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Updates relating to GST return, Income Tax and SEBI.

CBDT has released parameters for manual selection of Income Tax Returns for Complete Income Tax Scrutiny during financial year 2018-19 vide Instruction No. 04/2018 Dated: 20th August 2018. Niti Aayog has suggested the government to bring down import duty on gold from the existing level of 10 per cent and also slash the GST rate […]

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Key Features of Draft GST simplified returns formats issued by CBIC on 30th July 2018.

The GST Council in its 28th GST Council Meeting held on July 21, 2018 under the Chairmanship of Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Railways, Coal, Finance & Corporate Affairs has approved the new return formats. The Council had earlier approved the basic principles of GST return design and directed the law committee to finalize the

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How to File Income Tax Return for F&O Trading and Speculative transactions in FY 2017-18 (AY 2018-19)

Most of Salaried Employees are involved in derivative trading (trading in future and options or F&O on stocks, currencies, and commodities) But due to little knowledge about how these trades are taxed, those who have losses from futures & options skip reporting it in their income tax return, which is not right. If you are

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Deadline for filing Income tax return extended till August 31, 2018

The finance ministry in a tweet has announced the extension of income tax return filing deadline by a month to August 31. The tweet says “Upon consideration of the matter, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) extends the ‘Due Date’ for filing of Income Tax Returns from 31st July, 2018 to 31st August, 2018

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28th GST Council meet on Saturday i.e. 21st July 2018: Return simplification, law tweaks, setting up of tribunal on table

28th GST Council meet on Saturday i.e. 21st July 2018: Return simplification, law tweaks, setting up of tribunal on table The proposed amendments to the goods and services tax (GST)-related laws, simplification of GST returns, the creation of GST appellate tribunal and the revenue position of states will be among the key items slated for

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Due date Calendar for July 2018

Due dates for the month of July 2018. GSTR-3B (Jun 2018)-Jul 20th, 2018 GSTR-5 (Jun 2018)-Jul 20th, 2018 GSTR-6 (Jul’17 – Jun’18)- Jul 31st, 2018 GSTR-4 (Apr-Jun, 2018)-Jul 18th, 2018 GSTR-5A (Jun 2018)-Jul 20th, 2018 Quarterly return for registered persons with aggregate turnover up to Rs. 1.50 Crores- GSTR-1 (Apr-Jun, 2018)-Jul 31st, 2018 Turnover exceeding

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Reverse Charge Mechanism further postponed till 30.09.2018 for Unregistered Person.

Section 9 (4) of the Central Goods and Services Tax, 2017 (CGST Act in short) and Section 5(4) of Integrated Goods and Services Tax, 2017 (IGST Act in short) provides that tax in respect of the supply of taxable goods or services or both by a person, who is not registered, to a registered person

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Have you done financial planning for 2017-18 before the deadline 31st March 2018 – Check out what you missed?

Financial year 2017-18 is reaching to its ends in few weeks. 31st March is an important deadline with reference to tax Planning, missing it may result in higher tax liability. We are required to complete our tax planning before 31st march 2018, as we are required to file Income tax return for FY 2017-18 during

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E-Way Bill: All about compliance requirement of E-Way Bill w.e.f 1st April 2018.

What is E-Way Bill? E-way bill is an electronic document generated online from E-way bill portal (https://ewaybillgst.gov.in/) which is required to be carried by the person-in-charge of conveyance for movement of goods from one place to another. E-way bill document contains 12 digit EWB number. Section 68 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act,

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Is it right time for the privatisation or consolidation of public sector banks?

Current market share of public sector banks is 70% which is reducing very rapidly i.e. approximately 4% a year. After 5 year, Estimated the market share of public and private sector bank will be in the ratio of 50:50. Infosys chairman Nandan Nilekani said that market share of public sector bank may reduce to something

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26th Meeting of GST Council: E-Way bill mandatory w.e.f. 1st April & GSTR-3B continued.

26th Meeting of GST council held today i.e 10th March 2018 in New Delhi under chairmanship of Sh. Arun jaitley. GST return filing process was expected to be simplified but GST council could not reach a decision and current system of GST return filing is continued and GSTR-3B is decided to be continued for three

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Government Simplifies E-Way Bill Rules just two days before 26th meeting of GST Council.

Under GST regime, an e-waybill needs to be generated and carried for movement of goods above rupees 50000. Previously on the Recommendation of GST Council,1st February 2018 was fixed as the date from which provisions related to e-way bill shall come into force w.r.t. interstate movement of goods. But due to technical glitches the same

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Income Tax Dept. probes Rs. 1000 crore tax refund fraud by Govt. and PSU employees.

