25% growth in number of Income Tax Returns filed in current fiscal Advance Tax (Personal Income Tax) collections up by 41% As a result of demonetization and Operation Clean Money, there is a substantial increase in the number of Income Tax Returns(IT
In view of the difficulties faced by taxpayers, the due date for filing of Income Tax Returns for F.Y. 2016-2017 i.e. Assessment Year A.Y. 2017-2018 was extended to 5th August, 2017(for certain categories of taxpayers).In order to facilitate manual f
Permanent Account Number (PAN) is the key identifier of taxable entity and aggregator of all financial transactions undertaken by one person. One PAN for one person is the guiding principle for allotment of PAN. However, for achieving the objective o
In view of the difficulties faced by taxpayers, date for filing of Income Tax Returns for FY 2016-17 has been extended to 5th August, 2017
The Government of India has taken several steps to address the problem of benami transactions across the country. (i) The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 (the Act) was comprehensively amended through the Benami Transactions (Prohibition)
Optional reporting of details of one foreign bank account by the non-residents in refund cases Refund generated on processing of return of income is currently, credited directly to the bank accounts of the tax-payers. Availability of the detail of b
Income Tax Department celebrates Aaykar Diwas 2017; FM calls for expansion of the tax base in a non-intrusive manner and prompt redressal of the grievances of the tax payers. The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley highlights the initiatives un
Demonitization: From 9th November 2016 to 10th January 2017, more than 1100 searches and surveys were conducted by the ITD; more than more than 5100 verification notices issued; The undisclosed income detected in these actions was more than Rs. 5400
F. No. 275/59/2012-IT (B)Government of IndiaMinistry of FinanceDepartment of RevenueCentral Board of Direct TaxesNorth Block, New DelhiCircular No. 23/2017Dated: 19th July, 2017 Subject: Modification of Circular No.1 of 2014 in view of substitution o
Income Tax Department pushes additional cases of High Cash Deposits in Second Phase of Operation Clean Money. The Income Tax Department (ITD) has used information received under the Statement of Financial Transactions (SFT) to identify 5.56 lakh new