Income Tax News

Govt to notify guidelines on ESOP soon

26 September 2007 at 20:46

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

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CBDT warns action if No PAN data in TDS returns

26 September 2007 at 11:28

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

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Playing Hard to save Capital Gains Tax??

24 September 2007 at 23:01

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

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SC admits incometax department plea on dividend income !!

24 September 2007 at 22:52

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

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Taxpayers may pay for I-T's delay

23 September 2007 at 02:36

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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Cash registers at North Block are ringing !!!

23 September 2007 at 02:29

The cash registers at North Block are ringing loud, thanks to the India growth story which shows no signs of any twist in the tale. Signalling a buoyant trend in revenue growth, direct tax collection crossed the Rs 1-lakh crore milestone this fiscal,

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Tds efforts finally pays off

22 September 2007 at 12:37

Tax deducted at source (TDS) accounts for as much as 50 per cent direct tax collections in this fiscal so far. This figure was 28 per cent and 35 per cent in 2006-07 and 2005-06, respectively. The main reason for this increase is the widening of t

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Vodafone drags I-T to court over tax claim!!!

21 September 2007 at 15:27

Vodafone Essar has filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court challenging the right of the tax authorities to levy a capital gains tax on it.The writ is aimed at preventing the income-tax department from taking further action. The I-T department

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NEW DIRECT TAX CODE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED SOON : SHOME

19 September 2007 at 13:11

The Union Finance Ministry in consultation with tax experts is drafting a new Direct Tax Code which was likely to be ready by October, advisor to the Finance Ministry Parthasarathi Shome said today.The main objective of drafting the new code was to m

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I-T REFUNDS TO GO ONLINE FROM DECEMBER

19 September 2007 at 13:06

Come December, and all the nagging income tax refund worries will be over. The I-T department would be crediting the refunds directly to tax payers' SBI accounts. "Tax payers need not come to Aikar Bhawan to persue their refunds. It will be electroni

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