Capital gains deduction limit of Rs 10 crore to hurt luxury property dealsSeveral recent luxury property deals involving industrialists and startup entrepreneurs can be categorised as transactions aimed at saving ...
02 Feb, 2023, 11.25 AM IST
ED tells exporters to realise dues; inflows to buoy rupeeThe Directorate has asked the firms and companies to submit a string of information on businesses and key persons as well as old data. For ...
01 Aug, 2022, 06.02 AM IST
Non-disclosure of foreign assets comes back to haunt thousandsSome of the summons relate to remitting money that was transferred from another member of the family who has exhausted individual LRS limit...
25 May, 2022, 07.41 PM IST
Tax department sends reassessment notices to global fund housesThe department, in a communication last week, asked these fund houses to furnish details about the structure of their business, past invest...
04 Dec, 2021, 03.08 PM IST
Jumbo life covers bought by rich Indians under ED radarUnbeknownst to most outside the secretive world of wealth management, such covers, sold at substantially lower premium than the rates charg...
23 Jul, 2021, 06.47 AM IST
Tax department to start sending notices under stricter Black Money Act in next few weeksThe new law, which is sterner and wider in scope than the Income Tax Act, was enacted to overcome the limitations in the existing statute a...
01 Mar, 2021, 01.05 PM IST
Budget 2020: Tax rejig to leave 'NRIs' and rich poorerHigh income earners could find staying with old I-T regime more attractive.
31 Dec, 2020, 04.46 PM IST
NRIs’ residential status comes under I-T lensAn NRI is spared tax on income outside India. A resident is required to pay tax on global earnings.
09 Jul, 2019, 11.53 AM IST
I-T department seeks to vacate stay orders by tribunalsAiming to shore up revenue, IT dept is focusing on cases where ITAT has extended stay orders beyond six months.
11 Mar, 2019, 08.35 AM IST
Income tax department in race against time to meet targetTax collection till 3rd week of Feb stood at a little less than Rs 8 lakh cr against a target of Rs 12 lakh cr.
05 Mar, 2019, 07.55 AM IST
Taxman target indirect investments in overseas companiesExplanations have been sought from some high-profile people on non-disclosure of indirect investments abroad.
11 Feb, 2019, 09.26 AM IST
RBI brings in tough new performance checks for companies seeking to invest abroadThe existing rule — which allows an Indian firm to automatically remit up to 4 times its net worth abroad — has been misused by many to div...
28 May, 2018, 12.05 PM IST
I-T department goes after defunct companies for tax fraudsFormer directors of such closely-held private companies fear they could be suddenly saddled with unforeseen liabilities.
18 Sep, 2017, 03.18 PM IST
Do you own a holiday home abroad? The I-T department may soon come rapping at your doorThe income tax department has questioned at least 12 persons in the past two months for not paying tax on the rental income that such prope...
02 Aug, 2017, 11.39 AM IST
As Dubai prepares to change tax laws, Indians scramble to hide undeclared wealthAccording to three senior finance professionals, more and more nominee directors are being used to camouflage the true ownership of such co...
14 Mar, 2017, 06.31 AM IST
Assessees can heave a sigh of relief! Draconian powers gone, there’s no flashback to 1961I-T officer can now reopen accounts not more than six years old. If there’s a search & survey, I-T can question source of income generated ...
03 Feb, 2017, 09.56 AM IST
Investors taxed over grey zone in revised India-Mauritius pactApril 1, 2017 is the crucial cut-off date in the revised India-Mauritius tax protocol: there is no capital gains tax on equity bought prior...
14 May, 2016, 06.28 AM IST