Eleven years after he began his fight for an income tax refund, a man has finally managed to receive his due from the authorities coupled with accrued interests following delay in payment. Prakash Aswani, who took voluntary retirement from United In
NEW DELHI: Switching back to paper may help corporate tax payers who had e-filed returns and are still awaiting tax refunds. With Rs 14,000 crore worth of refunds stuck due to non-processing of e-returns, the income-tax department plans to ask them t
The fringe benefit tax (FBT) on employee stock option plans (Esop) could hit expatriate employees of multinational companies as credit cannot be claimed against it under double taxation avoidance agreements (DTAA). Thus, expat employees of multinatio
In a landmark decision, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that judicial proceedings of all courts and tribunals are beyond the purview of the Right to Information Act."...a judicial authority must function with total independence and
The government on Tuesday said it will not accept tax returns for the quarter ending September 30 and thereafter if companies fail to provide PAN details of a majority of their employees. The Income Tax Department will not accept the quarterly TDS re
After a delay of more than five months, the government is likely to notify within a week the guidelines for evaluating fringe benefit tax (FBT) on stock options given by companies to their employees. "Finance Minister P Chidambaram has given his appr
This to inform that CBDT has warned action to be taken if TDS returns for salaries is filed with less than 90% of PAN data and returns for payments other than salaries is filed with less than 70% of PAN data furnished for quarter ending Sept 30, 2007
Strike when the iron is hot. Banking on the bullish market sentiments, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) plans to issue capital gains bonds worth Rs 2,000 crore on Monday. The bonds, with a face value of Rs 10,000, carry an annual coupon ra
THE Supreme Court has admitted a petition moved by revenue department levy of tax on the dividend income of assessee on which no tax was paid in the contracting country which has signed Double Tax Aviodance Agreement with India. A bench comprising Ju
Taxhounds may once again spoil the sleep of a lot of people. This time it won't be the bark or bite but their deafening silence on valuation norms for fair market value of Esop shares. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is formulating the guide
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