Clarification in respect of residency under section 6 of the Income-tax Act, 1961

Section 6 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) contains provisions relating to residency of a person. The status of an individual as to whether he is resident in India or a non-resident or not ordinarily resident, is dependent, inter-alia, on the period for which the person is in India during a year. Various representations…

CBDT revising return forms to enable taxpayers avail benefits of timeline extension due to Covid-19

In order to enable income taxpayers to avail full benefits of various timeline extensions granted by the Government of India due to Covid-19 pandemic situations, the CBDT is revising the return forms for FY 2019-20 (Assessment Year 2020-21) which shall be notified by the end of this month. CBDT today said that in order to facilitate taxpayer to…

Exemption from Income Tax-Service Element and Disability Element of Disability Pension granted to disabled personnel of Armed Forces

Exemption from Income Tax-Service Element and Disability Element of Disability Pension granted to disabled personnel of Armed Forces

Exemption from Income Tax-Service Element and Disability Element of Disability Pension granted to disabled personnel of Armed Forces who have been invalided out on account of Disability attributable – PCDA Circular