The District Taxation Bar Association (Direct Taxes), Ludhiana has written a Memorandum to FM Nirmala Sitharaman wherein, they have highlighted 22 problems that are being faced by them and the taxpayers at large, on the New Income Tax Portal.
Income tax refunds of Rs. 11,731 crore have been issued in 18,52,540 cases & corporate tax refunds of Rs. 27,220 crore have been issued in 1,06,433 cases.
"Pursuant to decisions in that meeting, our members from ICAI are continuously working with Ministry of Finance officials and Infosys group in configuring glitch-free functionalities of new efiling portal" - ICAI.
Income tax refunds of Rs. 10,408 crore have been issued in 16,89,063 cases & corporate tax refunds of Rs. 26,642 crore have been issued in 1,03,088 cases.
CBDT has released the Income Tax Amendment (19th Amendment), Rules, 2021 under which an amendment has been notified in the computation of short term capital gains and written down value under section 50 where depreciation on goodwill has been obtained.
In view of the difficulties reported by taxpayers in electronic filing of Income Tax Forms 15CA/15CB on the portal www.incometax.gov.in, it has been decided to extend the due date for filing these Forms till 15th July 2021.
CBDT has released the Income Tax Amendment (18th Amendment), Rules, 2021 under which, changes have been notified in Rule 8AA with regard to the amount chargeable to Income Tax under the head "Capital Gains" and a new Rule 8AB has been inserted.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes has extended the last date for updating UDINs for all the IT forms at the e-filing portal to 31st August 2021.
Section 194Q of the Income Tax Act, which has been effective from 1st July 2021 onwards has created a lot of confusion among taxpayers and professionals. Thus, the CBDT has issued certain guidelines and clarifications under the section.
The Government has granted further extension of timelines of compliances under Income Tax Act. It has also announced tax exemption for expenditure on COVID-19 treatment and ex-gratia received on death due to COVID-19.
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