Belated or revised income tax return for the financial year 15-16 or 16 17 can be filed up to 31st March 2018. As per IT officials, some assessees do not show any income under the head income from house property in their original return but claimed losses under the head house property in there revised

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UIDAI directs telecom companies to inform users about Aadhaar linking status

More than 120 crore residents have already been enrolled with Aadhaar and with such a large data Aadhaar data is the world’s largest biometric database.UIDAI notices instances of misuse of the Aadhaar data for issuing new SIM to subscribers other than Aadhaar holder. After above notices, UIDAI has instructed telecom companies to ensure that their

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Paytm received approval from SEBI to become Registered Investment Advisor.

Business of E-wallet companies are affected by RBI guidelines for mandatory KYC in E-wallet. Last date for updation of KYC in E-wallet was 28th Feb. 2018. However those who have not updated KYC in their E-wallet are not going to lose their money in E-wallets. They are allowed to use money already available in E-wallet

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RBI to Infuse Rs. 1 Lakh crore in the banking system in the month of March

To manage additional demand of liquidity, RBI decided to Infuse Rupees 1 lakh crore in the banking system through special auctions in the month of March i.e. before close of the financial year 17-18. RBI decided to conduct four variable-rate term repo auctions in March 2018. The amount in each auction would be Rs 25000

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On 1st March 2018, Cabinet cleared "Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill 2018"

The Cabinet today cleared Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill which targets big defaulters involved in economic crime of over Rs. 100 crores. “Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill 2018” has been brought to confiscation of properties of such fugitives. There will also be the provision to confiscate those assets outside India but co-operation of that country will be

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On 1st March 2018, Cabinet approved setting up NFRA as regulator for Auditors

Today on 1st March 2018, The Cabinet approved setting up of the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA), which will be an independent regulator for the auditing profession. After Rs 12700 crore fraud at Punjab National, Government find timing and reason to amend Companies Act, 2013 for setting up separate independent regulator for auditing profession i.e.

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Priority Sector Lending Targets for FY 2018-19 for Foreign Banks with 20 or more Branches.

RBI announced Priority Sector Lending Targets for FY 2018-19 for Foreign Banks with 20 or more Branches in notification dated 1st march 2018. As per RBI notification, Lending target are:- Sub-target of 8% of ANBC (Adjusted Net Bank Credit) or CEOBE (Credit equivalent Amount of Off-Balance Sheet Exposure), whichever is higher to small and marginal

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On 28-02-2018, RBI revised limit of "exchange traded currency derivatives".

RBI revised limit of “exchange traded currency derivatives” without having to establish underlying exposure for resident in India and FPI.Currently, persons resident in India and FPIs are allowed position in USD-INR upto USD 15 million per exchange and positions in EUR-INR, GBP-INR and JPY-INR pairs, all put together, upto USD 5 million equivalent per exchange.

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On 23rd February 2018, Reserve Bank of India launched the Ombudsman Scheme for NBFC

Good News for customers of NBFC like Bajaj Financial Services Limited, LIC Housing Finance, PNB housing finance, Indiabulls group, Muthoot Finance, Reliance Capital, Sundaram Finance, GIC housing Financial Services etc. as they will get expedite and cost-free resolution for their complaints. Reserve Bank of India launched the Ombudsman Scheme for NBFC on date February 23,

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RBI constituted an Expert Committee to look into the reasons for high divergence observed in asset classification and provisioning by banks.

In view of large divergences observed in asset classification and provisioning in the credit portfolio of banks as well as the rising incidence of frauds in the Indian banking system, RBI decided to constitute an Expert Committee under the chairmanship of Shri Y H Malegam, a former member of the Central Board of Directors of

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Link your Adhaar with Various Financial products and mobile number before 31st march 2018

On 15-02-2018, Government issued a notification to require all postal Life Insurance holder to provide their Aadhaar detail.The notification also makes Aadhaar mandatory for all new insurance policies that will be issued in the future. This notification does not specify any deadline for linking of Aadhaar with Postal Life Insurance policies. Constitutional Validity of Aadhaar

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Investment Decisions: Are your Investment decisions destroying your Wealth?

Every investor wants to create huge wealth by taking the best investment decisions. But sometimes decisions taken to create wealth become responsible for the destruction of wealth itself. Generally, investors are unaware of the Break-even rate of return which is a minimum return to catch up with inflation and meet our tax responsibilities. At a

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Important Highlights & Tax Proposals of Finance Budget 2018-19

Important Highlights & Tax Proposals of Finance Budget 2018-19 The Finance Minister, Sh. Arun Jaitley presented his fifth Union budget 2018 in Parliament today i.e. 01-02-2018. Following are important proposals made therein:- Direct Taxes Proposals No changes in Personal Income tax slab. No Changes in Limit of deduction u/s 80C. Benefit of exemption for withdrawal

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Indian Accounting Standards (IND-AS): Whether applicable to your company or not?

