Tamil Nadu Floods - Revenue Reacts
INCOME Tax - Extension of time for deposit of tax deducted at source and tax collected at source:
CENTRAL Board of Direct Taxes has extended the due date [under section 200 (1) of the Act] for paying to the credit of the Central Government, tax deducted at source and the due date [under 206C (3)] for paying to the credit of the Central Government, tax collected at source, in respect of deductions or collections made during the month of November, 2015, from 7th of December, 2015 to 20th of December, 2015 in respect of deductors located in the State of Tamil Nadu.
CBDT Order under section 119 of the Income Tax Act in F.No. 385/26/2015-IT(B)., Dated: December 05, 2015
Central Excise; Service Tax - CBEC Follows Suit:
For all Central Excise and Service Tax assessees in the State of Tamil Nadu, the date for payment of Central Excise duty and Service Tax for the month of November 2015 is being extended to the 20th of December 2015 and the date of filing of the Central Excise return for the month of November 2015 is being extended to the 31st of December 2015. CBEC has not yet issued the notifications, but will issue them shortly.
The Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia tweeted, "Because of calamity we are extending the last date of payment of central excise and service tax to 20th Dec 2015 in the State of Tamilnadu. Also we are extending the date for filing central excise monthly Return to 31st Dec. 2015 for Tamilnadu.