Subsidy is the cash assistance received during the course of business from any number of agencies. Whether the amount so received is taxable will depend upon the purpose for which the subsidy is granted…
What is subsidy and illustrate some the cases applying subsidy?
What are the powers of the Chief Commissioner or Commissioner of income tax ?
Chief Commissioner or Commissioner are administrative heads with a little difference. The former has mainly administrative functions whereas the Commissioner combines both administrative and Judicial functions and powers…
What is central board of direct taxes and what are its powers ?
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is the highest executive authority. It is subject to the overall control of the Central Government. It is authorized to discharge all those functions prescribed in the Act and those…
What is amalgamation of companies and fiscal incentives ?
Sickness of industries is a disease and has been attacked by the Government in many ways. Section 72A was inserted by the Finance Act 1977, with a view to encouraging healthy companies to take over the sick ones and give them life…
What are the types of income tax authorities in India ?
There shall be the following types of income tax authorities for the purposes of this Act [116] like the Central Board of Direct Taxes constituted under the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1963…
What is refund under income tax and what are the rules applied for it ?
Refund means ‘to repay’ or ‘restore what was taken’. Under the income-tax and other direct tax laws refund arises in those cases, where the amount of tax paid by a person or on his behalf is great…
What are the various methods of tax planning ?
Tax planning is highly individualistic in nature and no general rule can be prescribed for all situations. The tax consultant would need to study the situation, make a detailed assessment thereof and assess the environment…
What is the difference between Hindu undivided family and a firm ?
The members of a Hindu Undivided Family carrying on a family business are not partners in the sense that their relationship inter se is not governed by the Partnership Act, 1932, but the Hindu Law while deciding joint ownership…
What is central government and what are its power ?
Income-tax Act, 1961, being a Central enactment, it is the Central Government that is directly responsible for its administration and jurisdiction etc. Ministry of Finance looks after the enactments with…
What is a company as per income tax act ?
The Income-tax Act defines a ‘company’ in a much wider sense than is done by the Companies Act, 1956. According to section 2(17) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, a company means any of the following…
Complete information on Agricultural income, its kind and examples
Agricultural income [2(1A)] has not been taxed right from the beginning under the Income-tax Act. The justification for such exemption is that income from agriculture is taxed in the form of land revenue…
Complete information on trust, its creation and types
Trust is an obligation annexed to the ownership of property and arising “lit of a confidence reposed in and accepted by the owner, or declared and accepted by him for the benefit of another or of another…
What are the different types of allowances and how they are taxed under income tax in India?
The different types of allowances are dearness allowance,city compensatory allowance,house rent allowance etc and they are taxed in the following way….
12 important features of partnership firms
The important features of partnership firms are essential elements, 2 adults, karta, HUF, widow of a partner, assessment of a partner, accrual of income….
What is the difference between Mitakshara and Dayabhaga schools of law?
The difference between Mitakshara and Dayabhaga are in Mitakshara, the son gets a right by birth in the joint family property. In case he is adult, he can demand partition even during the life time of his father….
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