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  2. AbhishekBatabyal Helpful Pursuing CA, BCOM (HONS)

    Introduction Income tax means the tax charged on the income of a person which the person has earned during a financial year. As per the Income-tax act, 1961, the income tax on income earned during a financial year is assessed in the following financial year and tax is to be paid on the assessed incoRead more

    Introduction

    Income tax means the tax charged on the income of a person which the person has earned during a financial year. As per the Income-tax act, 1961, the income tax on income earned during a financial year is assessed in the following financial year and tax is to be paid on the assessed income if payable.

    The year in which the income is earned is called the Previous Year and the following year in which the previous year’s income is assessed is known as the Assessment Year

    Steps involved in the computation of Income-tax of a person:

    1. Determination of residential status of the person
    2. Classification and computation of income under the five heads of income
    3. Clubbing of income of spouse, minor child etc
    4. Set-off or carry forward of losses
    5. Computation of Gross Total Income
    6. Deductions from Gross Total Income to arrive at Total Income
    7. Application of the rates of taxes on total income
    8.  Advance tax and tax deducted at source
    9. Arrival  at Tax payable/ Tax refundable
    10. Determination of residential status of the person

    Determination of residential status of the person

    The residential status of a person is of great significance for ascertaining the taxability of a person’s income as per the Income-tax act, 1961. As per the act, a person can fall into one of the following criteria:-

    1. Resident and Ordinarily Resident in India
    2. Resident but Not Ordinarily Resident in India
    3. Non-Resident

    Classification and computation of income under the five heads of income

    Now, a person’s income can be from various sources. As per section 14 of the Income-tax act, there are five main heads of income for computation of income tax:

    1. Income from Salary
    2. Income from House Property
    3. Profits and Gains from Business or Profession
    4. Capital Gains
    5. Income from other sources

    Income under each head is to be computed as per provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961.

    Clubbing of income of spouse, minor child etc

    Some individual taxpayers divert some portion of their income to their spouses and minor child in order to reduce their tax liability as the slab rate of income tax for individuals is progressive.

    Such diverted income is to be clubbed with the income of the assessee as per the provisions of the Income-tax act.

    Set-off and carry forward of losses

    Losses suffered under the heads of the income like ‘Profit and Gains from Business and Profession’, ‘Income from House property’ can be set off against the income earned under other heads as per provision of the act.

    If set off is not possible in the current assessment year then the loss can be carried forward to the next assessment year.

    Computation of Gross Total Income

    Gross Total Income is arrived at by computing the total of income under all five heads of income after giving necessary deductions as applicable under each head of income.

    Deductions from Gross Total Income to arrive at Total Income

    Income tax act, 1961 allows specific deduction from the Gross Total Income under sections 80C to 80U. These deductions are provided to encourage certain kinds of investments like life insurance premiums etc and provide relief on certain spending like medical expenses, interest expenses on home loans etc which leads to the overall welfare of the people.

    After allowing the deductions from Gross Total Income, we arrive at Total Income.

    Application of the rates of taxes on total income

    Tax is calculated at a rate on the total income. The rate and calculation of income tax depend on the type of assessees.

    Individuals and HUFs

    For individuals who are below the age of 60 years and HUFs:

    For individuals over 60 years and 80 years of age, the basic exemption limit is ₹3,00,000 and ₹5,00,000 respectively.

    Also, as per section 115BAC, individuals and HUFs have the option to choose an alternative slab rate of tax as per which the income tax is charged at concessional rates. But, the various exemptions and deductions like housing rent allowance, leave travel concession, standard deduction on salary income cannot be availed. This slab rate system was introduced recently to reduce the complexity of filling IT returns by small taxpayers.

    Rates of tax related to other types of assessees is not provided for sake of simplicity.

    Advance tax and tax deducted at source

    After calculating the tax on total income as per specified rates, the income tax amount is to be reduced by the advance tax and tax deducted at the source.

    Tax payable/ Tax refundable

    After performing all the steps above, we arrive at Income tax payable or tax refundable.

