The return filing utility after incorporating necessary changes shall be made available by 31st May 2020 to avail benefits for FY 2019-20, CBDT said.
April 19, 2020In a press release, the CBDT said, as a relief to MSMEs, income tax refunds worth Rs 5,204 crore have been issued by the central board in the last 10 days to nearly 8.2 lakh small businesses.
April 18, 2020It is mandatory to link your PAN and Aadhaar before 31st March, 2020
March 16, 2020The Supreme Court had in September 2018 declared Aadhaar as constitutionally valid and held that the biometric ID would remain mandatory for the filing of income tax returns and allotment of PAN cards.
February 15, 2020Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget for 2020-21 has introduced a 10 per cent TDS provision
February 5, 2020The automatic exchange of information with India is being implemented based on the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information (MCAA).
October 8, 2019A legal battle would commence and the MoF’s directions held in cold storage till the ultimate outcome, which may take years.
July 9, 2019Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey and Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman PC Mody will meet the poll body in Delhi today.
April 9, 2019This is the sixth time the government has extended the deadline for individuals to link their Permanent Account Number (PAN) with Aadhaar.
April 1, 2019With his appointment, the EC now has Sunil Arora as the Chief Election Commissioner and Ashok Lavasa and Chandra as fellow commissioners.
February 14, 2019While the Corporate Income Tax was growing at 17.7 per cent, Personal Income Tax collections were growing at 16 per cent
December 10, 2018The CBDT also said the average income of salaried, non-salaried and corporate taxpayers has risen over the last three years.
October 22, 2018The highest filers to be from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and J&K in view of increased economic activities
July 22, 2018Days after Centre had sought time from the the Supreme Court to provide clarity on the the issue of transgenders linking their 12-digit Aadhaar number to Permanent Account Number (PAN), the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Monday issued a notification recognising transgenders under independent gender category. The government has amended Income Tax rules that will …
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April 10, 2018While the number of Indian taxpayers earning over Rs 1 crore increased over 23.5 percent to 59,830 during the assessment year 2015-16, the larger number of individuals in this category had Rs 50,889 crore less income than in the previous year, data released by the government showed on Wednesday. According to data from the Central …
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December 20, 2017There was a 300 per cent jump in the number of applications for PAN (Permanent Account Number) post demonetisation, the CBDT said on Wednesday. Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman Sushil Chandra said while there were around 2.5 lakh PAN applications per month earlier, after the Centre announced to scrap high value currency notes …
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November 15, 2017Traders can pay farmers up to Rs 2 lakh in cash against the purchase of their wheat produce notwithstanding income tax rules, the Central Board of Direct Taxes has said. The move comes due to disaffection among farmers as they were not being paid even Rs 50,000 in cash for agricultural produce bought under the …
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November 6, 2017