DTC Bill 2012-high tax exemption Recommendation For Individuals

Higher tax bracket -read high basic tax exemption  -has been recommended under  amended Direct Taxes Code (DTC) Bill by  Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance. It  is likely  to submit its report  within a week  to Parliament , so that DTC bill with its recommendation  can be introduced in the Budget session. It is expected that [...]

A threshold limit to GAAR : CBDT Chairman

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Some good news about the GAAR – a set of rules that invalidates arrangements by entities to avoid tax- is in air.Media report quotes Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) promising that  a threshold limit for applying General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR) under the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) shall be applied . “I can [...]

How Direct Tax Code 2012 rewards buyer of assets before 01/04/2000 ?

Direct Tax Code 2012 has changed the rule of computation of capital gains and most striking change is that now a tax payer can choose the fair market value as on 01/04/2000 of an asset as “cost of acquisition” for computing “indexed cost of acquisition”.

Individual & HUF Tax Rate as per Direct Tax Code Bill 2010

No great change is suggested in Direct Tax Code 2010 as far as tax rate for Individual and Senior Citizen is concerned. One apparent change , however , is that the distinction between man and woman has been abolished. Here is the tax rates suggeste

How to save tax on sale of agriculture land sale?

It is already posted that Direct Tax Code 2010 has made even agriculture land sale as taxable . However, saving grace is that section 55 of the DTC 2010 provides that in following conditions, gains on  agriculture land is tax free by claim of deduction provided u/s . The conditions are The agriculture land which [...]