Indian Accounting Standards (IND-AS): Whether applicable to your company or not? After a long converging process of Accounting standards(AS) and IFRS, Ministry of corporate affairs has come up with new standards name as Indian Accounting Standards(Ind-AS) which sum of AS and IFRS. Hundred percent adoption of IFRS was not possible in Indian Scenario, hence Necessary

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Composition Scheme in GST: Updated with 23rd meeting of GST Council

Composition Scheme in GST: Updated with 23rd meeting of GST Council Composition Scheme is introduced to give relief to small taxpayer i.e. taxpayer having limited value of aggregate turnover. It is very difficult for small taxpayer to comply with complete procedure established by the law. They may have to incur higher percentage of their earnings for

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23rd GST Council meet: Only these 50 items under 28% slab w.e.f 15th November 2017

23rd GST Council meet held on 10th November 2017 in Guwahati. This 23rd meeting came up with new decisions to ease tax rates and compliance issues. GST Council lowered tax rates on 177 items from 28% to 18%.  The panel also decided to move 13 items from the 18% tax slab to 12%, another six from

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Due Date for Filing GST Return and making Payment Under GST: Updated with 23rd meeting of GST council held on 10th November 2017

Due Date for Filing GST Return and making payment of GST We have received many queries regarding GST Return and Payment , here in this article we will try to show a clear picture of GST Return and payment for a taxpayer (except composition supplier) registered under GST law. There are various GST Returns, which

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Highlights of Union Budget 2017-18

Key Highlights of Union Budget 2017-18 Today on Date 1st February 2017, Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley presented Union Budget 2017 in parliament.  Opening remarks of budget speech were: Massive war against black money has been launched. Government now seen as a trusted custodian of public money. We will focus on energizing youth to reap

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Universal Basic Income (UBI): A substitute of social welfare schemes to reduce poverty

Universal Basic Income (UBI): A substitute of social welfare schemes to reduce poverty What is concept of Universal Basic Income (UBI)? As per the concept of Universal Basic Income (also known as Unconditional Basic Income, Social Dividend, Citizen’s Income), the government have to pay a unconditional sum of money to every citizen on periodical basis.

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Payment Banks: Revolutionising the Banking Sector

Payment Banks: Revolutionising the Banking Sector In September 2013, the Reserve Bank of India constituted a committee headed by Dr Nachiket Mor to study Comprehensive financial services for small businesses. The committee submitted its report to RBI in January 2014.One of the key suggestions of the committee was to introduce specialised banks or ‘ Payment

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Secret Informer of Tax Department and Annual Information Return

Secret Informer of Tax Department and Annual Information Return (AIR): To curb black money, government need secret informer and to motivate people to provide information of black money, a reward of 10% of tax collected was paid to informer. Apart from this, some Specified entities are bound to file Annual Information Return (AIR) in respect

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UPI: Unified Payment Interface – A step of India towards Cashless Economy

UPI: Unified Payment Interface – A step of India towards Cashless Economy RBI Governor, Sh. Raghuram Rajan (born 3 February 1963) who became governor on 04th September 2013 by replacing Sh. D. Subbarao, now going to be replaced by Sh. Urjit R Patel on date 04th September 2016. Sh. Urjit R. Patel (born 28 October

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Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 Amended to increase Minimum Bonus

Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 In India, Payment of bonus is governed by “Payment  of Bonus Act, 1965” as amended from time to time including latest amendment act of 2015 i.e. “Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015 (applicable w.e.f.  01.04.2014)” . Key points regarding payment of bonus are given below: Applicability of Payment of Bonus

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Cabinet approves Implementation of the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission

Cabinet approves Implementation of the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the implementation of the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission . It will come into effect from 01.01.2016. 7th CPC recommendations are being implemented within 6 months from the due date,

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Provident Fund in India, Its Taxability and TDS on Provident Fund

Provident Fund in India, Its Taxability and TDS on Provident Fund What is the Provident Fund(PF)? Provident Fund is a retirement saving scheme in India that is similar to the United State’s Social Security program. Its purpose is to provide financial support to members. To understand the scheme of the provident fund, we can discuss

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What is difference between Pledge, Mortgage and Hypothecation?

What is difference between Pledge, Mortgage and Hypothecation I have received some queries asking the difference between Pledge, Mortgage and Hypothecation. This question is normally asked in interviews in banking and even bankers are found confused about the little difference between these terms. To understand the difference between these terms first find the similarity in

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India-Mauritius Tax treaty revised to curb Black Money

India-Mauritius Tax treaty revised to curb Black Money On date 11-05-2016, India getting Mauritius to sign a revised India-Mauritius tax treaty after a decade-long effort since 1996, was an attempt to curb black money generation. Under the revised treaty, from April 1, 2017, companies routing funds into India through Mauritius will have to pay short-term

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