Bank Rules Changed - BoB And Canara Bank

 Bank Rules Changed

Bank of Baroda has made “Positive Pay Confirmation” Mandatory for the Customers making Cheque Transaction of more than Rs 2 lakh.

Canara Change is Pertaining to IFSC Code

Bank Rules have been changed. Bank Customers must take note of the New Rules being implemented from June 1. 

While all bank customers need not to worry, Canara Bank and Bank of Baroda account holders must know the changes. Canara Bank’s change is pertaining to IFSC code and Bank of Baroda has made Positive pay confirmation mandatory to check Fraud Cheque Payments

Canara Bank has stated that “Existing IFSC of erstwhile Syndicate Bank” has been discontinued from July 1, 2021. The Canara Bank Authority has asked it customers to update their Bank Branch’s IFSC Code by 30 June. New IFSC will start from CNRB, Canara Bank has stated.

“We request you to inform the remitters (senders) to use only your New IFSC Code starting with “CNRB” while sending NEFT/RTGS/IMPS, from now itself,” Canara Bank Authority said.

Canara Bank customers can check new IFSC Code by visiting https://www.canarabank.com/IFSC.html.

Canara Bank Customers need to enter their Old IFSC to get the corresponding New IFSC.

You need to “Click here to get new IFSC” get the new code.

Bank of Baroda has made “Positive Pay Confirmation” mandatory for the customers making Cheque Transaction of more than Rs 2 lakh. 

From June 1, customers need to inform Bank of Baroda about “Positive Pay Confirmation”. However, Bank of Baroda customers can inform their branches about High Value Check Transaction in advance. Bank of Baroda said the details are Transaction Code, Account Number, Cheque Date, Cheque Number, Transaction Amount and Payee Name.

 : PF Rule Change : 

EPFO Members Can Withdraw Money Citing COVID-19

In a bid to help citizens amid the IInd Wave of novel coronavirus pandemic, the Employee Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has allowed members to withdraw money from The Retirement Fund as a non-refundable advance. 

In March, 2020, the Central Government introduced a special provision under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) which would allow the EPF members to withdraw Basic Pay and Dearness Allowance (DA) of 3 Months or 75%  of their Provident Fund Money, whichever is lower as advance. Those who have already availed this service, can also apply for a 2nd advance, the Ministry said.

EPFO allows subscribers to withdraw non-refundable advance in certain cases like illness, buying a house etc. Now, individuals can withdraw money from their PF account, citing COVID-19 pandemic as a reason.

The EPFO will also settle COVID-19 claims within 3 days, the Ministry of Labour and Employment said . “Considering urgent need of members for financial support in these trying times, it has been decided to accord top priority to COVID-19 claims. EPFO is committed to settle these claims within 3 days of their receipt,” the statement mentioned.

Every Indian Will Get E-Passport from 2021

Government of India has started the Process of issuing E-Passports to the Indian Citizens, according to an ET Report.

What Are E-Passports?

The Centre, on a Trial Basis, had issued 20,000 Official and Diplomatic E-Passports embedded with an Electronic Microprocessor Chip.

Currently, the Indian Passport is in a Booklet Format. If you apply for a New Passport or Re-Issue of a current one in 2021, you will likely get the E-Passport.

This move might reduce the Forgery as E-Passports will be difficult to forge and Help Faster Immigration for the Passengers.

The E-Passports will follow the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Standards.

The ET Report indicated that all 36 Passport Offices in India will issue E-Passports after the components of the personalization system are installed in the current issuance system.

The E-Passports will be incorporated without any disturbances to the current system and also without any increase in the current issuance time.

On June 24, the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar while emphasizing the need to speed up the launch of E-Passports had said their introduction will greatly strengthen the security of Indian Travel Documents.

Jaishankar also said that the Ministry is working with Indian Security Press, Nashik and National Informatics Centre for E-Passports with advanced security features.

Will Passport Issuing Process Speed Up With the E-Passports?

The Centre is looking for an agency to set up the IT Infrastructure for the big project which will issue 10,000-20,000 E-Passports per hour. IT systems will be set up in Delhi and Chennai to handle the load, the report stated.

The E-Passports generated on a trial basis until now were issued only from Consular, Passport, and Visa (CPV) Division at Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Headquarters.

