Income Tax

Union Budget 2021 : Part IV –Business related

Income Tax amendments related to Business are discussed here. I have covered 8 general points. The points specifically applicable to certain industries are not written here. Point # 1 Payment by an employer of employee contribution to a fund on or before the due date Example – MK Steels Private …

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Union Budget 2021 : Part II – Personal Income Tax Changes

I have covered 6 points under Income Tax proposals which will impact the salaried employees and other individual taxpayers. Point # 1 Relaxation for a certain category of senior citizens from filing return of income-tax It would have been a sincere Pranam to Senior citizens had the Government proposed that …

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Gold(en) Tax

Governments lie; bankers lie; even auditors sometimes lie. Gold tells the truth. Borrowers will default. Markets will collapse. Gold prices (the ultimate form of safe money) will skyrocket. I suppose this is why people buy Gold. Of late, many of you would have noticed that Financial Advisors have developed a …

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Honoring the Honest by Income Tax Department

Those who have filed their Income Tax Return for AY 2020-21 would have got a mail from the IT Department with the above image mentioning “Honoring the Honest-Use/Share the Proud Filer Badge” Hope you remember, a few months back, the Central Government launched a Scheme called Honoring the Honest. The …

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TDS on cash withdrawal from the Bank

“A chain is only as strong as its weakest link” – Someone must have reminded the Government of this proverb and from thereon, the Government has relentlessly engaged in linking business’. They don’t want to leave any weak links in any financial transactions. They have done straight links, cross links …

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Taxation on Buy-back of shares

Meaning: Buy-back of shares, in simple terms, means the purchase by a Company of its own shares in accordance with the provisions of law. There are two modes of buy-back: Direct buy-back- i.e. directly from the shareholders (Off-Market deals) Buyback through stock exchange (On-Market deals) Let us understand the various …

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TDS on rent of 50000 per month

If you are an individual, taken a house / flat on a monthly rent of Rs.50000, you have to deduct tax (TDS) at the rate of 5% and pay it to the government. Are you aware of this TDS provision on Rent? If not, here you go- A new Section …

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