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This option contains a number of additional utilities to help the tax practi­tioner, like statutory forms, calculators for tax, tds and capital gains.

Income Tax Forms

  Utils   Income Tax Forms

 Alt + U + I or  F6

See Figure 63

 

More than 300 forms spread across assessment years are available at a mouse click. Moreover, every form has got expert guidance built-in to ensure mistakes are minimised.

The forms are in state-of-the-art Adobe’s PDF format. In order to use this feature you should have installed the freely distributed Adobe™ Acrobat Reader™ 9.0 or higher. In case you do not have this, you may install it from TLOL Suite™ 3.0’s DVD from the ACROREAD directory.

Figure 63: Income-tax Forms

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  1.  Click on  Utils  Income Tax Forms to open the “TLOL Suite™ 3.0– Forms” interface.

  2. Choose the Act name from the pull-down menu cum Easy-select field.

  3. The selected Act will be highlighted.

  4.  Click on the > against the selected Act to view the list of form num­bers.

  5.  Click on the required form number to view the form.

Save option is available only if you own a license for Adobe Acrobat. If you require to save the form choose this save_icon.bmp disk icon seen on top of the form window; in the dialogue box that comes up, enter the file name to save in. To restore a saved form choose  File  Open and select the file to restore.

Tutorial with video:

 

Tax Calculator

  Utils   Tax Calculator

 Alt + U + T + A or   F7

See Figure 64

 

Income Tax Calculator is used to compute the income tax to be paid by a assessee.

Computation will be based on the type of assessee and assessment year fol­lowed by the inputs from you. The following are common inputs required 2

Figure 64: Income–tax Calculator screen showing “Local Authority”

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  1.  Click on  Utils   Tax Calculator to open “TLOL Suite™ 3.0– Income-tax Calculator” interface.

  2. Depending on the type of assessee you will have to enter various fig­ures mentioned in the Income-tax calculator screen and ensure your input is complete.

  3.  Click Calculate to compute the amount of Income-tax to be paid.

  4.  Click Reset to clear the fields and enter data afresh.

  5.  Click Close to close the form.

Tutorial with video:

 

To compute the Income–tax of a “Domestic Company” for the assessment year “2010-11”:

 

  1.  Select “Domestic Company” from the pull-down list within the field displayed against Type of Assessee.

  2. Select “2010-11” from the pull-down list within the field displayed against Assessment Year.

  3. Enter “5000000” in the field displayed against Taxable Total Income.

  4. Enter “22456“in the field against Book Profit.

  5.  Click Calculate to compute the amount of Income-tax to be paid by the company.

TDS Calculator

 Utils   TDS Calculator

 Alt + U + T + D or   F8

See Figure 65

 

The TDS calculator computes the income-tax to be deducted at source.

Computation is based on the nature of payment and assessment year fol­lowed by other inputs from you. The following are common inputs required3.

Figure 65: Tax Deduction at Source Calculator screen showing “Interest on Securities”

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  1.  Click  Utils   TDS Calculator to open “TLOL Suite™ 3.0–Tax Deduction at Source Calculator” interface.

  2. Depending on the nature of payment you will have to enter various figures mentioned in the TDS calculator screen and ensure your input is complete.

  3.  Click Calculate to compute the amount of Income-tax deduction at source.

  4.  Click Reset to clear the fields and enter data afresh.

  5.  Click Close to close the form.

Tutorial with video:

 

To compute the tax deduction at source on “Interest on sala­ries” for the assessment year “2009–10”:

 

  1. Select “193-Interest on salaries” from the pull-down list within the field displayed against Nature Of Payment.

  2. Select “2009–10” from the pull-down list within the field displayed against Assessment Year.

  3. Select “Interest on 8% savings (taxable) bonds” from the pull-down list within the field displayed against type Of securities.

  4. Select “Domestic company where payment > 1 crore” from the pull-down list within the field displayed against type of recipient.

  5. Enter “2000000” in the field displayed against Total Amount Paya­ble.

  6.  Click Calculate to compute the amount to be deducted.

Capital Gains Calculator

  Utils   Capital Gains Calcula­tor

 Alt + U + C or   F9

See Figure 66

 

The Capital Gains Calculator computes the short-term/ long-term capital gain tax on applicable transactions.

Figure 66: Capital Gains Calculator showing short term capital gains for “Local Authority”

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Short-term/ long-term capital gains can be computed based on the inputs from you4. The following are common inputs required.

Short-term or long-term capital gain calculation will be automatically selected depending on the number of months between purchase and sale.

  1.  Click  Utils   Capital Gain Calculator to open “TLOL Suite™ 3.0–Capital Gains Calculator” interface.

  2.  Click Calculate to compute the Capital gains.

  3.  Click Reset to clear the fields and enter data afresh.

  4.  Click Close to close the form.

Tutorial with video:

 

To compute the short-term capital gains of an “Individual” for the financial year “2012-13”:

 

  1. Select “Date of Purchase” as “08/03/2012”.

  2. Select “Date Of Sale” as “06/03/2013”.

  3. The number of months and the “Type of Capital Gain” for the assess­ment year and the Financial Year will be displayed.

  4. Select “Individual” from the pull-down list within the field displayed against Type of Assessee.

  5. The fields for “SHORT TERM” will appear.

  6.  Click on the  radio button to the left of the field displaying Lump Sump Sale.

  7. Enter “10000” in the field displayed against Full value of considera­tion.

  8. Enter “1000” in the field displayed against Net worth of undertaking or division.

  9. Enter “1000” in the field against Cost of the agriculture land pur­chased.

  10. Enter “9000” in the field against Cost of the land or building pur­chased.

  11.  Click Calculate to compute the Net short-term capital gain.

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