·
Senior Citizen must be of the
age of 60 years or above but less than 80 years at any time during the
respective year
· Very Senior Citizen must be of the age of 80 years or above at any time during the respective year.
·
Senior Citizen must be of the
age of 60 years or above but less than 80 years at any time during the
respective year
· Very Senior Citizen must be of the age of 80 years or above at any time during the respective year.
This Tax Alert summarizes recent notifications [1] and
circular [2] issued by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and
Customs (CBIC) under the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
The key changes are:
Relevant
provisions of Income-tax laws (ITL):
· Where any person has received consideration for transfer of an immovable property[1], being land or building or both, and such consideration is less than the value[2] adopted or assessed by authorities for the purpose of stamp duty, for computing profits and gains on transfer, the value adopted by the authorities is deemed to be the consideration (deemed consideration provision).
We
wish to update you on the recent notifications issued by Central Board of
Indirect Taxes and Customs (“CBIC”) which have brought about several changes to
the existing GST compliance system.
The summary of the
notifications is as below:
·
E-invoicing
shall be applicable from 1 January 2021 for registered tax payers whose
turnover exceeds INR 100 crores in any preceding financial year from 2017-18
onwards (ref – Notification No. 88/2020 – Central tax).
·
Introduction of Central Goods and Services Tax (Thirteenth
Amendment) Rules, 2020: The rules have introduced an advanced version of the
existing GST return filing system and brought about a series of changes in
furnishing Form GSTR 1, Form GSTR 3B and other specified returns under the GST
law. (ref – Notification No 82/2020 – Central Tax). Following are the
key highlights of the notified changes:
- New scheme prescribed
for registered persons furnishing quarterly Form GSTR 1 in terms of reporting
of outward supplies using an invoice furnishing facility (‘IFF’), manner of
opting for furnishing quarterly return under the new scheme and monthly payment
of tax;
- Following details
shall be made available to recipients in Form GSTR 2A:
·
Details
of outward supplies reported by suppliers, including non-resident taxable
persons;
·
Invoices
furnished by an ISD;
·
TDS
and TCS reported by deductors and e-commerce operators;
·
IGST
paid on import of goods / goods brought in DTA from an SEZ unit or a SEZ
developer under a bill of entry;
- Notified Form GSTR 2B
along with its format (Rule 60(7) of CGST Rules, 2017);
- Notified due dates
for furnishing Form GSTR 3B for categorized registered tax payers for the
period October 2020 to January 2021;
·
Extension
in time limit for furnishing monthly Form GSTR 1 till 11th of the
subsequent month and quarterly Form GSTR 1 till 13th of the month
succeeding the said quarter w.e.f. 1 January 2021 (ref – Notification No.
83/2020 – Central tax).
·
New
scheme introduced for registered persons furnishing returns on a quarterly
basis in terms of exercising the option to file quarterly returns, mechanism of
filing outward supplies and monthly payment of tax thereon (ref –
Notification No. 84 & 85/ 2020 – Central Tax).
·
Rescinds
Notification No.76/2020 – Central tax dated 15 October 2020 which provided for
due dates for filing Form GSTR 3B for the tax periods from October 2020 to
March 2021 since the said due dates have been re-notified vide Notification No
82/2020 – Central Tax (ref – Notification No. 86/ 2020 -Central Tax);
·
Extension
in time limit for furnishing declaration in Form ITC – 04 in respect of goods
dispatched to / received from a job worker, during the period from July 2020 to
September 2020 till 30 November 2020. Further, the extension in time limit is
provided with a retrospective effect from 25 October 2020 (ref –
Notification No. 87/2020 – Central tax).
Finance Act 2019 introduced the enhanced surcharge on Individuals (Resident or Non-resident), ranges from 10% to 37%, and through other amendments, the surcharge on Capital Gains taxable u/s 111A and 112A was restricted to 15%. In view of distinct rate of taxation of capital gains taxable u/s 111A and 112A, the separate surcharge amount can be computed on
Section 206C of the Income Tax Act provides for the collection of tax at source (TCS) on the business of trading in alcohol, liquor, forest produce, scrap, etc. In order to widen and deepen the tax net, two new sub-sections (1G) and (1H) to section 206C has been inserted by the Finance Act 2020 with effect from 1st October 2020.
a)
Concessional Tax rates
Total Income |
Tax rate |
Upto Rs. 2,50,000 |
NIL |
From Rs 2,50,001 to Rs
5,00,000 |
5% |
From Rs 5,00,001 to Rs
7,50,000 |
10% |
From Rs 7,50,001 to Rs
10,00,000 |
15% |
From Rs 10,00,001 to Rs
12,50,000 |
20% |
From Rs 12,50,001 to Rs
15,00,000 |
25% |
Above 15,00,000 |
30% |
b) Conditions to be full-filled for availing option u/s 115BAC
Summary of the relevant updates is provided below for ease of your reference: A) Proposals relating to GST law, Compliances an...