Despite the previous clarification, a number of queries have continued to be raised on various aspects of the exemption/ reverse charge on service-tax on Advocates’ services. To resolve all queries, CA Rajkamal Shah, a well known expert in the filed, …
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Press Release dated 20.07.2012 issued by the Ministry of Finance: Exemption of Salaried Employees from Requirement of Filing of Returns for Assessment Year 2012-13
Vide order passed in pursuance of the consultations of the collegiums of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, consisting of the President and two senior-most Vice Presidents, Shri D. Karunakara Rao,, Accountant Member, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Hyderabad Benches, Hyderabad has been transferred in public interest, in the same capacity to the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai Benches, Mumbai with immediate effect
Vide Order No. 143 of 2012 dated 13.07.2012, the CBDT has nominated the officers to hold additional charge in place of the Chief Commissioners & Director Generals who have been selected for the Advanced Mid Career Training Programme
The Ministry of Finance has released a power-point presentation on 13.07.2012 explaining the entire concept of service-tax and the changes made thereto by the Finance Act 2012 in a simple and easy-to-understand format. The presentation will be useful for all tax professionals
The Prime Minister has approved the constitution of an Expert Committee on GAAR to undertake stakeholder consultations and finalise the guidelines for GAAR. This committee would manage the consultation process and finalise the draft GAAR Guidelines
Vide letter dated 11.07.2012, the CBDT has released a list of Chief Commissioners of Income-tax who have been selected for “Advanced Mid-Career Training Programme” which entails a 3 weeks in Bangalore and 2 weeks in the USA
In case the income on which tax has been deducted at source is assessable in the hands of a person other than the deductee, the deductee must file a declaration with the deductor that credit for the TDS shall be given to the other person and not to the deductee. The declaration filed by the deductee must contain the name, address, Permanent Account Number of the person to whom credit is to be given and reasons for giving credit to such person. The deductor must, in the TDS statement, report the tax deduction in the name of such other person and also issue the TDS certificate in the name of the person in whose name credit is shown in the TDS statement
Vide Order No. 6/FT&TR/2012 dated 10.07.2012, the CBDT has constituted the Dispute Resolution Panel at Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Hyderbad, Bangalore & Chennai
The Australian Tax Office has issued a comprehensive guide explaining what constitutes a tax avoidance scheme. It is pointed out that a tax planning arrangement that goes beyond the policy intent of the law and involve deliberate approaches to exploit the tax system is a tax avoidance scheme. It is emphasized that these schemes are not limited to the ‘too good to be true’ type of arrangement but can be more sophisticated than many people realise. It is cautioned that because some tax schemes are very cleverly dressed up as seemingly legitimate arrangements, it’s important to be able to recognise them. Examples are given of typical “tax avoidance schemes” which fall foul of the law
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