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  2. Ayushi Curious Pursuing CA

    By the name, it can be easily deduced that Advance tax means the tax paid in advance. Advance tax is the tax paid by an assessee in the Previous Year itself based on his estimated income. We know that Income tax liability is known in the Assessment Year based on the income of the Previous Year. But,Read more

    By the name, it can be easily deduced that Advance tax means the tax paid in advance.

    Advance tax is the tax paid by an assessee in the Previous Year itself based on his estimated income.

    We know that Income tax liability is known in the Assessment Year based on the income of the Previous Year. But, the government encourages the taxpayers to pay the tax in the Previous Year itself based on the estimated income.

    As per section 208 of the Income Tax 1961, if the total income liability on the estimated income comes up more than Rs. 10,000, then advance tax has to be paid.

    The advance tax has to be paid according to the following schedule for the individual and corporate assessees [Other than the assessee who computing profits on a presumptive basis under section 44AD(1) and 44ADA(1)]:

    Due date of Instalment Amount Payable
    On or before 15th June No less than 15% advance tax liability.
    On or before 15th September No less than 45% of tax liability, as reduced by any amount if any paid in the earlier instalment.
    On or before 15th December No less than 75% of tax liability, as reduced by any amount or amounts if any paid in the earlier instalments.
    On or before 15th March No less than 100% of tax liability, as reduced by any amount or amounts if any paid in the earlier instalments.

     

    Any amount paid by the way of advance tax on or before 15th March shall be treated as advance tax paid during each financial year on or before 15th March.

    Also as per section 219, the tax credit is given for the advance tax paid in the regular assessment of income tax.

    In case of non-payment or short payment of the advance tax,  interest is payable as per section 234B. Interest is also attracted in case of delayed payment of advance tax as per section 234C.

    That’s all, I would conclude my answer hoping that it was helpful in making the concept of advance tax easy to grasp.

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  2. Rahul_Jose Aspiring CA currently doing Bcom
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    To determine if a person is a resident in India as per the Income Tax Act 1961, he has to fulfil any of the 2 following conditions; Condition A Stay in India for 182 days or more in the previous year, or Stay in India for 60 days or more in the previous year and another 365 days or more in the 4 yeaRead more

    To determine if a person is a resident in India as per the Income Tax Act 1961, he has to fulfil any of the 2 following conditions;

    Condition A

    • Stay in India for 182 days or more in the previous year, or
    • Stay in India for 60 days or more in the previous year and another 365 days or more in the 4 years immediately preceding the previous year.

    The second condition above is not applicable if he is an Indian citizen leaving India for the purpose of employment, or he is a member of the crew of an Indian ship, or he is only coming to India on a visit.

    If he fails to fulfil either of the two conditions, then he is termed as a non-resident.

    In India, a resident person can be classified into two:

    • Resident and ordinarily resident
    • Resident but not ordinarily resident

     

    Condition B

    A resident is a resident and ordinarily resident if (B):

    • He has been a resident in India for at least 2 out of the previous 10 years immediately preceding the relevant previous year, and
    • He has been in India for a period of 730 days or more during 7 years immediately preceding the relevant previous year.

    If a person satisfies any one condition of (A) but does not follow all conditions of (B), then he is termed as a resident but not ordinarily resident.

     

    EXAMPLE

    If Nithin is living in India for 190 days in the previous year and was a resident for the previous two years only staying for 400 days in the previous 7 years, then he fulfils condition (A) but not both conditions of (B) and hence he is a resident but not ordinarily resident.

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  2. PriyanshiGupta Graduated, B.Com
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    Income derived from farming land, building constructed or associated with farming land, and commercial products from farming land is called agricultural income. According to Section 10(1) of the Income Tax Act, agricultural income is exempt from tax. However, the government can levy tax if agricultuRead more

    Income derived from farming land, building constructed or associated with farming land, and commercial products from farming land is called agricultural income.

    According to Section 10(1) of the Income Tax Act, agricultural income is exempt from tax. However, the government can levy tax if agricultural income is above Rs 5,000.

