In order to provide the benefits to employees, it has been decided to provide income-tax exemption for the payment of cash equivalent of LTC fare....
Continue readingIn pursuance to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2020, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), FCRA Wing has released a Public Notice dated 13th October 2020, detailing the procedure to open FCRA Account in terms of Section 17 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2020. The order mandates all NGOs seeking foreign donations to open a designated FCRA account at the State Bank of India’s New Delhi branch by March 31, 2021. Accordingly, the following actions has to be taken by all the persons/NGOs/associations who have been granted FCRA registration: 1. FCRA Account to be opened in the New Delhi Main...
Continue readingWe are pleased to present our monthly newsletter for the month of September, 2020. Hope this is both timely and useful for you....
Continue readingUnion Budget, 2020 expanded the scope of collection of tax at source (TCS) to cover any domestic sale of goods. Sellers are required to collect tax @ 0.1% on receipt of sale consideration exceeding INR 50 lakhs during the financial year from a person. Multiple representations were made seeking clarification on the ambiguities in the TCS provisions and Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) vide its circular dated 29th September 2020 and the press release dated 30th September 2020 has addressed some of them. The circular may necessitate changes in ERP system and could be overwhelming given that TCS provisions...
Continue readingThe Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2020 (FCRA 2020) has received the assent of the President on September 28, 2020. The FCRA 2020 significantly amends the previous Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010 (FCRA) and provides for broad rules and measures which would effectively restrict access to foreign funding particularly for public servants and smaller non-governmental organizations. It adds onerous governmental oversight, additional regulations and certification processes, and operational requirements, while simultaneously reducing the limit of administrative expenditure that can be allocated to foreign contributions to 20 percent from the previous 50 percent....
Continue readingThis is to bring to your kind notice that, cut-off date to claim GST benefit on credit notes on outward supplies made during 2019-20 will be on or before 30th September,2020. ...
Continue readingIn order to widen and deepen the tax net, the Indian government is committed to taking initiatives. In this regard major amendments introduced by the Finance Act 2020 is insertion of sub-section (1G) and (1H) in section 206C and also introduction of 194-O in the Income tax Act, 1961 ('the Act'). These amendments are applicable from 1st October 2020. Hope this is timely and useful. ...
Continue readingThis is to bring to your kind attention that the due date for payment of second installment of advance tax (45%) for the financial year 2020-21 is 15.09.2020. Kindly take necessary actions to make the payment within the due date. It is to be noted that though Government of India has announced series of relief measures due to COVID- 19, there is no change in timeline for payment of tax. However, reduced interest rate 0.75% per month or part thereof would be applicable for delay in deposit of tax (instead of 1%) per month or part thereof for payment of taxes...
Continue readingThere are several compliances which have to be attended during the month of September 2020 under the GST law with respect to the transactions done in the year 2019-20 . ...
Continue readingWe are pleased to present our monthly newsletter for the month of August, 2020. Hope this is both timely and useful for you....
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