Income Tax
How Cryptocurrencies Are Taxed In India
[Source: forbes.com; Authors: Justin M Bharucha, Aashika Jain] Cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are presently unregulated in India. While the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had sought to ban cryptocurrencies in 2018, the Supreme Court quashed the attempted ban leaving cryptocurrencies in regulatory limbo – neither illegal nor, strictly speaking, legal. NFTs do not appear […]
Higher rate of TDS in certain situations from 1st July 2021
[By Shaleen Shah (Partner), VNCA] Finance Act 2021, has introduced a new section 206AB effective from 1-Jul-2021 wherein a payer/buyer is responsible to deduct TDS at higher rate (i.e. twice the rate as specified under the relevant provision of the Income Tax Act or twice the rate/ rates in force; or at the rate of […]
TDS & TCS on purchase & sale above Rs.50 Lacs
[By Shaleen Shah (Partner), VNCA] A new section 194Q for Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) on purchase of goods is inserted by Finance Act – 2021 effective from 01/07/2021. Earlier section 206C(1H) was inserted by Finance Act, 2020 and was made effective from 01/10/2020 for Tax Collection at Source (TCS) on sale of goods. Refer […]
New Section 12AB: Re-Registration of Trusts / Institutions registered u/s 10(23C) / 12A / 12AA / 80G of Income Tax Act
[By Shaleen Shah (Partner), VNCA] All the existing charitable and religious institutions (including NGOs) which are registered or approved under section 12A, section 12AA, section 10(23C) & section 80G are compulsorily required to switch to section 12AB for fresh registration in order to continue availing exemption under section 10 or 11, as the case may […]
Ever increasing disclosure requirements in ITR forms for HNIs
[By Shaleen Shah (Partner), VNCA] Every year, the additional disclosure requirements in Income Tax Return (ITR) forms, invariably keep increasing. The increased disclosure requirement creates a huge compliance burden on taxpayers, who will require significant time to collate such information and to ensure proper reporting, besides increasing the risk of making mistake while filing ITR. […]
Widening the scope of TCS (Tax Collection at Source) from 1st Oct 2020
[By Jyotish M Shah, Partner] Widening the scope of TCS (Tax Collection at Source) on foreign remittance, selling overseas tour package, and sale of goods over a prescribed limit from 1st October 2020. Section 206C providing for TCS has been amended to widen the scope to cover: Authorised Dealer who receives Rs.7 Lacs or more […]
Concessional Income Tax Rate of 22% for Domestic Companies
[Source: www.taxmann.com] Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman promulgated the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 on 20 September 2019 to further reduce the corporate tax rate for companies not availing specified tax exemptions. The Ordinance was replaced by the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019 (‘the Amendment Act’) on receiving the assent of the President on 11 December […]
CBDT notifies reduced TDS/TCS rates applicable from May 14, 2020
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified the reduced rate of TDS and TCS for the period from 14-05-2020 to 31-03-2021. The board has also clarified that the benefit of reduced rate shall not be available if tax is required to be deducted/collected due to non-furnishing of PAN/Aadhaar number. CBDT Notification – New […]
Some Important Relief Measures in view of COVID-19
In order to give effect to the announcements made by the Union Finance Minister vide Press Release dated 24.03.2020, regarding several relief measures relating to statutory and regulatory compliance matters across sectors in view of COVID-19 outbreak, the govt has brought in an Ordinance on 31.03.2020 which provides for extension of various time limits under […]
Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme)
Tax disputes consume time, energy and resources both on the part of the Government as well as taxpayers. Moreover, they also deprive the Government of the timely collection of revenue. The Finance Minister, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, in her budget speech, has proposed to bring a scheme similar to the Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, […]