    Following are the sources to be considered for agricultural income according to the conditions mentioned in Section 2 (1A) of the Income Tax Act:

    • Revenue generated through rent or lease of land in India that is used for agricultural purposes.
    • Revenue generated through the commercial sale of produce gained from agricultural land.
    • Revenue generated through the renting or leasing of buildings in and around the agricultural land subject to the following conditions:
    • The cultivator or farmer should have occupied the building, either through rent or revenue.
    • The building is used as a residential place, storeroom, or outhouse.
    • The agricultural land or the land where the building is located, is being assessed for land revenue or subject to a local rate assessed.

    If the land does not fall under the provisions stated above, the Income Tax Act requires a separate evaluation to calculate tax.

    The Income-tax Act has laid down a method to indirectly tax such income.
    This method or concept is called the partial integration of agricultural income with non-agricultural income. It aims at taxing the non-agricultural income at higher rates of tax.

    Partial integration of agricultural income with non-agricultural income involves the following steps:

    1.  For example, the base income of the individual is Rs. 20,000 and agricultural income is Rs 10,000, then we first have to calculate tax on Rs 30,000. For convenience, we can call this tax T(30,000)
    2. Assuming that the income falls under tax slab A, this tax slab A has to be added to the agricultural income and tax has to be calculated on it as well and it is called T(S+10,000).
    3. The final tax on the individual’s income will be T(30,000)- T(A+10,000)

    The important step to keep in mind is to aggregate the agricultural income while calculating tax otherwise it can lead to double taxation, extra tax, or interest on tax.

     

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  2. AbhishekBatabyal Helpful Pursuing CA, BCOM (HONS)
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    Brief Introduction Alternate Minimum Tax or AMT as the name suggests, is an alternate tax that an assessee has to pay, subject to certain conditions, instead of the income tax liability which is computed as per normal provisions of the Income-tax law. Alternate Minimum Tax is levied to impose higherRead more

    Brief Introduction

    Alternate Minimum Tax or AMT as the name suggests, is an alternate tax that an assessee has to pay, subject to certain conditions, instead of the income tax liability which is computed as per normal provisions of the Income-tax law.

    Alternate Minimum Tax is levied to impose higher tax liability on non-corporate assessees who have claimed various profit-link deductions or investment-linked deductions in the relevant previous year.

    My answer is based on the Indian Income law i.e. Income Tax Act, 1961.

    The concept behind Alternate Minimum Tax

    Let’s start our discussion with MAT i.e. Minimum Alternative Tax. It applies to corporate entities or companies.

    Before MAT, it was seen that companies used to declare huge dividends to their shareholders. But when it came to filing income tax returns, they used to claim various profit linked and investment-linked deductions to report very low profits and even losses to arrive at negligible tax or nil tax whereas their financial statements would report huge profits.

    It is true that the government provides such profit linked or investment linked deductions to encourage business and investments, but it also needs a sufficient and regular flow of revenue in the form of tax to fund its expenditure.

    Hence, to prevent misuse of deductions to evade taxes by corporates, government introduce Minimum Alternate Tax to charge such assessees a minimum rate of tax.

    Alternate Minimum Tax is the same as Minimum Alternate Tax in terms of concept.  The provisions related to AMT are given under section 115JC of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

    Scope of AMT as per section 115JC

    Alternate Minimum Tax applies to all non-corporate assessees who claimed have claimed

    • Deduction claimed if any under Chapter VI-A from section 80H to 80RRB except section 80P
    • Exemption under section 10AA
    • Deduction under section 35AD (Investment-linked deduction)

    However, there is a threshold limit for certain non-corporates.

    By non-corporate assessees we mean:

    1. Individual
    2. Hindu Undivided Family (HUF)
    3. Firms (partnership firms)
    4. Co-operative societies
    5. Association of Persons (AOP)
    6. Body of Individuals (BOI)
    7. Artificial Juridical Person (AJP)
    8. Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)

    AMT is applicable to all except

    • Individuals
    • HUF
    • AOP
    • BOP
    • Artificial Juridical Person

    If their total adjusted income does not exceed Rs 20,00,000  in the previous year.

