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Income tax in India is governed by Entry 82 of the Union List of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India, empowering the central government to tax non-agricultural income; agricultural income is defined in Section 10(1) of the Income-tax Act, 1961. [2] Income-tax law consists of the 1961 act, Income Tax Rules 1962, Notifications and ...
Income Tax Department. The Income-tax Act, 1961 is the charging statute of Income Tax in India. It provides for levy, administration, collection and recovery of Income Tax. The Government of India brought a draft statute called the "Direct Taxes Code" intended to replace the Income Tax Act, 1961 and the Wealth Tax Act, 1957. However the bill ...
The Income Tax Act, 1961, and the Income Tax Rules, 1962, govern the process of filing Income Tax Returns in India. Form 3CE is a part of this process and is an Audit Report format and is required by Section 44DA. [24] Section 44DA Sub-Section 2 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, and Rule 6GA are specifically related to the use of Form 3CE.
Most income tax returns filed are processed by the Centralised Processing Center in Bengaluru [26] on the basis of the information provided by the taxpayer. Such automatic processing of returns is called as "summary assessment" and is carried out in accordance with sub-section (1) of section 143 of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
The application of the Act has been discontinued since 1 April 2016. [1] The wealth tax was abolished in the Union Budget (2016–2017) presented by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 28 February 2016. The wealth tax was replaced with an additional surcharge of 2 per cent on the super rich with a taxable income of over 1 crore annually. [2]
For an organisation to be termed as charity it requires Income tax clearances under 12A Section of Income Tax Act. Section 2(15) of the Income Tax Act defines ‘charitable purpose’ to include ‘relief of the poor, education, medical relief and the advancement of any other object of general public utility’.
The Income Tax Act, 1961, and the Income Tax Rules, 1962, require citizens to file their tax returns with the Income Tax Department at the end of every financial year and this form is a part of the filing process as specified by the Government of India. The due date for filing return with the Income Tax Department of India is 31 July every year.
The Income Tax Act 1967, in its current form (1 January 2006), consists of 10 Parts containing 156 sections and 9 schedules (including 77 amendments). Part I: Preliminary Part II: Imposition and General Characteristics of the Tax