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How to save money? Here are the 10 ways to save your tax in FY 2023-24

If you are a salaried employee and want to save your money, here are the 10 ways to save your financial tax under Income Tax, 1961

I-T dept collects over Rs 1,260 cr in TDS from online gaming, crypto trade

The government has collected about Rs 1,260 crore in taxes till now this fiscal after a new TDS regime was brought in for online gaming and trade in cryptocurrency, CBDT Chairperson Nitin Gupta said Friday. About Rs 1,080 crore in taxes (under the tax deduction at source head) has been collected from online gaming and around Rs 180 crore through TDS has been mopped up during 2023-24 fiscal from the taxation of virtual digital assets (crypto currency), he told PTI during a post Budget interview. The data is till January 31. The Finance Act 2023 inserted a new section, 194BA, in the Income-Tax Act, 1961, with effect from April 1, 2023, which mandates online gaming platforms to deduct income-tax (TDS) on the net winnings in the person's user account. Tax is required to be deducted at the time of withdrawal as well as at the end of the financial year. Similarly, from April 1, 2022, income from transfer of virtual digital assets or cryptocurrencies is taxable at 30 per cent. Such income

Tax proposals a mixed bag

Unlike recent Budgets, this year most taxpayers are in for a pleasant surprise with rationalisation of rates and slabs, which reduce the effective tax burden. In balance, it's a mixed bag

Budget: Tax devolution to states seen at 32%, but lags 15th FC advice

The final report of the 15th Finance Commission had recommended the transfer of 41 per cent to the states after Jammu and Kashmir was carved out into two union territories

Budget 2024: Where does the Centre receive money from, where does it go?

Interim Budget: It always interests the common man to know where the government gets its money from and where it spends it, here's what the Budget document says

Budget 2024: Here's what FM Nirmala Sitharaman said about income tax

Interim Budget: FM Sitharaman said that the average processing time of returns has been reduced from 93 days in the year 2013-14 to 10 days this year

SpiceJet deposits Rs 100 cr TDS for FY23, employees to get Form-16s soon

The airline has used various avenues to raise cash. In the financial year 2022-23, the airline raised Rs 449.8 crore under the central government's Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme

Union Budget 2024: Rebate under new income tax regime may be hiked!

Donate for a good cause, get tax benefit: Here is how to do that

Helping charitable institutions recognised by the government, scientific institutions and even political parties can earn deductions

Budget expectations: Income tax benefits, support to women entrepreneurs

An increase in income tax exemption limits, support to women entrepreneurs, a long-term taxation policy and steps to boost consumption and savings are among the expectations of experts from the interim budget which will be presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 ahead of Lok Sabha elections. They also demand for parity in taxation among companies, partnerships and limited liability partnerships. "This is going to be an interim budget but at least there may be some indications of full-budget benefits. There may be some concession to be offered to individual taxpayers under section 87A under which the overall tax exemption limit may be increased to Rs 8 lakh from now Rs 7 lakh, inclusive of rebates," All India Federation of Tax Practitioners national president Narayan Jain said. Bharat Chamber of Commerce president N G Khaitan said there is a need for a long-term taxation policy and parity in taxation among companies, partnerships and limited liability ...

Budget 2024: Key announcements made in previous interim budget in 2019

Interim budget 2024: While interim budgets are said to have no major policy changes, let us take a look at some key announcements Piyush Goyal made in Interim Budget 2019

Reframing the middle class

In defining and thinking about the middle class, we need to move away from rankings and income to quality

Income tax filers more than double to 77.8 million in 10 years: Govt data

The number of tax payers filing income tax returns has more than doubled to 7.78 crore in the past 10 years, as per government data. Releasing key statistics, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Tuesday said the number of Income Tax Returns (ITRs) filed in FY23 stood at 7.78 crore, showing an 104.91 per cent increase as compared to the 3.8 crore ITRs filed in 2013-14. During the same period, the net direct tax collections increased 160.52 per cent from Rs 6,38,596 crore in FY14 to Rs 16,63,686 crore in 2022-23, it said. The government has budgeted to collect Rs 18.23 lakh crore from direct taxes (personal income tax and corporate tax) -- 9.75 per cent higher than Rs 16.61 lakh crore mopped up last fiscal. According to CBDT data, gross direct tax collections increased 173.31 per cent to Rs 19,72,248 crore in FY23 from Rs 7,21,604 crore in FY14. At the same time direct tax-to-GDP ratio went up from 5.62 per cent to 6.11 per cent. The cost of collection, however, has decreas

Ease of business vs tax pressure

Obviously, tax officials believe that all these tightly regulated companies, including government ones, have short-changed the government

LIC gets 2 tax demand notices worth Rs 3,529 crore from Mumbai officials

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Thursday said tax authorities have slapped two demand notices aggregating to about Rs 3,529 crore on it. The corporation has received orders from Income Tax authorities regarding Income Tax demand issued by Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Mumbai, LIC said in a regulatory filing. LIC would file an appeal before the Commissioner (Appeals), Mumbai, against the said orders within the prescribed timelines, it said. There is no material impact on financials, operations or other activities of the corporation, according to LIC.

Missed Dec 31 ITR deadline? Apply for condonation of delay at the earliest

Taxpayers may file an updated return after April 1

I-T dept raids realty players including Bhutani Infra, Logix in Noida

The Income-Tax department on Thursday searched major real estate groups based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh as part of a tax evasion investigation against them, official sources said. The premises of realty groups like Bhutani Infra, Group 108, Logix and some other companies were raided by the tax department, they said. A total of 37 premises in Noida, Delhi and neighbouring Faridabad (Haryana) have been covered during the searches that were launched after noon, the sources said. There was no immediate response from Bhutani Infra, Logix Group and Group 108 when contacted by PTI. The books of accounts and inventories of these groups were looked into by the search teams, the sources said, adding that the raids were going on. Bhutani Infra, which deals in luxury projects, stated last year that it was developing a 15 million square feet area in four projects in Noida and is expanding out of the national capital region for the first time in four locations, including Goa. The Logix group has

Record 81.8 mn ITRs filed till Dec 31, rises 9% in current assessment year

To encourage taxpayers to file their ITRs and forms early, over 1.03 billion outreaches were made through targeted e-mail, SMS and other creative campaigns

Income Tax Recruitment 2023: Registration opens for 291 MTS, TA posts

Interested applicants can apply online for Income Tax recruitment 2023 for different positions under sports quota through the official website at incometaxmumbai.gov.in

Income Tax dept notifies ITR forms 1, 4 for assessment year 2024-25

The Income Tax Department has notified ITR forms 1 and 4, which are filed by individuals and entities with annual total income of up to Rs 50 lakh, for assessment year (AY) 2024-25. Individuals, besides Hindu Undivided Families (HUFs), firms having income up to Rs 50 lakh and those having earnings from business and profession in the current fiscal (April 2023-March 2024) can start filing returns for the income earned this financial year. Usually, ITR forms for a particular financial year are notified by the end of March or early April. But last year, the forms were notified in February. However, this year, ITR forms are notified in December itself, to enable taxpayers file returns early. ITR Form 1 (Sahaj) and ITR Form 4 (Sugam) are simpler forms that cater to a large number of small and medium taxpayers. The I-T Department notified the forms on Friday. Sahaj can be filed by a resident individual having income of up to Rs 50 lakh and who receives income from salary, one house ...