    Therefore, AMT is applicable to all other non-corporate assessees like LLP, firms and cooperative societies irrespective of their total adjusted income.

    Calculation of Alternate Minimum Tax

    The rate of AMT is 18.5% of the adjusted total income. This adjusted total income and the AMT on it is calculated in the following manner:

    The higher of the following becomes the tax liability of the assessee:

    • Alternate Minimum Tax calculated on adjustment income plus surcharges u/s 87A (4% Health and education cess)
    • Income Tax calculated on taxable income (as per normal provisions)

    Numerical example

    Mr X is a businessman who has earned the following income and expenditure in P.Y 2020-2021:  (Amount in Rupees)

    Income from manufacturing business                             25,00,000

    Interest on saving bank account                                               8,000

    Dividend from ABC ltd                                                              10,000

    Insurance premium paid                                                       1,00,000

    Capital expenditure made as per section 35AD               5,00,000

    Mr X  is eligible to claim a profit linked deduction of Rs 6,00,000.

    Also, the depreciation allowed (other than under 35AD) as per Income-tax Act,1961 amounts to Rs. 3,00,000.

    Following is his computation of both AMT and Income tax liability as per normal provisions.

     

     

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  2. Pooja_Parikh Aspiring Chartered Accountant

    Goods and services tax (GST) is an indirect tax that was introduced in place of other indirect taxes like value-added tax, service tax, purchase tax, etc. It was introduced to ensure that only one tax would be applicable all over India. Reverse Charge is a mechanism where the liability to pay tax onRead more

    Goods and services tax (GST) is an indirect tax that was introduced in place of other indirect taxes like value-added tax, service tax, purchase tax, etc. It was introduced to ensure that only one tax would be applicable all over India. Reverse Charge is a mechanism where the liability to pay tax on goods and services lies on the recipient instead of the supplier.

    APPLICABILITY

    Reverse charge is applicable when:

    • It is specified by the CBIC for the supply of certain goods and services.
    • Goods are supplied by an unregistered dealer to a registered dealer.
    • There is a supply of services through an E-commerce operator.

    TIME OF SUPPLY

    As per reverse charge in the case of goods, the time of supply is the earliest of the three:

    • Date of receipt of goods
    • Date of payment
    • The date is immediately after 30 days from the date of issue of invoice from the supplier.

    For example, If goods were received by the supplier on 15th June, and the date of the invoice was on 3rd July but the date of entry in the books of the receiver was 25th June, then the time of supply of goods would be on 15th June.

    As per reverse charge in the case of services, the time of supply is the earliest of the two:

    • Date of payment.
    • Date immediately after 60 days from the date of issue of invoice by the supplier.

    For example, if the date of payment of services provided was on 16th July, and the date of issue of the invoice was on 15th May ( 60 days from 15th May is 14th July), then the time of supply of services would be 14th July.

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  2. Ayushi Curious Pursuing CA

    Introduction Like, in the case of excise duty, the taxable event is the manufacture of goods, supply is a taxable event with respect to the Goods and Services Tax regime in India. A taxable event is an event on occurrence of which tax is charged. Excise duty is charged when any specified good is manRead more

    Introduction

    Like, in the case of excise duty, the taxable event is the manufacture of goods, supply is a taxable event with respect to the Goods and Services Tax regime in India. A taxable event is an event on occurrence of which tax is charged.

    Excise duty is charged when any specified good is manufactured, GST is charged when any good or service is supplied.

    Definition of Supply

    The concept of supply is of great significance to the GST architecture. It can be called the ‘bones to the body of GST’.

    Section 7 of the CGST defines ‘supply’.

    At first, I have provided the whole Section 7 which consists of four sub-sections:

    • 7(1)
    • 7(1A)
    • 7(2)
    • 7(3).

    Thereafter will be the explanation of each sub-section in simple language.

