Income Tax relief for Real-estate Developers and Home Buyers

As part of the AatmaNirbhar Bharat Package 3.0 as announced by Hon’ble Finance Minister on 12th November, 2020, certain income tax relief measures were brought in for real-estate developers and home buyers. Up to 2018, section 43CA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (‘the Act’) provided for deeming of the stamp duty value (circle rate) as sale consideration … Read more

CBDT to validate Unique Document Identification Number (UDIN) generated from ICAI portal at the time of upload of Tax Audit Reports

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, in its gazette notification dated 2nd August, 2019, had made generation of UDIN from ICAI website www.icai.org mandatory for every kind of certificate/tax audit report and other attests made by their members as required by various regulators. This was introduced to curb fake certifications by non-CAs misrepresenting themselves … Read more

FAQs for Provisional Admission to Foundation Course

Board of Studies The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India 13th October, 2020 FAQs for Provisional Admission to Foundation Course Q-1: I am a Class XI student who passed class X recently. Am I eligible to register for the Foundation Course? Ans : Yes. Students after passing Class 10th examination conducted by an examining body … Read more

ICAI Allows Provisional Registration in CA Foundation Course after passing Class X Examination

With an aim to provide high quality education and keeping the future global business competencies in mind, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) from time-to-time reviews its system of education and training to make it more contemporary & relevant to the global market. With the prime objective to develop the requisite Skill Sets … Read more

Income Tax Department conducts searches in Bihar

The Income Tax Department has carried out searches on 29.10.2020 in the cases of four prominent contractor groups based in Patna, Bhagalpur, Hilsa, and Katihar. In addition, surveys have been conducted on some traders of mined rocks in Gaya. All the four groups have been found to have been evading taxes by inflating expenses for … Read more

Tariff Notification No.103/2020-Customs(N.T.) in respect of Fixation of Tariff Value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seeds, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver- Reg.

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Indirect Taxes& Customs, being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient to do so, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of … Read more

CGST officials bust racket for generating fraudulent input tax credit through fake billing of around Rs 1,278 crore

Based upon specific intelligence, the officers of the Anti Evasion branch of Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST),Commissionerate, Delhi (East) have busted a major racket for generation of huge inadmissible input tax credit (ITC) through fake billing of Rs 1,278 crore (approx). The well established syndicate was being operated by floating seven different fake firms … Read more