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Have you been thinking of buying an electric vehicle lately? In addition to compensate the rising fuel prices, purchasing an electric vehicle shall also give you a tax benefit under income tax.
The Finance Bill 2022 has inserted a new section, Section 139(8A) in Income Tax Act. This new section provides for facilitating filing of ‘Updated Return’ by the taxpayers. This section has effect from 1st April 2022.
On 26th March, 2021 CBDT, through a notification, has notified (vide notification no 19/2021) that a Statement of Donation shall have to be filed with Income Tax Department, declaring the details of donations received during the year via Form 10BD and also a Certificate shall have to be issued via Form 10BE, to all such donors specified in Form 10BD. This notification has been brought up to ensure the transparency of the donations received and to bring into net all the bogus and fraudulent claims of donations.
Finance Act 2020 introduced Section 206C(1H), where a person who is a seller and receives consideration for the sale of goods of value or aggregate value which exceeds Rs 50 lakhs in the previous year shall, at the time of receipt of money, collect TCS at the rate of 0.1% of the value exceeding Rs 50 lakhs.
Many taxpayers have received financial help from their employers and well-wishers for meeting their expenses incurred for treatment of COVID-19. In order to ensure that no income tax liability arises on this account, it has been decided to provide income-tax exemption to the amount received by a taxpayer for medical treatment from employer or from any person for treatment of COVID-19 during FY 2019-20 and subsequent years.
Income Tax Act, 1961 of India applies to all persons having income earned or accrued in India. However, its applicability differs basis the residential status of a person. The residential status as stated in Income Tax Act should not be considered as a synonym for citizenship of India.
CBDT introduced a new section in the Income Tax Act, w.e.f.1st September 2019, to bring in transactions of cash withdrawals under the tax net. According to Section 194N, all the Banks to which Banking Regulation Act applies, a Co-operative Society and a post office shall be responsible to deduct TDS, if any person withdraws cash from the account/s maintained with them, being the amount or aggregate of amounts exceeding rupees one crore during the financial year.
