Category: Income Tax

Section 43B is an over-ruling section and anything contained in other provisions of the Income Tax Act should not be applicable to the payments mentioned under this section. Section 43B...

Budget 2017 Update: In order to disincentivise cash transactions, it is proposed to amend the provisions of Section 40A of the Income Tax Act to provide the following: To reduce...

Section 40A(2) is an over-riding sections which provide that even if an expenditure or allowance comes within the purview of any other section, there treatment should only be done as...

If a person receives Gifts (either in cash or in kind) from any person, gift tax would be liable to be paid by the person receiving the gifts. Such income...

Although Partnership Firms don’t have a separate legal entity, for the purpose of Income Tax, they are treated as different from their partners. Partnership Firms whether registered or unregistered are...

A common man is most of the times confused between the terms – Income Tax Rebate, Income Tax Deduction and Income Tax Exemption and ends up using them interchangeably. Although,...

TDS is required to be deducted at the time of making any payment and the TDS so deducted is deposited with the Income Tax Department as tax deducted on behalf...

House Rent Allowance (HRA) is given by the employer to the employee to meet the expenses in connection with rent of the accommodation which the employee might have to take...

Section 80C allows for deductions for investments in specified instruments and investing in Tax Saving Mutual Funds is one such specified instrument which can be claimed as a deduction under...