Income Tax Articles

Power to call for general information u/s 133(6)

sivadas chettoor 09 December 2013 at 11:36

POWER TO CALL FOR GENERAL INFORMATION U/S 133(6) OF THE INCOME TAX ACT 1961- A STUDY INTRODUCTION:The Hon Supreme Court of India, in August 2013, pronounced its judgment in Kathiroor Service Cooperative Bank Ltd & Others V Commissioner of

Loan provided to employees- Perquisite calculation - Part I

T E Gautham 06 December 2013 at 13:29

We find many payroll managers being unaware that loans provided to employees (by the employer) are taxable in the hands of the employees. The typical reactions (from payroll managers) we come across when we talk about taxability of loans provided to

Karniti Part-13: Dear, Pay tax on "House" and Relax at "Home"

CA Umesh Sharma 03 December 2013 at 11:38

Taxation on Purchase or Sale of House PropertyArjuna(fictional character): O Lord Krishna, food, clothes and house, being the basic necessities of life, hold an important place in human life. But nowadays lot of money is needed to buy or construct a

Karniti Part-12: Income of Trusts, then follow & trust Indian law

CA Umesh Sharma 26 November 2013 at 11:31

Finance and Income Tax of Charitable TrustsLet us try to get answers to our questions in a bit different and joyful manner. The fictional character of Arjuna will be played by the common man or tax payer and the fictional character of Krishna the Exp

Calculation of Tax Exemption on LTA

T E Gautham 25 November 2013 at 12:19

In an earlier post we looked at the conditions governing tax exemption on leave travel allowance (LTA). In this post we will look at the calculation of the tax exemption amount. As mentioned in the earlier post, the exemption is available only on tra

Tax Exemption on Leave Travel Allowance

T E Gautham 23 November 2013 at 13:46

As a company engaged in the business of payroll processing and statutory compliance related to payroll, we wonder if the tax law governing tax exemption on Leave Travel Allowance (LTA) is among the most complex tax legislations in India. Each year or

Inflation Cost - Allowability under Business Head of the Income Tax Act,1961

Raghavendra Prasad M 23 November 2013 at 13:45

Sri S.S.Tarapore, retired Dy. Governor , Reserve Bank of India, and a popular columnist in The Hindu Business Line, Eenadu dailies time and again requests the RBI authorities to do justice to the poor depositors by payi

HRA a tool of tax planning: Queries

CA Chandra Kishore Bajpai 20 November 2013 at 11:12

Few days back ( on 13th Nov 2013)I posted an article on exemption from house Rent allowance House Rent Allowance-A tool of Tax planning for employees Really I feel very happy to see the responses to the article and good to know that pe

Karniti Part:11 "Sachin" like Retirement & its Financial Planning

CA Umesh Sharma 18 November 2013 at 12:55

Karniti Part 11 (Sachin Tendulkar Special)Sachin like Retirement and its Financial PlanningKeeping conversation between Lord Krishna and Arjuna as the foundation we will learn certain basic financial and tax matter. Let us try to get an

House Rent Allowance - A tool of Tax planning for employees

CA Chandra Kishore Bajpai 13 November 2013 at 12:40

House Rent Allowance (HRA) is second component which is found in each pay slip after basic salary. This is the major contributor in tax relief for the employee who reside in rented house during his/her employment.Generally employee submits Rent recei