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CBDT has launched the ambitious ‘e-nivaran’ facility for online redressal of taxpayers’ grievances related to refunds, ITRs and PAN among others as part of its initiative to reduce instances of harassment of the public when it comes to complaints related to the I-T Department. An exclusive ‘e-nivaran’ (electronic resolution) link has recently been activated on…
Check your 26AS Tax credit statement regularly! 26AS statement contains tax credits available to taxpayer for claim in Income Tax Return along with information on refund, high value transactions and TDS defaults. View 26AS statement to check TDS credits as reported by your deductors. Insist on furnishing of TDS certificate downloaded by the deductor through…
Date of communication: 26/05/2016 Dear Deductor,(TAN: XXXXXXXXXXXX) The Centralized Processing Cell (TDS) has provided an integrated platform for taxpayers, deductors & assessing officer. The objective of the functionality is to provide the taxpaying citizen to report missing TDS credits in their 26AS account directly to the deductors and assessing officers for its quick resolution. As…
CBDT has issued a press release in which it has requested taxpayers to avail facility for online rectification. The issued press release has been given below: Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes PRESS RELEASE New Delhi, 1st April, 2016 Sub: Request to taxpayers to avail facility for…
Although FM Jaitley did not make any changes to the tax slabs in this year’s budget, he had a suitcase full of small changes that will make a significant impact to your tax outgo in 2016-17. Here is a quick list of 8 major announcements he made in his 1 hour 42 minutes speech that…
The Income Tax department has launched an upgraded version of its official web portal featuring better links for taxpayer services and grievance redressal. The new website features a special link for ‘taxpayer services’ on the main page and it subsequently navigates the user to all important works that a person needs to get done from…
Aimed to reduce lengthy proceedings and time taken in litigation, the Income Tax department has activated a PAN-based online system which enables the taxman to access cases in their jurisdiction on a click, amongst a building database of over 5 lakh appeals and 1.50 lakh judgements. The new facility is part of the National Judicial…
Background Recently, the Delhi High Court (High Court) in the case of Relcom1 (the taxpayer) held that the taxpayer is entitled to the credit of the Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) of its sister concern due to an inadvertent error made by vendor mentioning the taxpayers Permanent Account Number (PAN) in the TDS certificate due…
In welcome news for taxpayers, the IT department has decided to launch a new system of issuing email notices to which an assessee can respond electronically, obviating the need for a physical interface with the taxman which often led to complaints about harassment. The Central Board of Direct Taxes, the apex policy-making body of the…
Recently, the Bangalore Bench of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (the Tribunal) held that there is no scope for the tax deduction at source (TDS) at a higher rate of 20 per cent as per the provisions of Section 206AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the Act) when the benefit of tax treaty is available…