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  • ITR 4 for AY 2018-19 is now available for e-Filing
    Posted Date : 10-May-2018 , 11:19:51 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    CBDT has finally released Excel and  Java Utility of ITR-4 (For presumptive income from Business & Profession) for Assessment Year 2018-19. Earlier CBDT has released Excel and  Java Utility of ITR 1 on 14th April 2018 . CBDT has notified ITR Forms vide Notification No. 16/2018-Income T...

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  • Govt to target 65 lakh people for not filing income tax returns
    Posted Date : 30-Apr-2018 , 10:08:18 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The Union government's drive towards higher compliance has already helped it garner additional Rs 1.5 lakh crore in direct taxes during 2017-18 and get a record number of new filers. But it is not done yet with the tax department chasing 65 lakh people who it suspects did not file returns last y...

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  • ITR-1 form for AY 18-19 now available for e-filing
    Posted Date : 18-Apr-2018 , 08:44:09 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The latest ITR-1 form, largely used by the salaried class of taxpayers, has been activated on the official e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department, a senior official said.  The single Income Tax Return (ITR) form, notified by the CBDT on April 5, has been put on its website, https://www...

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  • CBDT notifies Income Tax Return Forms for Assessment Year 2018-19
    Posted Date : 06-Apr-2018 , 10:43:02 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT) has notified Income Tax Return Forms (ITR Forms) for the Assessment Year 2018-19. For Assessment Year 2017-18, a one page simplified ITR Form-1(Sahaj) was notified. This initiative benefited around 3 crore taxpayers, who have filed their return in this simplif...

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  • All revised IT returns post demonetisation under lens
    Posted Date : 25-Nov-2017 , 09:33:56 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    In the days after demonetisation, thousands handled their hidden cash by dumping the currency in banks, filing a revised income-tax return, and forking out a little over 30% tax for the extra cash that was deposited.  This, they believed, was a neat way to take care of the cash and keep tax ...

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  • 20572 Income Tax Returns under scanner for Detailed Investigation
    Posted Date : 06-Nov-2017 , 09:44:24 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The Income Tax Department has picked 20,572 tax returns for "detailed scrutiny" suspecting discrepancies in incomes before and after demonetisation , official sources said today. Separately, they said, the department has identified one lakh "high risk" cases of alleged tax eva...

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  • Income tax scrutiny volume to remain same even as more people file ITRs
    Posted Date : 21-Aug-2017 , 10:11:05 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The income tax department will not increase the number of tax returns taken for scrutiny — currently at 1 percent of all I-T returns filed — even though more and more people are filing for returns. Only 3 lakh among 528 lakh total income tax returns (ITR) filed for 2015-16 were scruti...

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  • E-filing of income tax returns jumps 21% till August 1
    Posted Date : 04-Aug-2017 , 10:07:09 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The government will scrutinise 30,000 cases among taxpayers, individual and non-individual, who tried regularising their unaccounted incomes by filing ITRs in response to the note ban in November last year. Meanwhile, there has been 21 per cent growth in the online filing of tax returns as of Aug...

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  • Income Tax Offices to remain open on Saturday,5th August, 2017 for filing of ITRs
    Posted Date : 04-Aug-2017 , 10:03:52 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    In view of the difficulties faced by taxpayers, the due date for filing of Income Tax Returns for F.Y. 2016-2017 i.e. Assessment Year A.Y. 2017-2018 was extended to 5th August, 2017(for certain categories of taxpayers). In order to facilitate manual filing of returns (of aforesaid categories) on ...

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  • Extension of date for filing of ITRs extended up to 5th Aug, 2017
    Posted Date : 31-Jul-2017 , 04:51:45 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    There are some complaints that the taxpayers are not being able to log on to the e-filing website of Income Tax Department or not being able to link Aadhaar with PAN because of different names reflected in PAN and Aadhaar database. While technical snags have been removed already, the main reason for...

