The Supreme Court has consolidated multiple pleas challenging the 28% GST on online gaming companies, ordering the transfer of 27 writ petitions to be heard together. During a hearing led by a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud on Friday, the Supreme Court ordered the transfer of 27 writ petitions pending in 11 high courts across the country.
Read More →The Income Tax Department has enabled the online income tax return forms, ITR-1, ITR-2 and ITR-4, for FY 2023-24 (AY 2024-25) on the e-filing portal. The online ITR forms have been enabled from April 1, 2024. With the availability of income tax return forms, taxpayers eligible to file their tax returns using these ITR forms can now file their ITR for FY 2023-24.
Read More →The income tax department has uncovered a scheme involving fraudulent use of Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) by individuals to falsely claim house rent allowance (HRA), despite not being tenants, stated a Times of India (ToI) news report. As per initial findings, around 8,000-10,000 significant cases have been identified, with amounts exceeding Rs 10 lakh in many instances. The investigation began when authorities stumbled upon purported rent receipts totaling approximately Rs 1 crore under an individual's PAN. However, upon questioning, the individual disavowed any knowledge of these transactions. Subsequent inquiry revealed that the individual had not actually received the rent attributed to them.
Read More →The Income Tax department on Thursday said ITRs 1, 2, 4 and 6 have been made available on e-filing portal from April 1, 2024, and about 23,000 returns have already been filed for the 2023-24 fiscal year. This is for the first time in recent years that the Income Tax department has enabled taxpayers to file their I-T Returns on the first day of the new financial year and, is a step towards ease of compliance and seamless taxpayer services.
Read More →Around 23,000 taxpayers filed their income tax returns (ITR) in the first three days of Assessment Year (AY) 2024-25 (Financial Year 2023-24) after the Income-tax Department for the first time opened return filing utilities on its portal from the first day of the assessment year, that is, April 1, 2024. Last year, even though the returns had been notified early, they became available for filing on the IT portal only in May (for Assessment Year 2023-24 or Financial Year 2022-23). Filing functionalities were available from May 20, 2023 for salaried individuals (ITR-1) and individuals, HUFs, and partnership firms generating an income from a business or profession (ITR-4). The filing utility for individuals and HUFs having income other than income from profits and gains from business or profession was available from May 30 (ITR-2).
Read More →TDS deduction: Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) plays an important role in the Indian tax system, ensuring that taxes are collected at the source of income itself. It's important to not only deduct TDS at the specified rate but also to ensure the accurate deduction based on one's PAN-Aadhaar linking status. Failing to do so can lead to higher TDS rates if the PAN is inoperative or inactive due to non-linkage with Aadhaar. As per an ET report, the TDS deductor or collector may face legal consequences and tax penalties for failing to check the dedutee's PAN status and deducting a lower TDS amount than required.
Read More →Ahead of the Budget, the government reduced import duties on smartphone components and spare parts to 10 per cent from 15 per cent earlier. The Ministry of Finance (MoF) announced this in an official gazette notification on January 30. As part of the revision, tariffs on components such as battery covers, antennas, sealing gaskets, sim sockets, and others, included under the mechanics category, have been reduced. Similarly, import duties on die-cut components like LCD foam, conductive cloth, and sticker-battery slots, among others, have been slashed to 10 per cent.
Read More →In the backdrop of big corporates like Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) coming under scrutiny for alleged governance lapses, the Centre is likely to review the related party clause of the Companies Act 2013 and may look at further strengthening it, a senior government official said. “The government will focus attention on the related party clause. It will see if there is a need to strengthen it. How do we strengthen the related party clause? This will engage the government's attention. All the big investigations have found the issue of related party transactions. Currently, the regime is lenient and disclosure-based,†the official told Moneycontrol. The official said that the recent investigations of ZEEL are likely to allegedly expose the issue of related party transactions.
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