Income Tax News

CBDT extends due date of various compliances and announces tax exemption for expenditure on COVID-19

25 June 2021 at 19:21

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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FM asks ICAI to constitute a team of 7 members to look into the technical glitches/issues on the new Income Tax Portal

23 June 2021 at 06:16

During the meeting, ICAI has been asked to provide its continuous support & inputs to CBDT and Infosys, in resolving the issues, as early as possible and have been asked to constitute a task force of 7 representatives.

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Finance Ministry interacts with tax professionals, other stakeholders and Infosys on issues in new Income Tax Portal

22 June 2021 at 20:48

FM Nirmala Sitharaman asked Infosys to address all issues without further loss of time, improve their services, redress grievances on priority as it was impacting taxpayers adversely.

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New functionality issued for compliance checks for Section 206AB & 206CCA of the Income Tax Act

22 June 2021 at 06:24

These sections mandate tax deduction under Section 206AB or tax collection under Section 206CCA at a higher rate in the case of certain non-filers of return and will be effective from 1st July 2021 onwards.

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CAAS recommends FM to intervene and simply re-activate the previous IT Portal

19 June 2021 at 07:18

CAAS has given an advisory and beta-testing regarding the New Income Tax Portal to the PMO and has recommended them to intervene and simply re-activate the previous IT Portal, so that tax compliances can run on time.

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GoI invites written representations regarding the issues & glitches on the new Income Tax Portal

16 June 2021 at 22:13

The Ministry of Finance has invited written representations regarding the issues & glitches on the new Income Tax Portal. These can be sent on the email address fmo@nic.in by 7 PM of 18th June 2021.

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Net Direct Tax collections for FY 2021-22 grows more than 100%

16 June 2021 at 17:12

Net Direct Tax collections for the F.Y. 2021-22 have grown at a robust pace despite the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy. Refunds amounting to Rs. 30,731 crore have been issued in the F.Y. 2021-22.

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Cost Inflation Index for FY 2021-22

16 June 2021 at 06:41

Cost Inflation Index for FY 2021-22 is 317. It is used to calculate the inflation adjusted cost price of an asset. The inflation adjusted price then is used to arrive at long-term capital gains or long-term losses.

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Finance Ministry to hold meeting on 22nd June, 2021 with Infosys on issues in new Income Tax Portal

15 June 2021 at 22:33

Senior officials of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, will hold an interactive meeting on the 22nd of June, 2021, between 11:00 AM to 01:00 PM with Infosys on issues/glitches in the recently launched e-filing portal of the IT Department.

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Relaxation in electronic filing of Income Tax Forms 15CA/15CB

14 June 2021 at 18:01

In view of the difficulties reported by taxpayers in electronic filing of IT Forms 15CA/15CB on the portal, it has been decided that taxpayers can submit the aforesaid Forms in manual format to the authorized dealers till June 30th, 2021.

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