Category: Income Tax

Income Tax steps-up actions against Benami Property Transactions

Income Tax Department steps-up actions under Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act. Benami properties of more than Rs. 3,500 crore in more than 900 cases attached  Due to intensive efforts undertaken by the Income Tax Department, provisional attachment has been made in more than 900 cases of properties under the …

Special Audit u/s 142-2A relying upon the audit Reports of CAG without recording detailed reasons not sustainable-HC

Special Audit u/s142-2A relying upon the audit Reports of CAG without recording detailed reasons not sustainable.  Order passed must show independent application of mind to the material on record-High Court Prelude: Section 142(2A) of the Income tax Act, 1961 (the Act) contains the provisions regarding powers of the …

India-Brazil DTAA amended protocol effective from 06-08-2017

India-Brazil DTAA amended protocol effective from 06-08-2017 The Protocol, amending the Convention and the Protocol between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes …

CBDT Circular-TDS on Salaries for FY 2017-18

Deduction of Tax at Source from Salaries u/s 192 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for FY 2017-18-CBDT Circular Under section 192 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, every person responsible for paying any income chargeable under the head “Salaries” is liable to deduct income-tax on the estimated …