« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  ITR filing deadline extension now demanded by this Tax Bar Association due to many issues including technical glitches with ITR portal  GST Rule Changes for FY 2025 26  Income tax return filing 2025: Five ITR mistakes that can trigger an income tax notice in 2025  ITR filing What is updated income tax return and ITR U Who can file & what you can t change - top points to know  Shifted to new tax regime? Here are 5 investments you shouldn't drop  Auditing and Assurance Standards Board Expert Panel for addressing queries related to Statutory Audit pertaining to auditing aspects. «  Budget preoccupations of professionals... Benign I-T assessment plan for diamond biz... » CBDT into Singapore, Mauritius February, 28th 2008 Investors based in Mauritius and Singapore could soon get assistance on Indian direct tax related issues in their respective countries itself. The Central Board of Direct Taxes has decided to create a post of First Secretary in the Indian High Commission at both these countries to assist the local investors there on direct tax issues including those on double taxation avoidance agreements. Official sources said that this would be the first time ever an income tax departmen t official would be posted abroad. The CBDT is looking to post officers at the level of joint commissioners of income tax (JCIT)/additional commissioners of income tax. The tax department has called for applications to this post from officers of 1991 to 1995 batch. We will post an officer each in Singapore and Mauritius before end March this year, a CBDT official said. Both Mauritius and Singapore have been an important source of foreign investments into India in the recent years.