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The central government has introduced a new online service called "Know Your PAN", [3] to for knowing your PAN number, verify your PAN [4] for new and existing PAN numbers. [5] Failure to comply with the provisions of Section 139A of Income Tax Act, a penalty of ₹10,000/- for each default is payable u/s.272B to the assessing officer. [6]
Pre-GST, the statutory tax rate for most goods was about 26.5%; post-GST, most goods are expected to be in the 18% tax range. The tax came into effect from 1 July 2017 through the implementation of the One Hundred and First Amendment to the Constitution of India by the Government of India. 1 July is celebrated as GST Day. [4]
It oversees the administration of indirect taxes, including customs duties, excise duties, and the Goods and Services Tax (GST). CBIC's function also extends to prevention of smuggling, illicit financial activities , and regulation and control of narcotics through its attached/subordinate offices.
Yogayog Bhawan (head office of the West Bengal wing of India Post), at Chittaranjan Avenue, Bowbazar, Kolkata. The number of post offices was 23,344 when India became independent in 1947 and these were primarily in urban areas. The number increased to 165,000 in 2025 and 90% of these were in rural areas. [24]
Direct tax in the form of an income tax was introduced by Sir James Wilson in India in 1860 to overcome the difficulties created by the Indian Rebellion of 1857. [12] The organisational history of the Income-tax Department, however, starts in the year 1922, when the Income-tax Act [4], 1922 gave, for the first time, a specific nomenclature to various Income-tax authorities.
From 1 May 2018 onwards Ministry of Finance of Government of India started releasing monthly GST revenue collection data via official press release through Press Information Bureau. And to further improve transparency Government of India started issuing state-wise monthly collection data from 1 January 2020.
The committee submitted its report to the government in April 2008 and released its First Discussion Paper on GST in India in 2009. [2] Since the proposal involved reform/ restructuring of not only indirect taxes levied by the Central but also the States, the responsibility of preparing a Design and Road Map for the implementation of GST was ...
A postage stamp released during the launch of India Post Payments Bank in 2017. On 19 August 2015, India Post received a license to run a payments bank from the Reserve Bank of India. On 17 August 2016, it was registered as a public limited government company for setting up a payments bank. [2]