    Section 7

    Section 7(1) of the CGST Act, 2017 defines ‘supply’. As per section 7(1) of the CGST Act, 2017, the supply includes:

    • All forms of supply of goods and services or both such as sale, transfer, barter, exchange, license, rental, lease or disposal made for a consideration by a person in the course or furtherance of business
    • Importation of service, for a consideration whether or not in the course or furtherance of business and
    • The activities specified in Schedule I, made or agreed to be made with or without consideration.

    Section 7(1A) states, ‘where certain activities or transaction constitute as supply in accordance of with the provisions of sub-section (1), they shall be treated either as a supply of good or supply of services as referred to Schedule II.

    Section 7(2) states, ‘notwithstanding with anything contained in sub-section (1).

    • Activities and transactions stated specified in Schedule III or
    • Such activities and transactions undertaken by the Central government, state government or local authority in which they are engaged as public authorities, as may be notified by the government on the recommendation of the Council

    shall not be treated neither as a supply of goods nor a supply of services.

    Section 7(3) states ‘subject to sub-section (1), (1A) and (2), the government may, on the recommendation of the council specify, by the notification, the transaction that is treated as :

    • a supply of goods and not as a supply of services
    • a supply of services and not as a supply of goods.

    Explanation of Section 7 in simple terms.

    Section 7(1) (a) sets three parameters of an activity or transaction to be a supply.

    • Supply should be only of goods and services. Supply of anything other than goods or services like money, securities do not attract GST.
    • Supply should be made for a consideration
    • Supply should be made in the course or furtherance of business

    Any activity or transaction will be treated as a supply if the above parameters are fulfilled as per sub-section (1) clause (a).

    Section 7(1)(b) is actually an exception to the 3rd parameter of supply. Import of service for a consideration will be considered a supply even if it is not made in furtherance of business,

    Section 7(1)(c) states that item in the schedule I will be treated as supply whether there is consideration or not. This is an exception to the 2nd parameter.

    Section 7(1A) states any activity which is a supply as per sub-section (1), shall be classified either as a supply of goods or as a supply of service as per schedule II. There are many activities and transactions which have the characteristics of both goods and services.

    For example, dining in a restaurant.  Schedule II helps to eliminate this confusion and helps to classify such activities or transactions as either supply of goods or supply of services. As per Schedule II, dining or take-away from a restaurant is a supply of service.

    Section 7(2) states the activities which are neither supply of goods nor neither of services even if they fulfilled the condition of the sub-section (1).

    Section 7(3) says that the central government have the power to notify transactions that are to be treated as supply of goods nor as a supply of service or supply of services not as a supply of services

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    Introduction In GST, a supply is a taxable event. This means whenever there is a supply of goods or services or both, GST is charged. Supply includes the exchange of goods or services between supplier and recipient by way of sale, barter, lease etc for consideration and in the course or furtheranceRead more

    Introduction

    In GST, a supply is a taxable event. This means whenever there is a supply of goods or services or both, GST is charged. Supply includes the exchange of goods or services between supplier and recipient by way of sale, barter, lease etc for consideration and in the course or furtherance of business. The rate of GST on any supply depends on the type of good or service supplied.

    Composite supply and mixed supply are two special types of supplies, in which two or more goods or services or both are offered together in a bundle. As two or more goods are supplied together, the question arises at which rate the GST is to be charged on such supplies as such goods or services may have different rates of GST applicable to them. Sections 8 of the CGST act, 2017 deals with the tax liability of such supplies.

    Composite supply

    A composite supply is a type of supply in which two or more goods or services or both are supplied together in the ordinary course of business. Such goods or services are natural bundles. By natural bundle, we mean the goods or services are complementary to each, they are naturally provided together and are to be used along with each other.

    For example, mobile phones and chargers are supplied as a bundle. This concept of the natural bundle is the main determiner of a composite supply.

    In such supplies, there is one main product which is called the principal supply. Like in the above example, the mobile phone is the principal supply. Other goods or services are dependent on the principal supply.

    A composite supply will be taxable as the rate of GST applicable on the principal supply.

    For example, suppose the rate of GST on mobile phones is 18% and that on the charger is 12%, then the whole supply will be taxable at the rate of 18%.

