Income Tax Articles

Why should we file Income Tax return on Time?

CA Kapil Verma 22 June 2013 at 12:11

As per income tax act 1956, if the income of any person exceed the basic exemption limited limit of income tax act. Then he or she is required to file his/her income tax return accourding to the time limit specified in the section 139(1). Last dates

Cost of Acquisition of a Capital Asset acquired u/s 49(1)(ii)/(iii)(a) of the Income Tax Act, 1961

Bhaskaran Chackrapani Warrier 21 June 2013 at 10:58

COST OF ACQUISITION OF A CAPITAL ASSET ACQUIRED U/S 49(1)(ii) / (iii)(a) OF THE INCOME TAX ACT,1961. The income of a person has to be computed under any or all five heads of income for the purpose of levying income tax. Section 14

Sec 54 benefit: Exchange of Old Flat under redevelopment

CA Vinay parmar 20 June 2013 at 11:46

Hello Friends, there are many Redevelopment of Buildings cases are coming up and thus would like to write an Article on the above, wherein Old Flats are Exchange with New Flats along with cash or other consideration under the Redevelopment Agreement

Hedging Loss on FC Forward Contract not Speculation Loss

Ajay Agrawal 17 June 2013 at 11:58

TAX FLASH: CIT v Friends And Friends Shipping Pvt Ltd. - Gujarat High Court S. 43(5): Loss on foreign currency forward contracts by a manufacturer/ exporter is a hedging loss and not a speculation loss FACTS OF T

Detailed analysis of new TDS Section 194IA

Manoj BG 12 June 2013 at 12:39

w.e.f 01/06/2013, new TDS section brought into effect for deduction of tax while making payment for purchase of immovable property other than agricultural land in rural area in India- Following are the conditions and operational mechanism- (1) T

A few aspects of applicability of Tax audit

CA CMA CS Ram Pavan Kumar Melam 12 June 2013 at 12:38

The voluntary tax compliance by the taxpayers considerably widened after the insertion of tax audit under section 44AB in the Income-tax Act, 1961 by the Finance Act, 1984. An important revision to Tax Aud

Transfer pricing precautions; Taxpayers need to take despite recent ITAT ruling

Rupesh Srivastava 10 June 2013 at 11:17

In an recent ITAT ruling reported in (2013) TaxCorp (TP) 5176 (ITAT), the ITAT said Transfer pricing rules do not apply in these circumstances (i) to an investm..

Financial Planning for Beginners

Prof. Bajaj 10 June 2013 at 11:17

June is the month, when many campus recruits start with their first job. Sameer Dahane was one of them. While he was excited of a new role, he was equally eager to get his salary so that he can splurge it. On a casual tea-time discussion with Kapil,

Income Tax Settlement Commission

TKKKKKK 07 June 2013 at 11:27

Tax Settlement Commission, a quasi judicial body, was set up under section 245B of Income-tax Act 1961. It has been set up as a result of recommendations made by Direct Taxes Enquiry Committee (Popularly known as W

TDS Certificates

CA. Brijesh Baranwal 05 June 2013 at 16:10

Friends, Once again the season of filing income tax returns has come. Government has notified almost all Income Tax Return (ITR) Forms barring a few, which may be notified in next few days. TDS certificate is one of the most require