Income Tax Articles

Taxability of fees from Offshore Services - post Finance Act

Rajvi 10 September 2010 at 12:45

Taxability of Fees from offshore services – post Finance Act, 2010 CA Ankit Virendra Sudha Shah General understanding on taxability of fees from offshore services under the provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961 1. After the retrospectiv

Avoiding Repetitive Appeals - SEC.158A OF Income Tax Act 196

CA S.SAIRAM 10 September 2010 at 11:43

AVOIDING REPETITIVE APPEALS - SEC.158A OF INCOME TAX ACT 1961 It is a vox populi that the judiciary system in India consumes lot of time to come up with a judgement and cases are piling up day by day. A lot many instances have been noticed where the

Taxation aspects in case of corporate restructuring

Manikanta Raju CA,CWA,(CS) 04 September 2010 at 12:32

Now a day’s cross border transactions, mergers and acquisitions and amalgamations, demergers have been increasing significantly… Various interested people of diversified profession getting benefited from the above transactions, they are

Income Tax Saver Fixed Deposits : Must Know Facts

CMA. Subhash Kumar Jha 03 September 2010 at 13:30

Income Tax Saver Fixed Deposits : Must Know Facts During 2005, banks were losing key investments due to thinning popularity of fixed deposits due to frequent reduction in interest rates. The fixed deposits which were giving interest rates up to 1

Highlights in Direct tax code for Salaried Individuals

CMA Ramesh Krishnan 03 September 2010 at 13:26

Highlights in Direct tax code for Salaried Individuals Scope of Income from employment: As per the DTC Bill 2010, the Gross salary includes all of the following 1. Any sum received from the employer under employment 2. Any allowance for

Basic concept on Wealth Tax

Suresh Prasad 03 September 2010 at 13:26

Wealth Tax Basic Concept Applicability: whole of India from 1st April, 1957. Chargeability: On net Wealth of individual, HUF & Company @ 1% in excess of Rs. 3,00,000 on Valuation Date. Valuation Date: 31st march immedi

Direct Tax Code : Lost the original Glitter while Moderation

CMA. Subhash Kumar Jha 01 September 2010 at 16:46

Direct Tax Code : Lost the original Glitter while Moderation ! In the year 2009, Government had announced the adoption of Direct Tax Code (DTC) from 01/04/2011. This announcement had created a big hype everywhere, be it individual or corporate s

DIRECT TAX CODE - Will it achieve anything for taxpayers?

CA Anil Garg 30 August 2010 at 11:57

Post Rao era, most reforms in tax laws have promised a lot but delivered very little. VAT was announced with a view to avoid cascading effect of taxes and reduce the burden of compliance on the business community. In reality, govt revenues have go

Search Seizure etc. simplified

Member (Account Deleted) 30 August 2010 at 11:53

SEARCH, SEIZURE AND SURVEY SIMPLIFIED Search and Seizure are the burning topics in current Tax scenario. It seems that North Block is completing its direct as well as indirect tax targets through this amour of ‘SEARCH & SEIZURE’. A

Understanding the provisions relating to Transfer Pricing

Amit Bajaj 25 August 2010 at 11:47

With the advent of MNCs(Multi National Concerns) a trend has also been adopted by the MNCs to structure their investments and business strategy in such a way that profits are maximized in such jurisdictions where tax rates are low, which give rise to