BUDGET 2014 BULLET POINT SUMMARY of Direct Tax Provisions INDIVIDUALS / HUF / AOP / BOI • No change in income tax rates. • Income Tax Exemption limit increased to Rs. 2.5 Lakh from Rs. 2 lakh. For Senior citizens exemption limit increased to Rs. 3 lakh. • Deduction u/s 80C increased to Rs. 1.5 lakh from Rs. 1 lakh • Deduction for Interest on housing loan for Self Occupied property increased to Rs. 2 Lakh from 1.5 lakh. CORPORATES: • No change in Corporate Tax rate. • Investment allowance at 15% for 3 years to manufacturing company which invest more than Rs. 25 crore in plant and machinery. • 10 Years Tax Holiday for Power Sector if begins generation, distribution & transmission of Power by 31.03.2017. • Investment Linked deduction extended to two new ventures ; Slurry Pipeline for transportation of Iron Ore & Semi Conductor wafer fabrication manufacturing units. • Expenditure on Corporate Social Responsibility [CSR] shall not be allowed as deduction while calculating business income. • For Non-deduction of TDS, only 30% of the expenditure will be disallowed instead of earlier disallowance of 100% of the expenditure, if TDS rate is between 1% – 10%. • For business of plying, hiring or leasing goods carriage [up-to 10 vehicle], the presumptive income shall be Rs. 7500/- per month. • Credit of Alternative Minimum Tax will now be available to taxpayers and allowed to carry forward to adjust normal tax liability of succeeding years. INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS / NRI / FOREIGN TAXATION: • Roll Back Provisions for Advance Pricing Agreement Scheme, as per which APA taken for future transactions will also applicable for transactions of preceding four years [subject to conditions]. • “Range Concept” introduced in Transfer Pricing provisions as per which Arm’s Length Price shall be calculated based on Multi-year data instead of single year data. • Transfer Pricing Officer [TPO] can levy penalty u/s 271G. • Dividend received from Foreign Company shall be taxed at Concessional rate of 15%. No sunset clause. • Income Arising to Foreign Portfolio Investors from Transaction in securities will be treated as capital gains and will tax accordingly. • TDS on any Interest payment made for “any bonds” issued in foreign currency shall be deducted @ 5% [earlier it was only on “Infrastructure bonds”]. The eligible date extended to 31.03.2017. OTHER PROVISIONS: • Long Term capital Gain of units of Mutual Funds [other than Equity oriented funds] shall be taxed @20%. Further, units have to hold at least 36 months for treating it as long term. • To qualify as Long term capital assets, Unlisted securities is required to be hold for at-least 36 months instead of earlier period of 12 months. • Advance Ruling shall be extended to Resident Taxpayers and existing number of benches of Advance Ruling shall be increased. • More Stringent Provisions related to furnishing of Annual Information Return. • For resolving the disputes, Scope of Settlement Commission will be expanded. • Dividend distribution tax shall be paid on gross dividend paid instead on dividend net of taxes. • Tax Regime to Infrastructure Investment Trusts and Real Estate Investment Trusts to set up in accordance with regulations of SEBI. • Compulsory Imprisonment and fine, if the assesses willfully fails to produce books of accounts and other details as required in section 142(1) or 142(2A) OTHER MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS: • A high Level committee constituted by CBDT shall take care of issue of indirect transfer on retrospective amendments on case to case basis. • No more Retrospective Amendments in Tax Laws. • 60 New Aaykar Seva Kendra to be opened in financial year 2014-15 to promote tax payer friendly services. • Government will review the Direct Tax Code [DTC] in its present shape and review it.
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 10:49:47 +0000
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