The Report of the Expert Committee on General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR) in Income-tax Act, 1961 has been released today (1st September 2012)

Hon’ble Shri. H. L. Karwa has been appointed President of the Tribunal in place of Hon’ble Shri. G. E. Veerabhadrappa, who was the officiating President

The Ministry of Finance has notified an “Advance Pricing Agreement Scheme” (Rules 10F to 10T of Income Tax Rules, 1962) vide notification No. 36/2012 dated 30-8-2012. The Finance Act, 2012 had inserted sections 92CC and 92CD in the Income Tax Act 1961 introducing the provisions of Advance Pricing Agreement (APA). The APA Scheme shall come into effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette, i.e. from 30.08.2012

Vide Notification No. 36 of 2012 dated 30.08.2012, the CBDT has inserted Rules 10F to 10T to introduce the “Advance Pricing Agreement Scheme”.

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, Dr O K Narayanan, Vice Preaident, ITAT, Chennai Zone, Chennai is transferred to ITAT, Kolkata Zone, Kolkata w.e.f. 10 Sep 2012 and Shri Hari Om Maratha, JM, ITAT, Jabalpur is transferred to ITAT, Jodhpur w.e.f. 03 Sep 2012

Vide Office Memorandum dated 28.08.2012, the CBDT has set up an elaborate “Institutional Mechanism for Forming Departmental View on Contentious Legal Issues”

The CBDT has issued a letter dated 27.08.2012 stating that there has been non-compliance and violation of the CBDT’s order in respect of posting of officers on promotion to the grade to JCIT. The CBDT has taken a stern view and threatened that the concerned officer who issued the order and the CCIT (CCA) concerned would be held personally liable

Vide Order No. 170 of 2012 dated 27.08.2012 the CBDT has ordered the distribution of work amongst the Chairman and the Members of the CBDT

The CIT, CPC, has informed vide letter dated 21.08.2012 that an amount of Rs. 4800 crores has been collected in respect of disputed demands by way of adjustment of refunds and that there is a need to rectify/ reconcile the …

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Vide Order No. 167 dated 22.08.2012, the CBDT has promoted several officers in the grade of Commissioners of income-tax to the grade of Chief Commissioners of Income-tax in the pay scale of Rs. 67,000 to Rs. 79,000 with effect from the date of assumption of charge of the post and until further orders