Prime Minister will launchthe platform for “Clear Taxation – Honoring the Trustworthy” through video conferencing on the 13th August 2020.
TheCBDT has carried out a number of main tax reforms in direct taxes within the current years. Final 12 months the Company Tax charges have been lowered from 30 p.c to 22 p.c and for brand spanking new manufacturing items the charges have been lowered to 15 p.c. Dividend distribution Tax was additionally abolished.
The main target of the tax reforms has been on discount in tax charges and on simplification of direct tax legal guidelines. A number of initiatives have been taken by the CBDT for bringing in effectivity and transparency within the functioning of theIT Division. This consists of bringing extra transparency in official communication by the newly launched Doc Identification Quantity (DIN) whereby each communication of the Division would carry a pc generated distinctive doc identification quantity. Equally, to extend the convenience of compliance for taxpayers, IT Division has moved ahead with prefilling of revenue tax returns to make compliance extra handy for particular person taxpayers. Compliance norms for startups have additionally been simplified.
With a view to offer for decision of pending tax disputes the IT Division additionally introduced out the Direct Tax “Vivad se Vishwas Act, 2020” beneath which declarations for settling disputes are being filed at the moment. To successfully scale back taxpayer grievances / litigation, the financial thresholds for submitting of departmental appeals in numerous appellate Courts have been raised. A number of measures have been taken to advertise digital transactions and digital modes of cost. The IT division is dedicated to take the initiatives ahead and has additionally made efforts to ease compliances for taxpayers in the course of the Covid occasions by extending statutory timeliness for submitting returns as additionally releasing refunds expeditiously to extend liquidity within the palms of taxpayers.
The upcoming launch of the platform for “ Clear Taxation – Honoring the Trustworthy “ by the Prime Minister will additional carry ahead the journey of direct tax reforms.
The occasion might be witnessed by numerous Chambers of Commerce, Commerce Associations, Chartered Accountants’ associations and in addition eminent taxpayers, aside from the officers and officers of Earnings Tax Division. Union Minister of Finance and Company Affairs, Shrimati Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of State for Finance and Company Affairs, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur may even current on the event.
Supply – PIB