Year: 2020

The CBDT has issued a press release regarding the reduction in rate of Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) & Tax Collection at Source (TCS)

Six eminent senior Advocates of the Bombay High Court, being Iqbal Chagla, Janak Dwarkadas, Fedun E De Vitre, Navroz Seervai, Darius Khambata and M P Bharucha, are planning to meet Chief Justice, Dipankar Datta to request that physical hearings with regular court working days and timings be resumed

The CBDT has vide Circular 11 of 2020 dated 8th May 2020 provided important clarification on the issue of determining the residential status of persons who have been compelled to prolong their stay in India owing to the outbreak of the CoronaVirus and the suspension of international flights

The Bombay High Court has issued an important circular dated 4th May 2020 on the issue of functioning of Courts during the Covid-19 lock down

The adverse economic effects of CoronaVirus is being felt by everyone. CA and Law Firms have tightened their seat belts with a view to preparing for the contraction in demand for professional services

The CBDT has vide Circular No.10 /2020 dated 24th April, 2020 stated that in view of the prevailing situation due to COVID-19 pandemic across the country, the reporting under clause 30C and clause 44 of the Tax Audit Report shall be kept in abeyance till 31 st March, 2021

Some eager-beaver IRS officers have landed themselves in hot water by circulating a document titled “FORCE 1.0” (Fiscal Options & Response to COVID-19 Epidemic). Essentially, the recommendations are that since there will be a loss of revenue due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, more taxes should be imposed on the taxpayers, especially the affluent category.

The Bombay High Court has issued an important circular on the issue of availing Summer Vacation and increasing the working hours after the lock-down is lifted

The CBDT has vide Circular No. 9/2020 dated 22nd April 2020 provided important clarification to several queries raised by taxpayers in connection with the Vivad Se Vishwas Act, 2020

At a video conference, Justice P. P. Bhatt lauded the Vivad-se-Vishwas scheme. He urged the stakeholders, more particularly, the tax practitioners, to take the task further in a mission mode, so that the system that is choked with the avoidable litigation could be relieved for concentrating on more meritorious issues, which have a bearing on the tax policies affecting the taxpayers on a large scale