Income Tax Articles

ITR and Audit Due date Further Extended by CBDT

CS Lalit Rajput 11 January 2022 at 19:54

CBDT has considered representation w.r.t. difficulties reported by the taxpayers and other stakeholders in filing of Income Tax Returns and various reports of audit for the Assessment Year 2021-22 under the Income-tax Act, 1961(the "Act").

Income Tax Search and Seizure: Right of the assessee to cross-examine

CA.Mohit Gupta 09 January 2022 at 08:53

The principles of natural justice forms an integral part of procedural fairness and justness, thereby excluding the scope of arbitrariness. Even though the right of hearing, which forms a part of the principles of natural justice, before an order is passed under some of the provisions of the Income-tax Act 1961

Scope of Order for Rectification u/s 154 of the Income Tax Act

CA, CPA (USA) Shikhar Garg 09 January 2022 at 07:59

This section is a neutral provision, neither revenue friendly unlike section 263 nor assessee friendly unlike section 264 of the Act. But it has limited application, since it is bound by the wording of "Mistake apparent from records"

Amendment in Residential Status as per Finance Act, 2020

Neethi V. Kannanth 08 January 2022 at 16:02

Determination of Residential Status is the key to determine the tax liability. There has been an amendment to Section 6 of the Income Tax Act, 1960 which deals with Residential Status as per Finance Act,2020.

How can you File an ITR after the Due Date and What are its Consequences?

Neethi V. Kannanth 06 January 2022 at 15:24

Are you one of those who has missed filing the return of income before the deadline of 31 December, 2021 and wondering if you can still file the return? If so, push your worries aside, as you can still file the return of income.

Relief under double taxation avoidance agreement

FCS Deepak Pratap Singh 06 January 2022 at 08:43

The Income Tax Act, 1961 provides for taxation of a certain income earned in India by Mr. X a non-resident. The DTAA, which applied to Mr. X provides for taxation of such income in the country of his residence. Examine, is Mr. X is liable to pay tax on such income earned by him in India?.