July 13, 2024 2:25 am
The legislation, which envisages a progressive tax on personal income, is a major change from the flat-rate tax that was widely credited with improving revenue collections after it was introduced in 2001.
March 20, 2024 9:58 am
With this, the government has achieved over 97 per cent of its direct tax target set in its revised estimates for this financial year. In the revised estimates for 2023-24, the government had pegged direct tax receipts at Rs 19.45 lakh crore.
April 09, 2021 1:13 pm
Direct Tax collection: The net direct tax collections include Corporation Tax (CIT) at Rs 4.57 lakh crore and Personal Income Tax (PIT) including Security Transaction Tax (STT) at Rs 4.88 lakh crore.
August 14, 2020 10:46 am
Faceless assessment and appeal, random allocation of cases, anonymity — these can help reduce taxpayer harassment.
January 24, 2020 4:14 pm
The tax department had managed to collect only 7.3 trillion rupees as of Jan. 23, more than 5.5% below the amount collected by the same point last year, said a senior tax official.
July 24, 2019 4:26 am
The new rule of mandatory filing of I-T return by July 31 for these category of taxpayers had kicked in last year.
June 08, 2015 6:27 am
The tax officials have also been asked to give due attention to writing off the arrears by identifying tax demand that can’t be collected
March 27, 2015 1:46 am
The department has tried to “name and shame the defaulters into paying the dues”, a source said. The CBDT has asked the defaulters to pay tax arrears immediately.
March 17, 2015 1:43 am
The rules will, however, not apply if the matter is the subject of appeal before the income tax appellate tribunal (ITAT) or if any other tribunal has passed an order disposing off such an appeal.
August 08, 2014 1:44 am
The CBDT chairman’s comments reflect concerns over the impact of a continuing weakness in the economy on revenue collections.



