Income Tax Articles

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

Knowhow write-off: Comparing Sec. 32 and Sec.35AB

CA S.SAIRAM 23 August 2010 at 11:53

Knowhow write-off: Comparing Sec. 32 and Sec.35AB of IT ACT 1961The definition for Knowhow in the IT Act 1961 is “any industrial information or technique likely to assist in the manufacture or processing of goods or in the working of a mine, oi

Extra deduction of Rs. 20,000 under section 80CCF

Nandan Narula 21 August 2010 at 15:16

Another avenue to save tax was introduced in the Budget 2010 in the form of section 80CCF. This section allows a deduction of Rs. 20,000 for investments made in Infrastructure Bonds. Recently, IFCI has come up with an issue of Long Term Infrastructu