CBDT and MoMSME
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the governing body for income tax, and the Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MoMSME) have recently signed an MoU on July 20. The agreement allows the IT Department to share information with the Ministry of MSME. These include depreciation on plant and machinery as reported in ITR 3, 5 & 6, sales/gross receipts of business as reported in ITR 3, 5 & 6; and gross turnover/gross receipts as reported in ITR 4.
A MOU was signed between CBDT & Ministry of MSME on 20th July,2020 to facilitate seamless sharing of certain ITR related info by CBDT with MoMSME & enable it to check/classify enterprises in Micro,Small & Medium categories.This marks a new era of cooperation between CBDT &MoMSME.
— Income Tax India (@IncomeTaxIndia) July 20, 2020
Section 138 of the Income Tax Act empowers the department to share information/details of its taxpayers with other government agencies.
The data will help the MoMSME to check and classify the enterprises in the MSME category. There are companies that enjoy MSME status despite having surpassed the parameter based on investment limit in plant and machinery.
The tax authorities have certainly tightened their screws on such companies.
CBDT and SEBI
In addition, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has also joined hands with The Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the capital market regulator. And just like other MoUs, this partnership also focuses on the exchange of information and data.
A formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed today between CBDT & SEBI, via video conference, for exchange of data between the two organizations.
— Income Tax India (@IncomeTaxIndia) July 8, 2020
This will facilitate sharing of data & information on automatic, regular, request & suo moto basis.(1/2)
On 8th July 2020, CBDT and SEBI signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the exchange of data. Both these authorities mutually agreed to share data of traders in three ways — request-based exchange, suo moto exchange, automatic exchange. As a part of the MOU, there would be sharing of data and information, maintaining the confidentiality and safe preservation of data. Tax Alert! The IT Department might be working to build a warehouse of information on taxpayers by sourcing data from third parties.
What will CBDT share with SEBI?
CBDT and CBIC
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between CBDT & CBIC today, for data exchange between the two organizations. The MoU was signed by Sh PC Mody, Chairman, CBDT & Sh M. Ajit Kumar, Chairman, CBIC in presence of senior officers of both organizations. pic.twitter.com/EW7I4eaAyz
— Income Tax India (@IncomeTaxIndia) July 21, 2020
This is big – the partnership of two apex tax bodies.
On July 21, CBDT and CBIC (Central Board of Indirect Taxes) signed an MoU to facilitate the sharing of data and information on an automatic and regular basis, including on request and from their respective databases.
To sum it up, do you think these MoUs mark the beginning of a new era of cooperation and synergy between the CBDT and other ministries like SEBI, MoMSME, and CBIC?