ET Report also stated that The National Informatics Centre, which is working in tandem with the MEA, has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) on August 12 to select an agency to set up the IT Infrastructure for the E-Passports.

The RFP reads, “It will require a completely dedicated set-up and processes for E-Passport Document Issuance. The E-Passport has International Ramifications because of its usage as credible identity document issued by any Sovereign Country, it is absolutely necessary to keep track of any security and quality issues.”

The target output predicted by the Centre is 10,000 E-Passports per hour and 50,000 per day. Although this can be hastened by 20,000 per hour and 1,00,000 per day.

How to Check Income Tax Refund Status Online

 The Due Date to file ITR Return is 10th January 2021 for Non Audit Cases and for Cases Requiring Audit, the Due Date is 15th February 2021. The Income Tax Return filing season is over. Are you waiting for your Income tax refund? Let’s understand various matters related to Income Tax Refund.

1. WHAT IS AN INCOME TAX REFUND?

When a Taxpayer makes excess payment of Income Tax to the Government against its Actual Income Tax Liability for a given year, the excess amount paid is "Refunded" by the Income Tax Department after due assessment. This refunded amount is known as “Income Tax Refund”

2. WHEN CAN YOU CLAIM INCOME TAX REFUND?

The following are situations when an Income Tax Refund can be claimed:

1. Excess TDS Deducted –
   1. The employer generally deducts taxes after taking into consideration various documentary proofs provided to him by an employee pertaining to say for example 80C investments, Medical insurance premium under 80D etc. However, there are instances where an employee is not able to furnish proof for few such investments before the end of a particular financial year and accordingly the employer goes ahead with a higher deduction. However, the benefit of such investment can be claimed by the employee while filing his return of income and therefore claim a refund of the higher taxes paid,
   2. Certain individuals may not fall within the taxable bracket at all i.e. their income would be less than Rs 2.5 lakhs. Hence, they would not have to pay any taxes. Yet, taxes would have been deducted on their income. This being so, they can claim a refund of the excess tax deducted;
2. Excess TDS was deducted on your interest   -   income from Bank FDs or Bonds.
3. Excess Advance Tax Paid - The advance tax paid on the basis of self-assessment was more than the actual tax liability for the given FY. This advance tax can be claimed as a refund while filing ITR.
4. Taxpayers may be called upon to pay additional taxes by their income-tax officer following certain additions made to their income during income tax proceedings. Such additions may be deleted by appeal authorities. Accordingly, the taxpayer will be refunded the taxes he would have paid.
5. In case of income taxable in more than one countries i.e Double Taxation – This situation can arise when a person is a citizen of one country but receives income from another country. However, India has entered into a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with many countries wherein the agreement allows you to claim a tax refund if you are a non-resident Indian and your income is taxable in other countries. Any payment of excess tax can be claimed as refund under this DTAA agreement.

3. HOW TO CLAIM INCOME TAX REFUND?

Income Tax Refund can be claimed simply by filing ITR. Please note that the IT Department will process the ITR for refund only if the ITR is verified through any of the online or offline modes of sending a signed copy of ITR V. Further the refund from the IT Department is subject to assessment / verification from the IT Department. Refund is received only if the refund claim is found to be valid and legitimate.

4. HOW MUCH INCOME TAX REFUND IS RECEIVED BY THE TAXPAYER?

When a Taxpayer claims a refund in his return of income, The Tax Department processes such return and the taxpayer would receive an intimation from CPC under section 143(1) which will confirm the amount of refund that the taxpayer is eligible to receive. The refund can either match with or it could be higher / lower than what is claimed in the return of income based on assessment done by the Income Tax Department. This refund amount is what the taxpayer would ideally receive from the Income Tax Department.

5. HOW TO CHECK FOR REFUND STATUS?

Once the refund is determined, the same will be processed by the Tax Department. The status of refund can be checked either from:

1. The income tax e-filing portal or
2. The NSDL website

6. USING INCOME TAX E-FILING PORTAL

Step 1: Visit the income tax e-filing portal by clicking here

Step 2: Log into your account by entering the user id, password, and the “captcha” and then click on “login”.

Step 3: Click on “View Returns / Forms”

Step 4: Enter “Income Tax Returns” against “Select an option” and the relevant Assessment Year(AY) and click on “Submit”. To know more on what is Assessment Year.

