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TMI BlogIncome Computation and Disclosure Standards - THE FINANCE (No. 2) BILL, 2014X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Income Computation and Disclosure Standards - THE FINANCE (No. 2) BILL, 2014 - News and Press Release Dated:- 13-7-2014 - News - Income Computation and Disclosure Standards Section 145 of the Act provides that the method of accounting for computation of income under the heads Profits and gains of business or profession and Income from other sources can either be the cash or mercant ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ile system of accounting. The Finance Act, 1995 empowered the Central Government to notify Accounting Standards (AS) for any class of assesses or for any class of income. Since the introduction of these provisions, only two Accounting Standards relating to disclosure of accounting policies and disclosure of prior period and extraordinary items and changes in accounting policies have been notified. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) had constituted an Accounting Standard Committee in 2010. The Committee has submitted its Final Report in August, 2012. The Committee recommended that the AS notified under the Act should be made applicable only to the computation of taxable income and a taxpayer should not be required to maintain books of account on the basis of AS notified under ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the Act. The Final Report of the Committee was placed in public domain for inviting comments from stakeholders and general public. After examining the comments/suggestions, the Committee inter alia recommended that the provisions of section 145 of the Act may be suitably amended to clarify that the notified AS are not meant for maintenance of books of account but are to be followed for computation ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... of income. In order to clarify that the standards notified under section 145(2) of the Act are to be followed for computation of income and disclosure of information by any class of assessees or for any class of income, it is proposed to provide that the Central Government may notify in the Official Gazette from time to time income computation and disclosure standards to be followed by an ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... y class of or in respect of any class of income. It is further proposed to provide that the Assessing Officer may make an assessment in the manner provided in section 144 of the Act, if the income has not been computed in accordance with the standards notified under section 145(2) of the Act. This amendment will take effect from 1st April, 2015 and will, accordingly, apply in relation to t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... he assessment year 2015-16 and subsequent assessment years. [Clause 50] - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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