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Government’s efforts on strengthening and widening of tax base

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the taxpayer base will be doubled to 10 crore and tax collection target can be achieved without coercion. There are five pillars for this; Revenue, Accountability, Probity, Information, Digitalisation (RAPID) which will improve tax efficiency and tax administration.

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The Income Declaration Scheme 2016: An Analysis

What is it? Income Declaration Scheme 2016 came into effect from 1 June, 2016 and will last for four months. It’s an opportunity for those who didn’t disclose income or pay taxes thereon in the past to disclose the same. The undisclosed sum can be held either in the form of assets or in Read More

Towards Paperless Governance

Digi Locker stands for Digital Locker and is part of the Digital India Programme started by PM Narenrda Modi. It is aimed at doing away with paper documents like PAN Card, Passport, Voter ID, and Driving Licence which are required almost everywhere as identity proofs. It is a step of moving towards electronic documents.[1]

CONVERSION OF CREDIT INTO EQUITY

The business can only start after the appropriate amount of capital. The capital can be raised through Financial Institutions and other Creditors by issuing: Equity[1] Debt[2] If companies fails to repay its debt, then the government allows it to convert their debt into equity. Both public as well as private companies are eligible for the Read More

Order traversing beyond SCN – a detailed note under Central Excise and Service Tax

Central Excise Central Excise duty is an indirect tax that is levied on the manufacturers of goods in India. Though there is no express definition of goods when it comes to levying the Central Excise duty, thus the definition of the same has been borrowed from the Sales of goods act 1930, which includes all

Spectrum Trading and Indirect Taxation: A Perplexed Scenario

What is Spectrum Allocation – The word spectrum is used in reference to the use of frequency bands by telecom service providers to enable communication between wireless cellular communication devices. Communication in general, happens through radio frequencies where a device accepts a frequency it recognizes and processes it for the user. The telecom spectrum uses

INDIA-MAURITIUS TAX TREATY: AN ANALYSIS

An analysis of the India-Mauritius Tax treaty has been done by the author. Why the amendment idea came up, its impacts, both pros and cons along with how a balance can be maintained have been discussed. The author has tried to derive at a conclusion how possible plans need to be made from the changes Read More

Transformation of Finance Act, 2016 & its interface in service tax

Changes in Service Tax The Finance Act,2016[1] has made significant changes in Service tax and such changes have mixed impact on the Taxpayers Amendment Pertains to Point of Taxation Rules, 2011[2], (“POTR”) W.e.f, 1st Mar,2016

Tax Transparency

Increased tax transparency in inevitable. The momentum is building now for the public to know how much tax is being paid by the companies. They either need to disclose the same or face reputational

User Test and Allowance Distribution

The paper would explore the evolution of ‘user test’ and allowance of depreciation under the Section 32 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The legislative intention when the Act was passed in dealing with the connotations “used” and “ready to use” have been tried to be deciphered based on the judgements of High Courts and Read More

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