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  • Govt mulls extending July 31 deadline of ITRs because of overworked by CAs
    Posted Date : 28-Jul-2017 , 10:26:29 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The government is considering the possibility of extending the July 31 deadline for filing ITRs, a senior bureaucrat in the finance ministry told ET Now.  And, if a decision is taken to to extend the July 31 deadline, it is unlikely to be communicated to the public till the last day as the t...

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  • All ITR forms are now available online, e-file your income tax returns
    Posted Date : 11-May-2017 , 08:21:41 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    If all your documents are in place, you can now e-file your tax returns, as all the income-tax return (ITR) forms for assessment year (AY) 2017-18 are available online at the income tax department’s e-filing website www.inometaxefiling.gov.in. The income tax department has been uploading th...

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  • Key changes in ITR forms for AY 2017-18
    Posted Date : 18-Apr-2017 , 08:18:37 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    Statistics laid out by the Finance Minister during Budget Speech 2017 regarding the number of tax payers in the country vis-a-vis quantum of expenditure incurred by individuals revealed a stark distinction between disclosure of income and expenditure. In order to the change the current scenario and ...

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  • ITR - Only resident Indians need to quote Aadhaar in ITR
    Posted Date : 06-Apr-2017 , 07:28:51 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    Only resident Indians will have to quote Aadhaar for filing ITR as the I-T department has made it mandatory for them for assessment year 2017-18. The government, as per the Finance Act 2017, has made it a must for taxpayers to quote Aadhaar or enrolment ID for filing of income tax returns (ITR). ...

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  • E-filing for Two ITRs Launched by Income Tax Department
    Posted Date : 01-Apr-2017 , 05:51:56 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The Income Tax department on Saturday launched the e-filing facility for select Income Tax Returns (ITRs) for the assessment year 2017-18. The two ITRs that are now available for filing on the e-portal of the department-- https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in-- are the ITR-1 'Sahaj' and IT...

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  • ITR Forms for A.Y. 2017-18 notified by CBDT
    Posted Date : 31-Mar-2017 , 04:32:55 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified Income-tax Return Forms (ITR Forms) for the Assessment Year 2017-18.  One of the major reforms made in the notified ITR Forms is the designing of a one page simplified ITR Form-1(Sahaj). This ITR Form- 1(Sahaj) can be filed by an individu...

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  • New ITR forms to seek details on cash deposits during demonetisation
    Posted Date : 30-Mar-2017 , 09:04:42 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The tax department is including a new column in Income Tax Return forms for assessment year 2017-18 for obtaining details on cash deposits made by an individual during the demonetisation period between 8 November and 30 December 2016, people aware of the matter said. The new column will also be i...

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  • A simpler form for filing ITRs will be available from April 1
    Posted Date : 30-Mar-2017 , 10:13:07 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    Filing income tax returns is expected to get easier for salaried citizens, with the government introducing a new form from April 1. The ITR-1 form, also called Sahaj, will have fewer columns that need to be filled as some of the income tax deductions have been clubbed together, reported PTI. Curr...

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  • Aadhar to be made mandatory for filing IT return, applying for PAN card
    Posted Date : 22-Mar-2017 , 09:07:41 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The government has proposed to make Aadhaar Card mandatory for filing ITRs or income tax returns and also applying for a Permanent Account Number (PAN). The proposal was made through an amendment to the Finance Bill 2017 moved by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Lok Sabha. Besides being ne...

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  • Number of e-filed ITRs in FY 2016-17 (till 28.02.2017) was 4.21 Cr
    Posted Date : 18-Mar-2017 , 08:44:59 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    Number of e-filed Income Tax Returns in Financial Year 2016-17 (till 28.02.2017) was 4.21 Cr: The total amount of refund issued in the current fiscal (including refund arising out of rectification, appeal effect etc.) is Rs. 1,48,459 crore (till 28.02.2017)    The number of e-filed I...

