PM Modi said the charter had been introduced with defined rights and responsibilities. Read the full text of the tax charter document here
Valuable leads on under-payment of tax have often slipped between CBDT and CBEC, who have been more eager to protect their respective turfs
He tells Dilasha Seth, in an interview, that 58,000 cases will be assessed through the faceless mechanism by October.
In faceless assessment, all communication with taxpayers is made electronically by a central cell in Delhi and the identity of all the assessing officers remains unknown to the taxpayer
The emperor's appetite for enlarging his realm translated into a fetish for raising taxes, despite the simplicity of his personal lifestyle
A redemption of mutual fund investments gives rise to capital gain or loss, which are taxed as capital gains. A loss, however, can be set-off against other taxable gains from other asset classes
Key demands and suggestions include improving liquidity, cutting customs duties and goods and services tax (GST) rates, expediting all refunds and a halt on tax scrutiny
Earlier, the tax body had initiated a measure to help GST return filers by facilitating early refund of input tax credit
While FPIs are also classified as non-residents, the withholding tax rates for these are provided under a separate section 196D of the Income Tax Act
Travellers whose incomes are below the taxable limit will have to file a return to claim the refund on this tax
Loss of jobs due to increase in smuggling and counterfeiting is not on the radar of policy makers
Depositors are a subset of taxpayers. A depositor also pays tax. So what he gains as a depositor he may well be losing as a taxpayer
Since the US and India have DTAA, you will pay tax only once. Dividend income, however, is taxed at 25% in the former
India's GDP growth is expected to slip to a decadal low of 5 per cent this fiscal, pressured by domestic factors like drop in consumption, as well as global issues
Compliance burden should not be increased
Previous governments hesitated to touch Indis's taxation system, the current dispensation was making it more citizen centric, PM Modi said.
The FM disagreed with experts who termed the new tax regime complex and unavailing saying it would benefit some taxpayers, if not all
The direct tax proposals aim to accelerate economic momentum and ease of living for taxpayers, though the key will lie in smooth administration
It is important to introduce an efficient dispute resolution mechanism to ease the pain of an overburdened dispute resolution machinery
However, on Saturday, the stock markets did not react positively, contrary to the government's expectation