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Filing of Income Tax Returns & Advance payment of Tax

Filing of Income Tax Returns & Advance payment of Tax. DAY 3 SESSION 1 & II slide 3.1. INTRODUCTION. Persons liable to furnish returns of income Section 139(1) requires every person to furnish return – if his total income or

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Filing of Income Tax Returns & Advance payment of Tax

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  1. Filing of Income Tax Returns&Advance payment of Tax DAY 3 SESSION 1 & II slide 3.1

  2. INTRODUCTION • Persons liable to furnish returns of income • Section 139(1) requires every person to furnish return – • if his total income • or • -     the total income of any other person in respect of which he is assessable under the Act • during the previous year, exceeds the maximum amount which is not chargeable to income-tax. slide 3.1

  3. INTRODUCTION • Ignorance of statutory duty provides no excuse to an assessee who is liable to make return under section 139(1) (Kumar Purnendu Nath Tagore v ITO, (1973)] slide 3.1

  4. Persons liable to file Returns • The following persons are under statutory obligation to file return of income by virtue of section 139(1), (4A), (4B), (4C)—

  5. Persons liable to file Returns

  6. Persons liable to file Returns

  7. Obligatory filing of return when income is lower than exemption limit • first proviso to section 139(1) • A person (other than a company, political party or charitable trust) [not furnishing return under section 139(1), i.e., when income is less than the exemption limit] and residing in a specified area shall submit his return of income in Form 2C if he fulfils any oneof the following conditions at any time during the previous year — • a. ownership/lease of a motor vehicle; • b. occupation of any category or categories of immovable property as may be specified by the Board by notification whether by way of ownership or tenancy or otherwise ; or slide 3.1

  8. Obligatory filing of return when income is lower than exemption limit • c. incurred expenditure on himself or any other person on travel to a foreign country other than Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan or Sri Lanka (not being travel to Saudi Arabia for Haj or travel to China on pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarover) ; or • d. subscription of a cellular telephone (not being a wireless in local loop telephone) ; or • e. holder of a credit card (not being an “add-on” card or not being a Kisan Credit Cardsissued by a bank or an institution ; or • f. member of a club where entrance fees charged is Rs. 25,000 or more. slide 3.1

  9. Obligatory filing of return when income is lower than exemption limit • The above provisions shall not apply to such persons as are notified by the Government. The Government has specified that the above provision is not applicable in the case of a non-resident. Moreover, an individual who is at least 65 years of age and not engaged in any business/profession is not subject to condition (b) or (d) supra. slide 3.1

  10. Forms of Returns

  11. Forms of Returns

  12. Forms of Returns slide 3.1

  13. Time for filing of Returns

  14. Action when return of income is not filed • Section 142(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, provides for issuance of notice to the assessee for filing of return if the same has not been submitted earlier. • Non-filing of returns can be of two forms: - • Non-filing in cases where returns were being filed in the past i.e. stop filers • Cases where returns are not filed at all slide 3.1

  15. Action when return of income is not filed • Cases falling in the first category can be detected from the Blue Book maintained with the assessing officer. In all cases where a return of the assessee is received for the first time as well as cases of transfer of jurisdiction, the name of the assessee concerned is to be entered in the Blue Book maintained by each assessing officer. This register also keeps a track of returns filed every year by the assessee slide 3.1

  16. Action when return of income is not filed • Cases falling under the second category could be detected by a process of integration of records held with various statutory bodies such as the Central Information Branch of the income tax department, TDS wards, Registering authorities, and banks. Quoting of PAN has now been made compulsory in the case of most of the transactions entered into by all persons slide 3.1

  17. Advance Payment of Tax • Every income (including capital gains, winnings from lotteries,crossword puzzles etc) is liable for payment of advance tax • It is obligatory to pay advance tax in every case where the advance tax payable is Rs.5000 or more slide 3.1

  18. Due dates of payment of Advance Tax

  19. Advance Tax liability under different situations • Payment of advance tax by the assessee of his own account (Section 210) • Payment of advance tax in pursuance of order of assessing officer (Section 210) • Payment of advance tax in pursuance of revised order of assessing officer slide 3.1

  20. Interest payable by the assessee • For defaults in furnishing return of income (Sec.234A) • For failure to deduct and pay tax at source(Sec.201(1A)) • For default in payment of advance tax (Sec.234B) • For deferment of advance tax (Sec.234C) • Interest on excess refund (Sec.234 D w.e.f.June 1 2003) slide 3.1

  21. Cont… • For making late payment of Income Tax (Sec.220(2)) • Interest payable to assessee • Interest payable where any refund arises due to any excess payment of tax (Sec.244A) • Procedure to be followed in calculation of interest (Rule 119A) slide 3.1

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