Step 5: Click on the acknowledgement number

The income tax refund status appears as highlighted in the below screenshot

7. USING NSDL PORTAL

Step 1: Click here which takes you to the NSDL website for checking of the refund status

Step 2: The below screen appears where you can feed in details of your PAN, the AY and the image appearing in the screen and then click on “Submit”.

Once this is done, the below screen appears which shows the status of your refund in the following manner

8. UNDERSTANDING VARIOUS INCOME TAX REFUND STATUS

Refund status	Meaning	Action required
Refund paid	ITR filing processed and refund is credited to your account	Check with the bank for the refund received. If not recieved, contact your bank for finding out the issue.
No demand No refund	You are neither eligible for any refund nor you are required to be tax.	Review the comparison received from IT department if you have claimed refund and file rectified return if required
Refund unpaid	Refund has been accepted by the IT department but was not paid due to error in bank details or address details.	Please update the correct details on income tax portal and raise a refund reissue request
Refund status not determined	Your ITR has not been processed yet.	Recheck the status after a few days.
Refund Determined and sent out to Refund Banker	Refund request was accepted by IT department and refund banker has been informed	Wait for refund to be credited to account or contact refund banker to know the status of your refund payment
Demand determined	Your tax calculation does not match with that of the IT department and an additional tax has to be paid.	Verify the calculation provided in 143(1) to figure out the mismatch/error. In case of error ,make a payment to the IT Department within the specified timeline. In case of nil error, file a rectification along with all the supporting information and documents to justify your refund claim.
Rectification Processed, Refund Determined and Details sent to Refund Banker	Rectification return has been accepted, Moreover, the refund amount has been recalculated and the refund amount has been sent to the bank for processing	Check your bank account to confirm the receipt of refund.
Rectification Processed and Demand Determined	Rectification return has been accepted, However, there are outstanding tax dues (tax demand) which needs to be paid within a specified time.	Pay the outstanding tax/ tax demand after cross-verifying all the details within the specified time period.
Rectification Processed, No demand and No Refund	Rectified return has been accepted by the Income Tax department. Additionally, you are neither required to pay any additional tax nor eligible for a tax refund.

9. WITHIN WHAT TIME LIMIT CAN INCOME TAX REFUND BE CLAIMED?

A taxpayer can claim income tax refund only when the Income tax return if filed. As the process of claiming income tax refund depends on ITR filing, the time limit for claiming an IT refund is the same. For any AY, the latest time limit for filing your returns and claiming a refund is the end of the assessment year. For example, for AY 2019-20 , the last date to claim an income tax refund is 31st March 2021, which is also the last date for delayed filing of ITR for FY 2018-19.

10. INCOME TAX REFUND ON APPEAL

When the taxpayer is eligible for a refund due to any order passed in response to an appeal, then there is no requirement of making a claim for such refund amount as the ITR department will itself credit the amount of refund. In short, there is no requirement for the taxpayer to place any additional request for refund cases related to appeal. Please note that if the assessment of taxpayers’ return of income was cancelled with a decision to make a fresh assessment, the refund shall become due only after making the fresh assessment.

11. INTEREST ON INCOME TAX REFUND

Section 244A deals with interest on income tax refund and provides for interest at the rate of 0.5% per month or part of the month on refund amount. Such interest shall be calculated from 1st April of the assessment year till the date of grant of refund, if the refund is due to excess advance tax paid or TDS deduction.

12. IS INCOME TAX REFUND TAXABLE?

Income tax refund is not taxable because it is the excess of tax liability paid from the total taxable income considered for tax liability for a given year, however interest on income tax refund is taxable as income from other sources.

13. SET-OFF OF INCOME TAX REFUND

If there is an income tax liability along with a refund , the assessing officer or commissioner can decide to set off the refund amount against the liability.

14. INCOME TAX REFUND HELPLINE

In respect of any queries related to income tax refund, you can contact income tax department helpline number Toll-Free No. 1800-180-1961 or e-mail at refunds@incometaxindia.gov.in. For queries related to any modification in refund processed at CPC Bangalore, you may call on the Toll-free No. 1800-425-2229 or 080-43456700.

