Income Tax
Rupees 38 crore unaccounted money has been seized by the income tax department during raids at the residential and office premises of real estate developers in Surat. According to sources, two real estate groups had disclosed unaccounted income worth Rs 27 crore and another leading realtor has disclosed Rs 11 crore. The search and seizure [...] Continue Reading »
In a influential verdict, the Delhi High Court has ruled that in case of employees living in company-leased accommodation, money spent on repairs and renovations of such residences is not taxable. The ruling is set to have far reaching impact. If unchallenged in the Supreme Court, it implies those living in company-provided accommodation will not [...] Continue Reading »
Civic corporators in Mumbai have unanimously passed a resolution at the civic general body meeting on Tuesday calling for a 150% hike in their monthly remuneration, from Rs10,000 to Rs. 25,000. If it receives legal sanction, the hike will be paid by taxpayers’ money. According to the corporators, the current remuneration is a measley sum [...] Continue Reading »
The San Finance Corporation (SFC), which has Rajya Sabha member Ajay Sancheti (BJP) as a partner, has financed nearly one-tenth of the 103 flats of the scam-hit Adarsh cooperative housing society. Abhay Sancheti, another partner of the firm told the two-member judicial panel looking into Adarsh’s irregularities, that it ‘granted loans to 10 people’ who [...] Continue Reading »
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association (CREDAI), on Wednesday, called for comprehensive reforms in areas related to land administration, banking and taxation to lift the realty sector and support in meeting the shortage of 26 million houses. CREDAI unveiled 10-point agenda to revive the sector, which is facing demand slowdown due to high interest [...] Continue Reading »
Economic slowdown in the country has even hit tax collection in the April-June quarter. Only 6.77 per cent growth in gross direct tax collection has been recorded in the quarter while the target for the year was 15 per cent. The gross tax collection for the quarter was over Rs 1.11 lakh crore as against [...] Continue Reading »
According to ‘India Tax Ratio 2012‘ report by TaxSpanner, an online income tax return filing portal, only 56 per cent salaried individuals surveyed in the country own a house despite earning more than Rs 10 lakh annually. And amongst those earning below Rs 10 lakh annually, only 13 per cent own a house. This shows [...] Continue Reading »
The chairman and managing director of realty firm Eldeco, SK Garg, has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday in connection with a graft case in which some senior income tax officials were nabbed by the agency. The CBI had arrested four senior income tax department officials, who were reportedly involved [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate property is a good market for investments. However, the income tax structure on the real estate transactions are sometimes confusing among the investors. In income tax there are two types of tax rules: short term capital gain (STCG) and long term capital gain (LTCG). If an investor sells any property within three years [...] Continue Reading »
Indore Income Tax department is all set and ready to reveal the list of crorepati taxpayers. It seems that Indore city is witnessing unending list of billionaires. According to the income tax department, number of crorepati taxpayers has raised from 195 to 260 for the year 2011. These rich people are also generating lots of [...] Continue Reading »
