Category Archives: Income Tax Press Release

e-tax notices to 11 Lakh non-filers of Income Tax Return

By | March 20, 2019

The Income Tax Department’s newly set-up Centralised Verification Centre (CenVC) is planning to send the first set of e-tax notices to ‘non-filers’, starting this week. There are a total of about 11 lakh cases under scanner where I-T returns have not been filed. The notices will be issued under section 133C of the Income-Tax Act,… Read More »

Income Tax Informants Reward Scheme 2018 

By | March 20, 2019

Income Tax Informants Reward Scheme 2018  Under Income Tax Informants Reward Scheme 2018 A person can get reward up to Rs. Five crore by giving specific information about evasion of Income tax on income and assets in India and abroad. Identity of the informant shall be kept confidential. Full details of Under Income Tax Informants Reward… Read More »

CBDT SOP for cash deposit during the demonetisation Period

By | March 6, 2019

F No 225/363/2017-ITA.II Ministry of Finance , CBDT, Dated 5th March 2019 The Central Board of Direct Taxes ( CBDT ) has issued Standard Operating Proceedure (SOP) for handling cases related to substantial cash deposit during the demonetisation period in which the notice under section 142 (1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 has not… Read More »

Date Extended for Task Force for drafting New Direct Tax Legislation till 31.05.2019

By | March 1, 2019

Task Force for drafting a New Direct Tax Legislation-Extension of term The tax force, headed by Central Board of Direct Taxes member Akhilesh Ranjan, was asked to submit its suggestions to the government by Feb. 28, 2019. Now the date has been extended to 31.05.2019 Task Force for drafting a New Direct Tax Legislation-Extension of… Read More »

ITRs & audit reports for AY 2018-19 for Kerala Extended till 28.02.2019 : CBDT

By | February 27, 2019

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has directed that in case of taxpayers of Kerala for whom the due date for filing of return of Income (ITR) and report of audit pertaining to AY 2018-19 was 31-10-2018 (extended deadline), all ITRs & audit reports filed till 28-02-2019 shall be deemed to have been filed by… Read More »

No Income Tax on Start up on issuance of shares up to Rs. 25 crore : Notification

By | February 20, 2019

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 19th February, 2019 G.S.R. 127(E).— This notification is being issued in supersession of the GazetteNotification No. G.S.R. 364(E) dated April 11, 2018 as modified vide Gazette Notification No. G.S.R. 34 (E) dated January 16, 2019. Definitions 1. In this notification,—… Read More »

Link PAN with Aadhaar by 31.03.2019 : CBDT

By | February 14, 2019

Aadhaar-PAN linking is mandatory now which has to be completed till 31.3.2019 by the PAN holders requiring filing of Income Tax Return. Constitutional validity of Aadhaar has been upheld by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in September 2018. Consequently, in terms of Section 139AA of Income Tax Act., 1961 and order dated 30.6.2018 of the Central Board of… Read More »

Govt approved Abolition of Income-Tax Ombudsman and Indirect Tax Ombudsman

By | February 7, 2019

Cabinet Abolition of Institution of Income-Tax Ombudsman and Indirect Tax Ombudsman Posted On: 06 FEB 2019 The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister  Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for Abolition of Institution of Income-Tax Ombudsman and Indirect Tax Ombudsman.  The approval comes in the wake of alternative complaint redressal mechanisms chosen by public and… Read More »