Direct Tax Alert

Union Budget 2022-23 Highlights Updated Income Tax Return: Sub-section (8A) has proposed to be inserted into section 139 to provide an additional 2 years to a taxpayer to update his return. Updated returns can be filed irrespective of the fact whether the taxpayer has earlier filed the original, revised or belated return in respect of the relevant assessment year. However, […]

Finance News Alert

Bharti Airtel to buy Vodafone’s equity stake in Indus Tower: Telecom operator Bharti Airtel Ltd has agreed to buy Vodafone Group’s 4.7% stake in India’s largest cell tower firm Indus Towers Ltd. Vodafone Group is looking to sell its entire stake in Indus Towers Ltd. Currently, Vodafone holds about 28% in Indus Towers while that of Bharti Airtel is close […]

GST Calendar –Compliances for the month of February’2022

Nature of Compliances Due Date GSTR-7 (Tax Deducted at Source ‘TDS’) March 10,2022 GSTR-8 (Tax Collected at Source ‘TCS’) March 10,2022 GSTR-1 March 11,2022 IFF- Invoice furnishing facility (Availing QRMP) March 13,2022 GSTR-6 Input Service Distributor March 13,2022 GSTR-2B (Auto Generated Statement) March 14,2022 GSTR-3B March 20,2022 GSTR-5 (Non-Resident Taxable Person) March 20,2022 GSTR-5A (OIDAR Service Provider) March 20,2022 PMT-06 […]

Direct Tax Alert

M/S. Icon Engineering Works Vs. The DCIT, CPC Bangalore  2022 (2) TMI 228 -ITAT Bangalore The assessee would be entitled to deduction of employees’ contribution to PF and ESI provided that the payments were made prior to the due date of filing of the return of income u/s 139(1) – Also further held by the ITAT that amendment by Finance […]

Indirect Tax News Letter

  GST Calendar –Compliances for the month of January’2022 Nature of Compliances Due Date GSTR-7 (Tax Deducted at Source ‘TDS’) February 10,2022 GSTR-8 (Tax Collected at Source ‘TCS’) February 10,2022 GSTR-1 January 2022 February 11,2022 IFF- Invoice furnishing facility (Availing QRMP) February 13,2022 GSTR-6 January 2022 Input Service Distributor February13,2022 GSTR-2B (Auto Generated Statement) February 14,2022 GSTR-3B January 2022 February […]

GST Calendar – Compliances for the month of December 2021

Nature of Compliances Due Date GSTR-7 (Tax Deducted at Source ‘TDS’) Jan 10,2022 GSTR-8 (Tax Collected at Source ‘TCS’) Jan 10,2022 GSTR-1 September 2021 Jan 11, 2022 IFF- Invoice furnishing facility (Availing QRMP) Jan 13,2022 GSTR-6 September 2021 Input Service Distributor Jan 13, 2022 GSTR-2B (Auto Generated Statement) Jan 14,2022 GSTR-3B September 2021 Jan 20,2022 GSTR-5 September 2021 (Non-Resident Taxable […]

Direct Tax Alerts for the month of December 2021

Form 56FF has been notified by the CBDT for claiming deduction u/s 10A of Income Tax Act,1961. CIT(A) is bound to allow requests for personal hearings in Faceless Assessment Scheme,2021 Important Judicial Precedents The powers of ITAT under Section 254(2) of the Act are only to rectify/correct any mistake apparent from the record. If the order passed by the ITAT […]

Use of Artificial Intelligence in Audit

Background Auditing can be transformed with machine learning leading to increased productivity and accuracy. Historically, audit is done on sample basis to identify risks. This approach does not take into account the total information available and relies mainly on manual processing. Audit firms can automatically process large volumes of data to identify anomalies and high risk transactions which can be […]