Income Tax

FAQs for Section 80D

FAQs for Section 80D (Alias_ faqs-for-section-80d)Category_ Blog

What is the deduction specified under Section 80D? Section 80D falls under Chapter VI-A of Income Tax Act, 1961 (for brevity ‘ITA’), which deals with ‘deductions to be made in computing total income’. Section 80D deals with deduction in respect of amounts paid towards health insurance, medical expenditure and preventive

Partner vis-à-vis Capital Gains

Partner vis-à-vis Capital Gains (Alias_ partner-vis-a-vis-capital-gains)Category_ Blog

The taxation when a personal asset is contributed as capital to a partnership firm and the taxation of amounts received when the partner retires from the firm or the firm dissolves is quite a complex one and no straight answers can be found. There are conflicting judgments on the said

Tax Rate Changes for Domestic Companies

Tax Rate Changes for Domestic Companies (Alias_ tax-rate-changes-for-domestic-companies)Category_ Blog

Income Tax Act, 1961, as amended from time to time, has provided for tax rates applicable to the companies. From viewpoint of tax rate, the companies be classified into ‘domestic company[1]’ and ‘foreign company[2]’. In this article we analyse the rate of income tax payable by ‘domestic company’ in light