15. IMPORTANT POINTS ABOUT INCOME TAX REFUND

1. Cross verify the bank account details with the passbook twice so that there is no error in bank account details.
2. Verify the address details with the income tax department for any refund in cheque.
3. File your ITR before the due date for speedy processing of income tax refund
4. Download your form 26AS and verify that the amount excess paid in tax is reflected in 26AS.

16. WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE REASONS FOR THE DELAY IN GETTING A TAX REFUND?

There could be various reasons for delay of refunds. We could list some of the reason which could delay the refund :

1. Non verification of the Income tax return-filing of ITR is incomplete in case it is not verified. So make sure ITR is verified within 120 days of filing your return. The later you verify, later will be the refund.
2. Old bank account details with the income tax department.
3. Manual filing of Income tax return-In case income tax is filed in physical, processing of refund could take longer than e-filing of return.
4. Lastly, in case the income tax department feels that there is some under reporting of income, there is a possibility they scrutinize the return which may be the reason for delay of refund.

17. CAN I RECTIFY THE MISTAKES BEFORE PLACING A REQUEST FOR RE-ISSUE OF INCOME TAX REFUNDS?

If you have received an intimation from the Income-tax Department or Refund Banker(SBI) that the refund processing has failed due to in-correct bank details, you need to follow the below guide. You will have to submit a refund re-issue request in your Income-tax Department’s website login and update your Correct or New bank Account Number.

1. Login or Register on Income-tax website
2. From the Top Menu, select My Account >> Service Request
3. Select “New request” in Request type.
4. Select “ refund reissue” and click submit
5. Select Assessment year > enter CPC communication reference number which will be mentioned in intimation u/s 143(1) recieved from the income tax department.
6. Enter refund sequence number
7. Select the mode of refund issue and update the correct account number.

Source :

cleartax.in

31 मई से पहले आपके बैंक अकाउंट से कटेंगे 12 रुपये, होगा 2 लाख का फायदा

 नई दिल्ली: 31 मई से पहले सभी बैंक (Banks) अपने चुनिंदा बचत खाताधारकों (Saving Account Holders) के अकाउंट से 12 रुपये काट लेंगे. लेकिन इस 12 रुपये के बदले कस्टमर्स को 2 लाख रुपये का फायदा होगा. आइए जानते हैं कैसे…

किस लिए डेबिट होंगे पैसे?

दरअसल, ये पैसे प्रधानमंत्री सुरक्षा बीमा योजना (PMSBY) के प्रीमियम के तौर पर काटा जाएगा, जिसके बारे में आपको SMS के जरिए अलर्ट भी मिलेगा. ध्यान देने वाली बात है कि Rs. 12/- ये प्रीमियम सिर्फ उन्हीं लोगों को देना होगा, जिसने इस योजना के लिए नामांकन किया था. इसके अलावा किसी भी कस्टमर्स के अकाउंट से ये पैसा नहीं काटा जाएगा.

क्या है PMSBY स्कीम?

आपको बताते चलें कि प्रधानमंत्री सुरक्षा बीमा योजना (PMSBY) एक ऐसी योजना है जो एक्सीडेंटल डेथ और विकलांग होने पर इंश्योरेंस प्रदान करता है. यह एक साल का कवर है और हर साल व्यक्ति द्वारा इसका रिन्युअल किया जाता है. जिन्होंने पहले से ही इस योजना के लिए नामांकन किया उनके खाते से ऑटो डेबिट सुविधा के जरिए 12 रुपए (GST सहित) का प्रीमियम कट जाता है. आपका बैंक खाता आमतौर पर प्रत्येक वर्ष 25 मई से 31 मई के बीच डेबिट होगा.

अगर आप भी इस योजना के लिए नामांकन कराना चाहते हैं तो अपने बैंक में आवेदन फॉर्म भरकर जमा कर सकते हैं. इसके अलावा आप नेटबैंकिंग पर लॉग इन करके भी पीएमएसबीवाई योजना के लिए ऑनलाइन अप्लाई कर सकते हैं. इस योजना के लिए आपकी उम्र 18-70 वर्ष के बीच होना जरूरी है. इस स्कीम के तहत बीमा लेने वाले की एक्‍सीडेंट में मौत होने या पूरी तरह से अपंग होने पर 2 लाख रुपए का दुर्घटना बीमा मिलता है.