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Reader's Corner: Taxation
An individual is liable to file the tax return where his total income exceeds the basic exemption limit
The peculiarity of tax reform
The Direct Tax Code must address eight principles of taxation
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Scanner over rich migrating abroad for tax purposes; CBDT forms group
The instruction talks of migrating high net worth individuals and not escaping or fleeing ones
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Readers' Corner: Taxation
If you are registered on the online portal of EPFO website, you can make the transfer claim application online
Readers' Corner: Taxation
As a seller, you should compute capital gain tax liability on this sale after claiming credit of TDS
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Readers' Corner: Taxation
LTCG from transfer of equity shares acquired on or after October 1, 2004 would be exempt from tax
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PM Modi seeks CAs' help to spread tax knowledge
He was addressing chartered accountants after launching a new course introduced by ICAI
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Reader's corner: Taxation
Kuldip Kumar, partner and leader, Personal Tax, PwC India, answers your questions
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Readers' Corner: Taxation
Kuldip Kumar, partner and leader, Personal Tax, PwC India, answers your questions
Taxation: Use date of allotment to calculate capital gains
Assessee owns the property from the date of issuance of allotment letter
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Readers' Corner: Taxation
Kuldip Kumar, partner and leader, Personal Tax, PwC India, answers your questions
Readers' Corner: Taxation
Kuldip Kumar, partner and leader, Personal Tax, PwC India, answers your questions
Readers' Corner: Taxation
Kuldip Kumar, partner and leader, personal tax, PwC India, answers your questions
Raising tax can be a 'retrograde' method at times: Arun Jaitley
Jaitley said that the govt's intention was to increase the revenue base
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Readers' Corner: Taxation
Kuldip Kumar, partner and leader personal tax, PwC India, answers your questions
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Readers' corner: Taxation
Kuldip Kumar, partner and leader (personal tax), PwC India, answers your questions
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Taxation: Kuldip Kumar
Kuldip Kumar, partner and leader (personal tax), PwC India, answers your questions
Taxation: Kuldip Kumar
Kuldip Kumar, partner and leader (personal tax), PwC India, answers your questions
Taxation: Kuldip Kumar
My daughter has received a scholarship of Rs 5 lakh. Will she be taxed for this amount? Since she has never filed taxes, she does not have a PAN card. Should I make a PAN card for her?'As per section 10(16) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, scholarships granted to meet the cost of education are exempt from income tax. The term scholarship is not defined under the Act. However, the dictionary meaning of scholarship is anything which makes education free of charge at a concessional rate of fees. Also, in general parlance, the cost of education may include not only the tuition fees but all expenses incidental to obtaining education. Considering this, scholarship received by your daughter to meet the cost of education may be claimed as exempt u/s 10(16) of the Act.In case you are claiming an exemption of the scholarship received by your daughter u/s 10(16) and she does not have any other income for which a return is required to be filed in India, she is not mandatorily required to obtain a PAN
Taxation: Kuldip Kumar
Kuldip Kumar partner and leader, personal tax, PwC India, answers your questionsI want to apply for a joint home loan with my father. The bank wants income tax returns of the past three years. However, I will be filing taxes for the first time this year. What should I do for the previous returns? Explain to the bank that your total income was less than the basic threshold limit and you were not required to file a return for those years. However, prepare a statement of income for the relevant past two previous years and give it to the bank. Also keep the proof of such income ready, as they might like to verify it.While filing tax returns, do I have to show long-term capital gains from equity or mutual funds? Can I set off losses against interest income from fixed deposit(FD)? Any long-term capital gains from the sale of an equity share or units of an equity- oriented mutual fund is exempt from tax provided the securities transaction tax (STT) has been paid. However, at the time of fili
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