The finance ministry's new online tax filing system will help expand the tax base by reducing the time and effort required to register a new taxpayer and create a permanent account number
The Income Tax Department is going full throttle on data analytics to issue notices in time-bound cases
In absence of certificates, they risk having 40% tax cut from revenues
Proposals for a 3-month extension of compliance timeline being considered
The Income Tax department on Wednesday said that concessional rate of tax of 5 per cent shall continue for certain interest income of foreign portfolio investors.
The Commission asserts salary incomes shown by taxpayers are understated by 50%, finds scope to extract more direct tax by chasing evasion without changing tax rates; experts aren't convinced
In a Q&A, P C Mody says while income tax slabs have been left untouched, more money is being put in the hands of taxpayers with faster refunds. Tax administration reforms will boost tax compliance
Net collection stands at Rs 6.57 trn, compared with Rs 7.24 trn a year ago
Revenue department identifies people who have ignored notices calling for enquiry and verification of tax returns.
With the appeals process going faceless from September onwards, there are no jurisdictions for the Commissioner of I-T (Appeals), or CIT(A), to approve the withdrawal request
Personal income tax saw contraction shrink to 13 per cent by November from 22 per cent seen up to September, on the back of lower issuance of refunds and improvement in economic conditions
But a higher rate will be levied if PAN isn't furnished
The suggestions are part of a paper titled 'Force', which stands for 'Fiscal Options & Response to the COVID-19 Epidemic'
Once the revised forms are notified, it will further necessitate the consequential changes in the software and return filing utility
Collection goal of Rs 9.32 trn under Vivad Se Vishwas seems a tall order, given that the most successful scheme so far has yielded just about 3% of that amount
Ajit Ranade, chief economist at Aditya Birla Group, said, "I don't think a cut in the personal income tax is a good thing to do at this juncture."
Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey had a video conference meeting with top tax officials and impressed upon them to step up measures to achieve direct and indirect tax collection target.
The government last fiscal missed its direct tax collection target, and for this financial year it has set a higher revenue mobilisation goal of Rs 13.80 trillion
Direct tax collection needs to grow by about 27% from here on to meet FY20 Budget target
Of the Rs 5.50 trillion collections, advance tax rose a tepid 7.3 per cent to Rs 2.20 trillion from Rs 2.05 crore, sources said