The Income Tax Department had extended the date of filing of income tax returns for Assessment Year 2020-21 (FY 2019-20) to 10 January due to Corona crisis. According to the Income Tax Department, till January 6, around 5.61 crore people have filed ITR. Do this preparation first First of all, to file ITR, keep your…
Issuance by Authorised Branches of State Bank of India (SBI) during January 01-10, 2021 The Government of India has notified the Electoral Bond Scheme 2018 vide Gazette Notification No. 20 dated 2nd January 2018. As per provisions of the Scheme, Electoral Bonds may be purchased by a person (as defined in item No. 2 (d) of…
According to the income tax law, if you deposit money in your wife’s account every month as a home expense, then it is not wrong. But in some circumstances it starts showing as the income of the wife. And then tax has to be paid. Let’s know what the tax experts say about this The…
LTC Cash Voucher Scheme can prove effective in saving Income Tax On 12 October, the central government announced an income tax-free cash voucher to its employees in lieu of LTC. Employees can use these vouchers to buy products on which the GST rate is 12 percent or more. The objective of this initiative is to…
Savings are a good habit, but can only your savings fulfill your future needs, then the answer is yes, if saving in a smart way, you can fulfill your life goals. Can. Like suppose you want to become a millionaire. For this, which investment option will you have to choose to become a millionaire as…
The Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has clarified this in its recent order. This will allow accurate calculation of capital gains or losses. The Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), in its recent order on the tax on capital gains from the sale of houses, has clarified that…
Document The good news for millions of taxpayers who have given declarations under the Vivad Se Vishwas scheme, and want to add some changes or improvements or something to it. The IT department has given answers to all such questions in its new FAQs set. You also understand. If you have given the Declaration under…
PAN card is currently the main instrument for financial transactions. PAN is use like a ID card. If you work in organized sector then it is necessary to have PAN card to get salary. It is a 10 digit alphanumeric number that everyone wants to understand. You will also have a PAN card, in which…
Document PAN card has become a very important document in our life. PAN card is mandatory from opening a bank account to depositing income tax and taking a loan. Without this, many of your financial work can get stuck. With the help of Aadhar card, e-PAN will be issued in minutes. We are going to…
The Income Tax Department has given a big gift to the taxpayers before Diwali. The Income Tax Department has so far issued a refund of Rs 1.29 lakh crore to taxpayers. This year’s Diwali of Taxpayers has become spectacular with this amount received before Diwali. Nearly 40 lakh taxpayers get refund According to the Central…
Document Most of us think about tax saving when it comes time to file income tax returns. In this also, we cannot think further than the relaxation of 1.5 lakh rupees only available under section 80C. The limit of 1.5 lakh rupees is fulfilled by including ELSS, life insurance, school fees, etc., after this we…
You can file your returns sitting at home within minutes. The government has now reduced the last date of income tax return to 31 December 2020. These documents have to be kept close You will have to keep many documents such as PAN Card, Aadhaar Card, Form 16 (Form 16) or Form 16A to file your return…
The provisional payroll data published by EPFO on 20th October 2020 reveals that the subscriber base of EPFO increased by around 20 lakh during the first five months of FY21. Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown across the country had adversely affected the enrolments during the first quarter of the current financial year. However, the provisional…
Saving tax is a big challenge in front of the salaried calss. Most people get involved in manipulating tax saving in the last days of filing tax returns. But with a little planning, you can save a large part of tax if you want, the government itself has given many ways for this, through which…
To further enhance ease of living experience for its members, EPFO has recently launched WhatsApp based helpline-cum-grievance redressal mechanism, under its series of Nirbadh initiatives aimed at ensuring seamless and un-interrupted service delivery to subscribers during COVID-19 pandemic. This new grievance redressal mechanism using Whatsapp has gained immense popularity amongst EPFO’s stakeholders. So far, EPFO…
1. Where are a benefit available to a senior citizen and very senior citizen in respect of tax rates? Senior citizens and a very senior citizen are granted a higher exemption limit as compared to normal tax payers. Exemption limit is the quantum of income up to which a person is not liable to pay…
On hearing the name of the tax, the sweat of the good is left. This is the story of every year that as soon as the date of filling ITR comes near, we start searching for CA. Due to the coronavirus epidemic, the CBDT has extended the last date for filing Income Tax Return (ITR)…
There are reports in certain sections of media wherein certain doubts have been raised regarding the applicability of the provisions relating to Tax Collection at Source (TCS) on certain goods introduced vide Finance Act, 2020. This press note is being issued to clarify those doubts about the applicability of these provisions. Finance Act, 2020 amended…
The Income Tax Department is all set to start an e-campaign on voluntary compliance of Income Tax for the convenience of taxpayers from Monday, the 20th of July, 2020. The 11 days campaign ending on 31st July, 2020 focuses on the assessees/taxpayers who are either non-filers or have discrepancies/deficiency in their returns for the FY…
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) today, for data exchange between the two organisations. The MoU was signed by Shri Pramod Chandra Mody, Chairman, CBDT, and Shri M. Ajit Kumar, Chairman, CBIC, in the presence of senior officers…
The Fifteenth Finance Commission today held a meeting with Union Minister Shri Hardeep Singh Puri and senior officials of the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) on issues including property taxation by Urban Local Bodies (ULBs). This was in context with the Commission’s recommendations for 2020-21 which had mandated the States to notify floor…
The Income Tax Department has facilitated a new functionality for Banks and Post offices through which they can ascertain the TDS applicability rates on cash withdrawal of above Rs.20 lakh in case of a non-filer of the income-tax return and that of above Rs. 1 Crore in case of a filer of the income-tax return….
In pursuance to the Government’s decision vide Press Note dated April 8th, 2020 to issue pending income tax refunds in order to help taxpayers in a COVID-19 pandemic situation, the Income Tax Department has issued tax refunds at a speed of 76 cases per minute from 8th April to 30th June, 2020. During this period…
With a view to improving the liquidity position of NBFCs as well as HFCs, the Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt Nirmala Sitharamanhad announced on 13th March 2020, launch of a Special Liquidity Scheme of Rs. 30,000 crore. RBI will provide funds for the Scheme by subscribing to government guaranteed special securities issued by…