Income Tax Rules Change: From April 1, 2021, many rules related to income tax will be changed. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman) announced these changes in Budget 2021. The new changes include exempting 75-year-olds from filing income tax, in addition to raising TDS and making big announcements on tax on EPF….
Ministry of Finance, in the past seven years has launched various Schemes which have special provisions for empowerment of women. These Schemes have financially empowered women to lead a better life and chase their dreams of being an entrepreneur. As we are celebrating International Women’s Day , today , on 8th March 2021, we take a…
In their continuous endeavour to uproot fake billing operations, officers of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Commissionerate, Delhi (East) achieved yet another success when investigations led to unearthing of a massive network of fictitious firms to generate and avail fake Input Tax Credit (ITC) of Goods and Services Tax (GST). The network of fictitious…
Consequent upon implementation of EPF & MP Act, 1952 in the UTs of J&K and Ladakh w.e.f. 31st October, 2019, EPFO has extended its provident fund, pension and insurance benefits to all employees of existing establishments covered under the erstwhile JK PF Act as well as the employees of newly covered establishments. EPFO has set up…
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and in supersession of the Notification No.18/2021-Customs(N.T.), dated 18th February, 2021 except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby determines that the rate of exchange of conversion…
The Government on 2nd March 2021 notified comprehensive amendments to the Insurance Ombudsman Rules, 2017, with a view to improve the working of the Insurance Ombudsman mechanism to facilitate resolution of complaints regarding deficiencies in insurance services in a timely, cost-effective and impartial manner. The amended rules have enlarged the scope of complaints to Ombudsmen from…
Chartered accountant firms and hospitals are under scrutiny after the revenue department found mismatches between their income tax and indirect tax filings. Tax authorities have also decided to slot consultant doctors as ‘intermediaries’ for taxation purposes even as medical services are outside the purview of goods and services tax (GST), people aware of the development…
The officers of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Commissionerate, Delhi East have unearthed a network of fictitious firms used by their operator to generate and pass on fake Input Tax Credit (ITC) of Goods and Services Tax (GST). The network of fake firms was being operated by one Vishal, who is an advocate by…
The Income Tax Department has made a big announcement about the direct tax dispute resolution scheme ‘Vivad se Vishwas‘. Now the government has extended the deadline for giving information under this scheme to 31 March and the time for payment till 30 April. The Income Tax Department has written on Twitter, ‘CBDT has extended the…
The provisional payroll data of EPFO published on 20th February, 2021 highlights a positive trend for net subscribers base growth with addition of 12.54 lakh subscribers in the month of December, 2020. The data reflects increase of 44 % in net subscribers addition over the previous month of November, 2020. Year on year comparison of payroll data shows…
The Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure has on Friday, released the 17th weekly instalment of Rs.5,000 crore to the States to meet the GST compensation shortfall. Out of this, an amount of Rs. 4,730.41 crore has been released to 23 States and an amount of Rs. 269.59 crore has been released to the 3 Union…
New Section 115BAC has been introduced in the art which has provided an option to the individual and HUF to opt for the new tax regime which has following key conditions;- This is an optional scheme i.e. assesse may or may not opt for the same. The scheme is for an individual or a Hindu…
Q 1: What is QRMP scheme? What are its benefit? A: Quarterly Return, Monthly Payment of Taxes (QRMP) Scheme is a scheme to simplify compliance for small taxpayers. Under this scheme, taxpayers having an aggregate turnover at PAN level up to Rs. 5 crore can opt for quarterly GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B filing. Payment can be…
In the ensuing initiative to counter the menace of fake billing operations, the officers of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Commissionerate, Delhi North, on the basis of intelligence developed through extensive data analytics, have unearthed a network of fictitious firms to generate goods-less invoices and pass-on fake Input Tax Credit to multiple beneficiaries. In…
In the ongoing drive against fake billing operations, the officers of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Commissionerate, Delhi East, have unearthed a multi-layered network of fictitious firms being used by their operators to generate and pass on fake ITC. Through the use of extensive data analytics, officers of Delhi East GST were able to…
The number of companies incorporated from April, 2020 till December, 2020 (COVID 19 period) in the Financial Year 2020-21 (till 31-12-2020) compared to corresponding period from April, 2019 to December, 2019 in the Financial Year 2019-20 (till 31-12-2019) has actually increased by about 21% as is evident from the following details: This was stated by…
Document Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) has been approved for the period of next four years starting from 2021-22. It will be implemented with effect from 1st April 2021. The Scheme aims to provide financial assistance to startups for proof of concept, prototype development, product trials, market entry and commercialization. Rs. 945 Crore corpus…
As a measure which directly benefits Startups & Innovators in the country, especially those who are supplying products & services on e-commerce platforms, and in order to bring in more unincorporated businesses into the organized corporate sector, the incorporation of One Person Companies (OPCs) is being incentivized by amending the Companies (Incorporation) Rules to allow…
The gross GST revenue collected in the month of January 2021till 6PM on 31.01.2021 is ₹ 1,19,847 crore of which CGST is ₹ 21,923 crore, SGST is ₹ 29,014 crore, IGST is ₹ 60,288 crore (including ₹ 27,424 crore collected on import of goods) and Cess is ₹ 8,622 crore (including ₹ 883crore collected on import of goods). The total number of GSTR-3B…
Budget 2021-22: वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण संसद में देश का आम बजट पेश कर रही हैं. वित्त मंत्री देश के विभिन्न सेक्टर्स के लिए बजट का आवंटन करेंगी. ये बजट पूरी तरह से पेपरलेस है, इसलिए वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण मेड इन इंडिया टैब में बजट पढ़ रही हैं. ये डिजिटल इंडिया को प्रोत्साहन देने…
Greetings, The National Startup Awards 2021 seek to recognize and reward outstanding startups and ecosystem enablers that are contributing to economic dynamism by spurring innovation and injecting competition. Startups that are building innovative products/solutions, scalable enterprises, with high potential of employment generation or wealth creation, demonstrating measurable social impact. A grand total of 49 areas…
CS Nagendra D Rao, elected as President and CS Devendra V Deshpande, elected as Vice-President of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India for the year 2021 w.e.f. 19th January, 2021. The ICSI elects its New President and Vice President for the year 2021 PROFILE OF NAGENDRA D RAO, PRESIDENT, THE ICSI A Fellow Member…
With the implementation of GST, 2017 saw a complete change in the way we used to pay our taxes. Scroll down for more details on how the government of India gets it money and pick the trend you want to see: personal income tax, corporate taxes, service tax, excise or customs duties. SOURCES OF REVENUE…
The provisional payroll of EPFO released today reveals that it has added around 10.11 lakh net subscribers in the month of November, 2020. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, EPFO has added around 45.29 lakh net subscribers base in the current financial year (from April to November, 2020). The data published comprises of members who have joined…