If you have already exhausted the Rs1.50 lakh limit investment under section 80C, also bought a health insurance policy, made an additional contribution to NPS(u/s 80CCD), you still have ways and means to reduce your tax liability. You can save tax using the deductions available under section 80G of the Income Tax Act. Section 80G…
In line with the announcements made in the Union Budget 2021, CBDT brought new functionality for compliance checks which mandated that non-filers of income tax returns for past two fiscal years would be subjected to higher tax deducted at source (TDS) and tax collected at source (TCS) rate if such tax deduction was Rs 50,000…
In the budget 2020, FM Nirmala Sitharaman has introduced a new tax regime along with the old regime. The new regime comes with reduced tax rates of various income slabs as well as the removal of rebates and exemptions. Salaried individuals, who have no business income, will have to choose between the existing and new…
Chapter VI A of the Income Tax Act contains various sub-sections of section 80 that allow an assessee to claim deductions from the gross total income on account of various tax-saving investments, permitted expenditures, donations, etc. Such deductions allow an assessee to considerably reduce the tax payable. Donation made to political parties or electoral trust…
The recent amendments to the Income Tax Rules have made it mandatory to link Aadhaar with PAN, on or before June 30, 2021. If the PAN is not linked with Aadhaar, the PAN shall be deemed to have become inoperative / invalid in accordance with Rule 114AAA(3) of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (‘Rules’), from July…
Your Permanent Account Number or PAN is an important document required to you to file your income tax return (ITR). In case you have lost or misplaced your PAN card, there is a provision of issuing instant e-PAN card by the Income Tax Department at their new income tax portal. There is also a facility…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed a slew of measures to protect micro-finance borrowers from over-indebtedness and enable competitive forces to bring down the interest rates. In a consultative document released on Monday, RBI has proposed to remove the ceiling on interest rates for micro-finance lenders, among other key measures. In the Statement…
RBI on June 04, 2021 permitted lending institutions to offer a limited window to individual borrowers and small businesses to implement resolution plans in respect of their credit exposures while classifying the same as Standard upon implementation of the resolution plan subject to certain conditions under the framework. RBI in its circular DOR.STR.REC.11/21.04.048/2021-22 on “Resolution…
Updated and re-posted on 11.06.2021 Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) are the alternative banking channels available to bank customers primarily for withdrawal of cash. The money can be withdrawn from ATM at any point of time round the clock convenient to the bank customers. The Automatic Teller Machines are generally identified as White Label, Brown Label,…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today (10.06.2021) allowed an increase in the interchange fee structure for ATM transactions considering the increasing cost of Automated Teller Machines (ATM) deployment and expenses towards ATM maintenance incurred by the banks and white label ATM operators. The last change in interchange fee structure for ATM transactions was in…