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  • Political Parties have to file its ITR within the prescribed time limit
    Posted Date : 01-Feb-2017 , 02:25:51 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitely while presenting the General Budget 2017-18 in Parliament today said that the political party can receive maximum donation up to Rs. 2,000 in cash from one person. Proposing steps towards transparent funding of political parties...

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  • Government Extends Deadline For Filing ITRs to 5th August
    Posted Date : 29-Jul-2016 , 08:24:38 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The government has extended the last date for filing income tax returns, Press Trust of India reported. Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said the last date for filing income tax returns has been extended to August 5, 2016, the agency said. Generally, July 31 is the last date for filing income t...

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  • Declaration of Assets & Liabilities in the new ITR forms
    Posted Date : 11-May-2016 , 08:24:40 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) have released new income-tax return formswith mandatory provisions of declaring Assets & Liabilities (A&L) such as cars, jewellery yacht, aircrafts, shares, properties, etc. Prior to Assessment Year (A.Y.) 2015-16, the Asset –Liability Schedule (AL ...

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  • Income Tax dept activates e-filing for three more ITRs
    Posted Date : 08-Apr-2016 , 08:24:14 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The Income Tax department on Thursday launched the e-filing of income tax returns for a few more category of filers for the assessment year 2016-17 after it operationalised some of them early this week. The latest enabled Income Tax Returns (ITRs) include ITR-2 for individuals and Hindu Undivid...

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  • CBDT notifies new ITR forms for AY 2016-17
    Posted Date : 31-Mar-2016 , 07:12:28 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    INCOME-TAX (NINTH AMENDMENT) RULES, 2016 - AMENDMENT IN RULE 12 AND SUBSTITUTION OF FORMS SAHAJ (ITR-1), ITR-2, ITR-2A, ITR-3, SUGAM (ITR-4S), ITR-4, ITR-5, ITR-6, ITR-7 AND ITR-V NOTIFICATION NO. SO 1262(E) [NO.24/2016 (F.NO.370142/2/2016-TPL)], DATED 30-3-2016 In exercise of the powers confe...

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  • ITR forms for AY 2016-17 to be notified early April
    Posted Date : 25-Mar-2016 , 09:26:37 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

     Finance Ministry is likely to notify by first week of April new income tax return forms for Assessment Year 2016-17 which will more or less be similar to the one that was filed by assessees last year. As many as 93 per cent of the individual assessees file income tax returns online and the ...

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  • Taxman gets more teeth to track non-filers of ITRs
    Posted Date : 15-Feb-2016 , 07:41:45 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    Aimed at further arming the taxman to go after those who do not file their Income Tax Returns (ITRs), a new database of multiple addresses of such erring assessees has been set up by the department. Under the special drive called the ‘Non Filers Management System’ (NMS), the departm...

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  • ITR e-Filing DSC management utility
    Posted Date : 28-Jan-2016 , 08:04:54 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    Taxpayers have recently reported that they have faced problems in using the Digital Signature Certificate for Signing through browser at the time of uploading their Income Tax Return. This is because the latest browser versions have started disabling the standard way in which browser support plug-in...

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  • ITR forms may further simplify, Govt sets up Committee
    Posted Date : 22-Nov-2015 , 10:46:44 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The government is looking to further simplify forms for filing income tax returns (ITR), to help taxpayers fill them without seeking help from experts, and the Revenue Department has set up a committee in this regard. The committee will be headed by a Joint Secretary level officer and would inclu...

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  • Copy of the Order of P&H HC for Extension of efiling of Returns
    Posted Date : 29-Sep-2015 , 12:30:41 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    Copy of the Order of P&H HC for Extension of efiling of Returns Last para of Punjab & Haryana HC Orders In view of the above, taking the totality of facts and circumstances of the case, it is considered appropriate to extend the due date for e-filing of returns upto 31st October 2015 for...

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