Do I need to pay tax on income earned on gift amount?

I have received Rs.15 lakhs from my father who is filing his income tax Return (ITR) regularly and paying tax on his income. Money so received was invested somewhere and earned an interest income around Rs.2,25,000/-.

Do I have to show such amount (i.e. Rs.15 lakhs) in my ITR?

Do I need to discloses & file my ITR for interest if don't have any other income except interest, I understand that  income up to Rs.2,50,000/- is not taxable. 

GST Council Meeting Updates

Recommendations of the 42nd GST Council Meeting

The42nd GST Council meeting

 has been held through video conferencing under the Chairmanship of Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman. The meeting was also attended by Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs Shri Anurag Thakur besides Finance Ministers of States & UTs and senior officers of the Ministry of Finance& States/ UTs. 

The GST Council has made the following recommendations: 

New Requirement in Tax Audit Report and in ITR 6

New Tax regime i.e. "propagated as concessional tax rate" has been introduced in Finance Act which provide options to taxpayer to adopt any one of the two options and pay tax accordingly. A lot of deductions/allowance which were availed earlier by the tax payer shall be forgone. 

Section 115BAA and section 115BAB are introduced for company assessee and section 115BAC and Section 115BAD have been brought for assessee, being an Individual, HUF and Co-operative society. so that tax payer can opt for concessional tax rate regime subject to fulfillment of various conditions given in these sections.

Do you need to maintain books of accounts for Income Tax purpose ?

 Are you maintaining Books of accounts to disclose proper Income for Income Tax purpose?

you are filing your income tax return and declaring a certain amount as income , just think that you have received a notice from income tax department to prove your income, how will you prove that you have declared your true income? are you maintaining books of accounts and keeping record of the income and expenditure, if yes , very good but what if you are not maintaining,can Income tax department force you to maintain books of accounts or can department may penalize you for not keeping record? 

Just join me here to know what is required and what is not required , I am going to discuss the provisions relating to maintenance of books of Accounts.

GST taxpayers get relief in implementation of e-invoice

 As per twitter handle of CBIC , One time relaxation has been given in implementation of E-Invoice Provisions for the month of October, 2020. Read  full press release below:-

Tax collected at Source on sale of Goods effective from 01^st October 2020

Due date for filing Annual return and audit report under GST has been extended, tax payer got some relaxation however new compliance requirement has been introduced which is applicable from 01^st October 2020 i.e. tax to be collected at source on sale of goods.

Vide Finance Bill, 2020 sub-section (1H) of section 206C of the Income Tax Act has been introduced which has proposed for tax collection at source (‘TCS’ ,will use it in remaining part of post), originally it was scheduled to be effective from 01.04.2020 but later has been provided that section will be effective from 01.10.2020.

I am just trying to explain it in frequently asked question (FAQ) format, hope that it will make easy to understand and comply with Law:- 

The last date for furnishing of Annual Return in the FORM GSTR-9 and Reconciliation Statement in FORM GSTR-9C for F.Y. 2018-19

Govt. has further extended the time limit to furnish Annual Return (Form GSTR-9/9A) and Reconciliation Statement (Form GSTR-9C) for the financial year 2018-19 from September 30, 2020 to October 31, 2020.

Notification No. 69/2020 – Central Tax, dated 30-9-2020

 Do you need to file ITR even your total income did not exceed the basic exemption limits? 

Yes, From Assessment Year 2020-21 it mandatory to file ITR for an assessee  who is not a company or a firm but who otherwise is not liable to file Income Tax Return of Income, if he or she satisfy any of the condition during the previous year:-

Part-7- Changes in provisions regarding Tax Incentives-Know Important changes in Income Tax Act -Before Filing ITR for Assessment Year 2020-21

Changes in provisions regarding Tax Incentives

So far I have covered the changes which are made in exempt income, salary income, house property income and income from business or profession, now going to explain the changes which are applicable in "Capital Gain".i.e. profit or loss which arise when someone sale any capital asset.

Earlier part of the article you can access by clicking following links:-

            (1 ) Rate of Income Tax for the Assessment year 2020-21                        (Read Part -1 here)

            (2)"Exempt income" i.e. Income which do not part of Total Income  (Read Part -2 here) 

            (3) Changes in the head "Income from Salary"                                     (Read Part -3 here)

            (4) Changes in "Income from House Property"                                (Read Part-4 here ) 

            (5) Changes in "Profits or gains from Business or profession                  (Read Part-5) 

            (6)  Part-6- change applicable in Capital gain                                          (Read Part-6)

Part-6- change applicable in Capital gain-Know Important changes in Income Tax Act -Before Filing ITR for Assessment Year 2020-21

Now Time has come to be ready to file income Tax return for the Assessment Year 2020-21, however there are lot of changes have been made by the Government.

Some changes are more important to know because Income tax Return cannot be filed correctly if are ignorant of these.

I am just making an effort to cover such amendments/changes in a series like what would be Tax Rate for the Assessment year , changes in particular source of income i.e.salary, house property, Business or profession, capital etc.

So far I have covered the changes which are made in exempt income, salary income, house property income and income from business or profession, now going to explain the changes which are applicable in "Capital Gain".i.e. profit or loss which arise when someone sale any capital asset.