The Income-tax Appellate Tribunal recently ruled that the difference between the proceeds received upon redemption of unlisted non-convertible debentures (NCDs) and their purchase cost should be classified as ‘interest income‘ and subjected to taxation under the category of ‘income from other sources‘ for the investor. Consequently, the ITAT (Mumbai bench) also disallowed tax benefits available…
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has resolved more than 46,000 public grievances and 7,000 grievance appeals between December 2022 and July 2023 under its Special Campaign 2.0 for Swachhata and disposal of pending matters. The campaign was launched on December 1, 2022, with the aim of cleaning up the tax administration and disposing…
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has issued a circular (MCA General Circular 08/2023 dated August 23, 2023) to condone the delay in filing of certain LLP forms. The following forms are covered under the condonation scheme: The condonation scheme is applicable to LLPs that have not filed the above forms within the due date….
Are you in the process of filing your income tax return (ITR) and have noticed that certain tax payments, such as advance tax and self-assessment tax, are missing from your Form 26AS? Up until last year, these details were readily available in a taxpayer’s Form 26AS. However, starting from the Assessment Year (AY) 2023-24 (Financial…
The EPFO has eased the process of applying for higher pension under the EPS for those eligible employees who do not have proof to joint request/undertaking/permission from the employer till date. The circular released by the Employee’s Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) provides a list of documents that an eligible employees are required to submit, along…
The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has released a circular on how the higher pension will be calculated for those employees opting for a higher pension based on actual salary under the Employee Pension Scheme (EPS). As per the circular, the formula for the calculation of higher pension will be different for those retiring before…
The gross GST revenue collected in the month of April, 2023 is ₹ 1,87,035 crore of which CGST is ₹38,440 crore, SGST is ₹47,412 crore, IGST is ₹89,158 crore (including ₹34,972 crore collected on import of goods) and cess is ₹12,025 crore (including ₹901 crore collected on import of goods). The government has settled ₹45,864 crore to CGST and ₹37,959 crore to SGST…
The majority of paid workers in the organised sector receive a house rent allowance, which is equivalent to about 50% of their base pay. A person who rents a place to live may be able to get a refund of the rent they paid, but only under particular circumstances. The following three exemptions are, in…
India has compiled a list of 35 items that are being considered for a potential hike in customs duties in the 2023 budget, which is expected to be released on February 1. Among the products on the government-prepared list are private aircraft, helicopters, high-end electronics, plastic goods, jewellery, high-gloss paper, and vitamins. Based on suggestions from…
Nirmala Sitharaman, the minister of finance, stated on Sunday that improving the ease of doing business was not just the responsibility of the federal government and that it was also necessary to improve it at the state, district, municipality, and even Panchayat levels. The finance minister offered some words of wisdom to budding entrepreneurs while…
As a result of the removal of all promoter directors from the board of directors by the national company law tribunal (NCLT), which was done to protect the firm from bad management, Atlas Cycle will now be run by a new group of individuals. Six independent directors have been appointed in the public interest to…
In order to commemorate the enactment of the Customs Act of 1962, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), Government of India, held a celebration today. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, served as the event’s Chief Guest, and Shri Pankaj Chaudhary, Union Minister of State for Finance, served…
Central bank digital currencies were a curiosity five years ago. They’re now a fad. In addition to the 11 that are already using them, more than 40 economies are running pilots or are in the preliminary development phase. As interest in these new-age payment tools grows, previously unasked questions about them begin to surface. Some…
If you pay income tax online, make sure the bank where you have an account has changed or migrated its Tax payment facility route. This is because the new income tax e-filing portal has begun accepting tax payments through the service of e-Pay Tax window on its own portal. Customers of specific banks who have…
The provisional payroll data of EPFO released on 20th October, 2022 highlights that EPFO has added 16.94 lakh net members in the month of August, 2022. Year-on-year comparison of payroll data reflects an increase of 14.40% in net membership addition in August, 2022 as compared to the corresponding month during last year in 2021. Of the…
The provisional payroll data of EPFO released on 20th September, 2022 highlights that EPFO has added 18.23 lakh net members in the month of July, 2022. Year-on-year comparison of payroll data reflects an increase of 24.48% in net membership addition in July, 2022 as compared to the corresponding month during last year in 2021. Of…
To curb tax evasion, the government has now increased its guard. A new rule has been made to prevent tax evasion from cash transactions across the country. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued a notification for this. It will be mandatory to provide PAN card details According to the notification of CBDT,…
India Post has been announced the launch of Online services for the National Pension Scheme (NPS), a voluntary retirement saving scheme that aims to ensure everyone’s financial stability after retirement. Noe all eligible citizens can open an NPS account online without physically visiting any post office. The online service has been made available from April…
The provisional payroll data of EPFO has been released today, i.e., 20th March 2022, which highlights that EPFO has added 15.29 lakh net subscribers during January 2022. Month-on-month comparison of payroll data also indicates an increase of 2.69 lakh net subscribers addition in January, 2022 as compared to the net additions during the previous month of December, 2021….
On the International Women’s Day. Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has made a big announcement. The EPFO has asked all companies to provide 100% e-nomination facility for their women employees, so that they can be recognized and rewarded on Women’s Day. EPFO has tweeted and said, ‘Companies who have not been able to do e-nomination…
There are frequent reports of GST evasion. But now the government is going to take new steps to stop it. Now blockchain technology will be used by the government to curb GST fake billing and GST claims. In the first phase, it will be used for warehousing and monitoring of goods movement. Warehousing monitoring in…
Common people have high hopes from this budget for 2022. Actually, due to the creaking economy and rising inflation due to Corona havoc, people are in the hope that the government can give them relief in this budget. In this sequence, apart from giving a growth booster to the economy, there is a possibility of…
With Fintech adoption rate at 87% against the global average of 64%, India has emerged as one of the largest digital markets in the world. Fintech Sector has huge potential in India, supported by an enabling policy and digital infrastructure framework. As per industry estimate, India has over 676 million smartphone users, over 1.2 billion telecom subscribers…
The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today informed that the details of total amount of funds disbursed State-wise from the Start-up Fund by the Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas during…