Restaurants and hotels not giving Service charge to workers – CBDT

Restaurants and hotels not giving Service charge to workers – CBDT

NEW DELHI: Restaurants and hotels imposing service charge on customers in the name of tips but not passing them full to their employees could court trouble from taxmen. Central Board of Direct Taxes, the apex direct taxes body, has directed its field officials to examine balance sheet and expenditure statement of restaurants and hotels in…

Centre provide Incentives/Rewards to Income Tax Officers, Experts Fear return of “Tax Terror Regime”

Centre provide Incentives/Rewards to Income Tax Officers, Experts Fear return of “Tax Terror Regime”

Alarmed by the rising mountain of direct taxes stuck as arrears or in litigation, the Finance Ministry has come up with incentives/rewards for ‘performance by appellate income tax officers in order to boost government coffers through recoveries. But finance and tax experts warn that this essentially signals a return of the “tax terror regime” with…