Income Tax Act 1961 Current Affairs, GK & News
Parliament passes Finance Bill 2021
Parliament has passed the “Finance Bill 2021” on March 23, 2021. Bill seeks to bring financial proposals of central government in effect for the financial year 2021-22. Highlights Bill was passed by lower house of the Parliament with several amendments. It proposes for some changes in proposals which were made in union budget 2021 with ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Compliance Burden • Ease of Doing Business • Finance Bill • Finance Bill 2021 • Income Tax Act 1961 • Small Companies definition
CBDT issues clarification over Section 115 BAC of Income Tax Act
The Central Board of Direct Taxes recently clarified that the employers shall seek clarification and detect tax at source. Section 115 BAC The Section 115 BAC was inserted recently into the Income Tax Act, 1961. According to the section, a person receiving income other than family business shall be taxed under Section 115 BAC. This ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: CBDT • Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) • Guidelines • Income Tax • Income Tax Act 1961 • TDS
Lok Sabha clears Taxation (Amendment) bill, 2019
On December 2, 2019, Lok Sabha passed the Taxation Laws (Amendment) bill, 2019. The main objective of the bill is to provide an option for the domestic companies to pay taxes at the rate of 22%. Key Features The bill replaced the ordinance promulgated by the President in September 2019. The ordinance reduced corporate taxes. ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Bills and Acts • Bills and Amendements • CLAT • Economic growth • Finance Act 2019 • Income Tax Act 1961 • Investment • Lok Sabha • Ordinances • Taxation
Centre cuts Corporate Tax Rate for domestic investors
The Centre government has cut the effective corporate tax rate for existing domestic companies to 25.17% (from 34.94% now) and for new domestic companies, it will be 15% now. For this purpose the government has brought in Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 2019 to make certain amendments in Income-tax Act 1961 and Finance (No. 2) Act ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: corporate tax rate • Domestic Company • Finance (No. 2) Act 2019 • Income Tax Act 1961 • Nirmala Sitharama • Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 2019 • Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs
CBDT notifies creation of special cell for startups
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has created five-member special cell to address grievances of startups with relation to angel tax and other tax-related issues. It will be headed by member (Income Tax and Computerisation) of CBDT. This initiative is the latest amongst the recent initiatives taken by the CBDT to further ease the compliance ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: CBDT • Central Board of Direct Taxes • Income Tax Act 1961 • special cell • Startups
India, US to Sign Pact for Exchange of Country-By-Country Reports
Both India and the US will sign an agreement to facilitate the exchange of country-by-country (CbC) reports filed by the ultimate parent corporations based in either of the countries. Country-By-Country Reports Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) has been at the focus of OECD to address Tax evasion. Multinational companies were accused of gaming tax ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting • CbC Report • country-by-country reports • Income Tax Act 1961 • India-USA • OECD • Tax Evasion