    Mixed supply

    A mixed supply is a type of supply in which two or more goods or services or both are supplied together but they do not complement each other and are not a natural bundle. They are not supplied in the ordinary course of business, For example, a combo of bottled honey and face cream.

    In mixed supply, the good or service which attracts the highest rate of GST is considered the rate of supply for the whole supply.

    For example, suppose bottled honey attracts 5% GST and face cream 18% GST, then the whole supply will be charged 18% GST.

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    Let us assume that we are discussing Input Tax Credit in GST of India. Input Tax Credit or ITC is the tax that a business pays on a purchase and that it can claim credit and use it to reduce its tax liability when it makes a sale. In other words, it means at the time of paying tax on output (Final sRead more

    Let us assume that we are discussing Input Tax Credit in GST of India.

    Input Tax Credit or ITC is the tax that a business pays on a purchase and that it can claim credit and use it to reduce its tax liability when it makes a sale. In other words, it means at the time of paying tax on output (Final sale product), you can reduce the tax you have already paid on inputs (Purchase).

    Example  For a manufacturer, tax payable on output (Final product) is Rs 500 and tax paid on input A is Rs 100, input B is Rs 50 and, input C is Rs50. You can claim INPUT CREDIT of Rs 200(100+50+50) and you only need to deposit Rs 300(500-200) in taxes.

    Conditions- Only a Registered Person would be able to claim the benefit of Input Tax Credit of GST after satisfying the following:

    1. He is in possession of a Tax Invoice or any other specified tax-paid document.
    2. He has received the goods or services. Includes “Bill to ship” scenarios.
    3. Tax is actually paid by the supplier.
    4. The supplier has furnished the GST Return.
    5. To claim ITC, the buyer should pay the supplier for the supplies received (inclusive of tax) within 180 days from the date of issuing the invoice.

    Claiming of ITC – Discussed by taking an example, seller A sold his goods to B. Now B who is a buyer will be eligible to claim the input tax credit on purchases based on the invoices when he makes further sales. Now,

    •  S will upload the details of all the tax invoices in GSTR 1.
    • All the details in accordance with the sales to B will reflect in GSTR 2A, and the same data will be taken by B to file GSTR 2 (i.e. details of inward supply).
    • B will accept the details about the purchase that has been made and uploaded by the seller, the tax on purchases will be credited to ‘Electronic Credit Ledger’ of B and he can adjust it against future output tax liability and get the refund.
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  2. Rahul_Jose Aspiring CA currently doing Bcom
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    Under GST, Input Tax Credit (ITC) refers to the tax already paid by a person on input, which is available as a deduction from tax payable on output. This means that if you have paid tax on some purchases, then at the time of paying tax on the sale of goods, you can reduce it by the amount you alreadRead more

    Under GST, Input Tax Credit (ITC) refers to the tax already paid by a person on input, which is available as a deduction from tax payable on output. This means that if you have paid tax on some purchases, then at the time of paying tax on the sale of goods, you can reduce it by the amount you already paid on purchase and pay only the balance amount.

    EXAMPLE

    Suppose Ashok purchased goods worth Rs 100 while paying tax at 10%, that is Rs 10. He now sold the goods for Rs 200, with a tax payable of Rs 20. Now, Ashok can avail input tax credit of Rs 10 that he already paid for the purchase and hence the net tax payable is Rs 10 (20-10).

    METHOD OF UTILISATION OF ITC

    The central government collects CGST, SGST, UTGST or IGST based on whether the transactions are done intrastate or interstate.

    The amount of input tax credit on IGST is first used for paying IGST and then utilised for the payment of CGST and SGST or UTGST. Similarly, the amount of ITC relating to CGST is first utilised for payment of CGST and then for the payment of IGST. It is not used for the payment of SGST or UTGST. Meanwhile, the amount of ITC relating to SGST is utilised for payment of SGST or UTGST and then for the payment of IGST. Such amounts are not used for payment of CGST.

    We can see how Input Tax Credit is used from the below example and table:

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