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Clarifications on Direct Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme 2016

24 December 2016 at 11:55

F.No.142/11/2016-TPLGovernment of IndiaMinistry of FinanceDepartment of RevenueCentral Board of Direct Taxes(TPL Division)Clarifications on the Direct Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2016The Direct Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2016 (hereinafter refe

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Reporting Cash Transactions under Rule 114E of IT Rules, 1962

23 December 2016 at 17:30

Rule 114E of Income-Tax Rules, 1962, for furnishing Statement of Financial Transactions (SFT) came into force with effect from 1st April, 2016. Any person who is liable for audit under section 44AB of the Income-Tax Act, 1961 is required to furnish

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Payments towards PMGKY 2016 scheme can be made in old currency

23 December 2016 at 10:23

Payments towards Tax, Penalty, Surcharge and Deposit under PMGKY 2016 in Old Demonetised Currency allowed till 30 th SDecember, 2016. The Central Government has decided that up to 30.12.2016, the payment towards tax, surcharge, penalty and deposit u

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IT Dept identifies 67.54 lakh potential non-filers for FY 2014-15

23 December 2016 at 10:23

The Non-filers Monitoring System (NMS) was rolled out for identification of non-filers with potential tax liabilities. Data analytics carried out by the Systems Directorate of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) identifies non-filers about whom spec

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Pay 46% less tax by migrating to digital transaction

21 December 2016 at 10:48

Measures for Promoting Digital Payments & Creation of Less-Cash Economy: Benefit of lower rate of Income Tax on digital turnover for small businesses. The benefit of lower rate of Income-tax on digital turnover for small businesses up to a turnov

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CBT recommends 8.65% interest on EPF for the year 2016-17

20 December 2016 at 10:41

Shri Bandaru Dattatreya chaired the 215th meeting of the Central Board of Trustees (EPF) CBT recommends 8.65% interest on EPF to its subscribers for the year 2016-17 The Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge) Shri Bandaru Da

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Deemed profit u/s 44 AD reduced from 8% to 6% for digital transaction

19 December 2016 at 17:57

Government decides to reduce the existing rate of deemed profit under section 44AD of the Income Tax Act in respect of amounts/receipts through banking channel/digital means Under the existing provisions of section 44AD of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (t

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Deposit exceeding Rs 5000 can be made only once per account till 30th Dec 2016

19 December 2016 at 12:52

MINISTRY OF FINANCE(Department of Economic Affairs) NOTIFICATIONS.O. 4086(E).�In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 26 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934), the Central Government hereby makes the follo

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Govt clarifies status of political party under Income Tax Act

19 December 2016 at 11:36

Clarification of Status of Political Parties under Income Tax Act, 1961 There have been some newspaper reports which seem to wrongly suggest that there cannot be any scrutiny of Income-tax returns of political parties registered with the Election Co

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Measures to absorb the excess liquidity in the banks post demonetisation

19 December 2016 at 11:36

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has taken several measures to absorb the excess liquidity in the banks post demonetisation. It has introduced incremental CRR of 100% on deposits collected between September 16 and November 11,2016 effective from the fortn

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