Brand Name: It identifies the goods and services and its origin or owner It advertises the goods and services It creates an image for the goods and services It stimulates further purchase It…
Distinction Between A Public Company And a Private Company
Following are the main points of difference between a Public Company and a Private Company :- 1. Minimum Paid-up Capital : A company to be Incorporated as a Private Company must have a minimum paid-up capital of Rs. 1,00,000, whereas…
What Protection Does Copyright Provides?
Copyright Protection Right of Copyright Owner • 1. Your logo, style, font, get-up, color, scheme of your brand name cannot be copied by any other business firm. • 2. The registration certificate is valid for lifetime of the Proprietor of…
How is LLP better from any other form of business?
How is Limited Liability Partnerships better from any other form of business? Following reasons can help you decide, why you should go for an LLP: • Renowned form of business: The concept of Limited Liability Partnerships has been recently introduced in…
Difference Between LLP And Partnership Firm
LLP And Partnership Firm Partnership refers to an arrangement where in two or more person agree to carry on a business and share profits & losses mutually. It is governed by Indian Partnership Act, 1932. To get registered under the…
Guidelines For Companies Annual Return
Guidelines For Companies Annual return. Every company shall prepare the annual return in the MGT-7 containing the following particulars : Its registered office, principal business activities, particulars of its holding, subsidiary and associate companies; Its shares, debentures and other securities…
ISO CERTIFICATION – Meaning, Purpose and Principles.
MEANING OF ISO CERTIFICATION ISO Certification is a kind of approval from a 3rd party that a company runs to one of the internationally recognized ISO management systems. The certification can be used by the business as a proof of…
Before you rush to save more taxes
Before you rush to save more taxes Well, it is the month of Valentine. Though we have surpassed February 14, the fervour is still – as the cliché goes – in the air. If you eavesdrop on conversations, you would…
Your guide to submit investment proofs
Your guide to submit investment proofs Well, it is the month of Valentine. Though we have surpassed February 14, the fervour is still – as the cliché goes – in the air. If you eavesdrop on conversations, you would often…
Now E Verify Returns Using Your Bank or Demat Account Details
E Verify Returns Using Your Bank or Demat Account During the tax-filing period of 2015, the Income Tax Department inched a step closer to taking the entire e-filing procedure paperless and thoroughly online. This was achieved by launching a facility…
Transfer pricing – What should you watch out For
Transfer Pricing (TP) Regulations in India were introduced in 2001 for curbing tax avoidance by laying down norms for computation of income arising from international transactions or specified domestic transactions(“SDTs”) having regard to the “arm’s length price”. Transfer pricing basically…
Everything my clients need to know about Saving Taxes
Tax, this three letter word spells a big headache for people. Many people do not even know how much tax they are paying every year. Being a tax advisor at H&R Block, I get many enquiries from my clients about…
Company Culture – The key to a happy workplace!
In one quote, Steve Jobs – The Father of Digital Revolution explained the importance of every working individual’s need to love his work. This is where the company culture matters. Culture maintains the employee enthusiasm. Workplace should not be a…
Make your Investments Accessible to Family – TaxReturnWala
Family is the base from which we all evolve and hence it is held closest to our hearts. We make every effort to protect them and make arrangements for their wellbeing. However life is fragile and the unexpected happens. Even…
Investment in Public Provident Fund & its Tax Benefits
One of the most frequent question that client’s usually ask me as a tax adviser is “Which is a good option, for investment for tax saving purpose.” One of the options I suggest is Public Provident Fund Scheme which is…
Now Submit Form 15G/15H Online
Submit Form 15G/15H Online If your income is not taxable and yet your payments are being subject to tax deduction at source (TDS) then you can now generate the Forms 15G and 15H online and request non-deduction. Goodbye, physical form…
Five New Year Tax Resolutions You Ought to Make
Five New Year Tax Resolutions You Ought to Make New Year, new goals, a fresh breeze of change blowing through! Well, it is the right time to promptly correct behavior which is causing harm and replacing them with those which…
Is Taking Home Loan A Smart Decision For Saving Taxes?
Given the high Property prices in the country, it is almost impossible to buy a house without availing housing loan. Home Loan Tax Benefit – A housing loan usually comprise of 70-80% of the Property’s value. So, it is probably…
Genesis of the Indian Taxation System
Indian Taxation System People generally think that taxes paid in today’s time are of recent origin but there are lot of proofs and evidences from the past scenario that show taxes on income or other forms were also levied in…
In What Sense does the Filing of Income Tax Return Benefit a Citizen
Either “Ouch, the tax!” or “Yeah, the tax” could be the reaction when one comes to know about their dates to pay income taxes. But the people in “Ouch” category forget about their moral and socially requisite responsibilities that ask…
A quick guide for those who are filing an ITR for the first time
A quick guide for those who are filing an ITR for the first time Income tax assessment year 2015 -2016 has already started. Most of us are looking forward to file our return. Well, the first thing that comes to…
Is It Mandatory To Have Pan Number For The Indian Citizens?
IS IT MANDATORY TO HAVE PAN NUMBER FOR THE INDIAN CITIZENS? & SPECIFIED TRANSACTIONS WHERE PAN IS NEEDS TO BE QUOTED Permanent Account Number, a unique 10 character alpha-numeric identification, today, acts as a proof of identification. But is it…
Points to take note of while filing an income tax return
Filing Income Tax returns: Filing a income tax return is essential for tax payment and claiming refunds of overpaid taxes. Tax filing simply means declaration of your income and taxes to the government. We all know paying our taxes is…
Interest Under Section 234 A, B, C Of Income Tax Act,1961
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Online E Filing Of Income Tax Return Is Better Than Offline
Do you earn more than 5 lac monthly? So, you need to E filing of income tax return. But what method you choose to file your income tax? The old offline method in which you need to go out of…
Tax saving options other than those available as per section 80C of income tax act
Tax Saving Tax saving options available as per section 80C of income tax act. Does it feel good to pay a large amount of tax? The answer is a big NO. Tax is something that revolves around our life. As…
Does the income of a minor call for levy of taxes?
Tax and earning goes hand in hand .According to Income Tax Act of 1961, every individual has to pay tax as per income tax slab. In our previous article- Quick guide for individuals filing ITR for first time, we have…
Income Declaration Scheme 2016
The Finance bill, 2016 introduced a scheme Income Declaration Scheme, provides an opportunity to persons who have failed to pay taxes from beginning to till date and pay tax, surcharge and penalty. Total amount to be paid for disclosing of…
Concequencies of not filing Income Tax Return by due date
Income Tax Return within due date It is Mandatory to file an Income Tax Return for a Company and Firm (Partnership/LLP) irrespective of the fact that it has any income or not. Matter of choice to file Income Tax Return…
What Role Does TDS Deduction Play?
TDS – Tax Deducted At Source Have you ever checked your payslip? You will find a section known as TDS. TDS stands for Tax Deducted at Source. CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) is a body who manages the policies…
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What is tax audit, how does it affect tax department and the tax payers
Are you aware of Tax audit ? If not, this is the best platform to understand it. Literal meaning refers to inspection or review. Be it a businessman or professional, taxpayers in India need to get the tax review done…