Direct Tax Panel

Category III AIFs get tax relief as Delhi HC reads down CBDT circular

Delhi HC quashes BAR ruling and interprets 2014 CBDT circular to remove tax ambiguity for Category III AIFs, aligning with investor confidentiality and Sebi norms

Updated On: 30 Jul 2025 | 6:07 PM IST

Income Tax dept not an adversarial entity, but participative: CBDT chief

CBDT chairman Ravi Agrawal said the tax administration is committed to 'fostering stability and simplifying business operations' in India

Updated On: 03 Feb 2025 | 1:52 PM IST

Panel headed by V K Gupta to simplify decades-old direct tax laws

More than 90 sections seen redundant; panel in line with Budget promise of comprehensive review

Updated On: 30 Aug 2024 | 10:52 PM IST

House panel flags poor placements, under-utilisation of funds in PMKVY 3.0

The committee is particularly concerned about the third edition of the scheme, as placement figures fall below 10%

Updated On: 02 Oct 2022 | 10:19 PM IST

Direct tax collection sees dismal growth; mid-August mop-up growth under 5%

The collections had shot up that year because people regularised their unaccounted income by paying higher levies

Updated On: 22 Aug 2019 | 2:13 AM IST

Direct tax committee calls for major changes to reassessment rules

The panel had also incorporated some suggestions of the previous Arbind Modi committee

Updated On: 21 Aug 2019 | 12:15 PM IST

Finance ministry to recast direct tax panel after discord on suggestions

The government set up the panel in November last year to review the decades-old Income Tax Act and to draft a new Direct Tax Law

Updated On: 10 Oct 2018 | 6:48 AM IST