Where does the appeal lies against the order of the Commissioner?

Before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) within 60 days from the date of order under Form 36.

Where does the appeal lies against the order of the Assessing Officer?

Before the Commissioner within 30 days from the date of order under Form 35.

What is a PAN?

PAN stands for Permanent Account Number. It is a ten-digit unique alphanumeric number which is issued by the Income Tax Department.

A permanent Account Number is issued in the form of a laminated plastic card, commonly known as a PAN card.

A PAN Card enables the department to link all the transactions of the assessee with the department. These transactions include TDS/TCS credits, tax payments, returns of income, specified transactions, correspondence, etc. It also facilitates the easy retrieval of information of an assessee and comparing of various investments, borrowings and also other business activities of the assessee.​

Is Agricultural income taxable?

No, the Agricultural income is not taxable.

What is exempted income and taxable income?

An exempted income is the income which is not charged to tax, and under Income-tax Law, there is a specific exemption from tax to such incomes. The Taxable incomes are those incomes which are chargeable to tax.

How does the Government collect the Income-Tax?

Taxes are collected by the Government by way of three means:

  1. Voluntary payments made by the taxpayers into various designated Banks, which includes Advance Tax and Self-Assessment Tax,
  2. Tax deducted at source, i.e., TDS, which is deducted from the income of the receiver, and
  3. Tax collected at source, i.e., TCS

Who is supposed to pay the Income-Tax?

Income tax is to be paid by every person. The term ‘person’ as defined under the section2 (3) of the Income-tax Act and covers the natural as well as the artificial persons under its ambit.

For the purposes of charging the Income-tax, the term ‘person’ includes the following: –

  1. Individual
  2. Hindu Undivided Families [HUFs]
  3. Association of Persons [AOPs]
  4. Body of individuals [BOIs]
  5. Firms
  6. LLPs, Companies
  7. Local authority and
  8. Any artificial juridical persons are not covered under any of the above.

Therefore, by the definition of the term ‘person’, it can be observed that apart from a natural person, i.e., an individual, any type of artificial entity will also be liable to pay the Income-tax.

What is a time period for which a person’s income is taken into account for the purposes of calculating the Income -Tax?

The Income-tax is levied on a person’s annual income, and the year under the Income-tax Law is the period initiating from 1st April and ending on 31st March of the subsequent calendar year.
The Income-tax Law classifies the year as the following: –

  • Previous year: – It is the year in which the income is earned.
  • Assessment year: – It is the year in which the income is charged to tax.

What is a Return of income?

ITR stands for the Income Tax Return. It is filed in a prescribed form. The particulars of the incomes earned by any person in a financial year and the taxes paid on such income are communicated to an Income-tax Department by filing an IT return.

ITR allows carrying forward the loss and further claim refunds from the income tax department.​ The Different forms of income returns are prescribed for filing the returns for different Status and Nature of income.

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