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FM bowls a googly: Living on the edge with widening black money net
A threat of getting prosecuted under both Income Tax Act and Black Money Act
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Budget 2019: Sitharaman extends capital gains benefits for entrepreneurs
The government had introduced Section 54GB in FY13
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Here's how to avail benefits under Section 54 and 54F when buying a house
Remember that under Section 54, exemption is allowed on the lower of the two - capital gains or the amount invested in a new house
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Why promotional expenses have been a subject matter of tax litigation
Domestic entities that incur huge advertising, marketing and promotion expenses are helping create marketing intangible for a foreign associates enterprise, says M S Ananth of Nishith Desai Associates
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Enough provisions to scrutinise accounts of political parties, says CBDT
There are enough provisions in the Income Tax Act to scrutinise the accounts of political parties even though their income is tax exempt, says govt
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I-T amendment bill is unleashing tax terrorism on India: Congress
The party also said the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has created an "artificial drought" in the country and demonetisation is a "panic strike" on the people of the country.
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Subsidies counted for tax benefit
The Supreme Court has ruled that subsidies given as incentives to industries set up in backward areas are deductible under the Income Tax Act. In a large number of appeals moved by the commissioner of income tax against judgments of the Gauhati high court, the apex court rejected the contention of the tax officials that amounts received as subsidies were revenue receipts and did not qualify for deduction under Section 80.The revenue authorities argued that as Section 80 spoke of profits and gains "derived from" any business, such profits and gains must have a direct nexus with the business. Subsidies do not have such a nexus and are grants from the government. Rejecting the argument, the Supreme Court ruled that so long as profits and gains emanated directly from the business itself, the fact that the immediate source of the subsidies is the government would make no difference, as subsidies like transport and electricity are only to reimburse costs actually incurred in the manufactur
