Archive for June, 2008

MVAT Audit Due date extended to 31St July 2008 for Financial Year 20005-06 and 2006-07. 1. The Hon'ble High Court has dismissed the Writ petition No. 2000 of 2007 and allied petitions regarding Form 704. The date for filing of Form 704 was extended by the High Court to 30th June 2008. Accordingly, a trade circular cited at reference 13 was issued and the date for filing of Form 704 in respect of the year 2005-06 and 2006-07 was extended to 30th June 2008. Full Article

The petitioners, is a private limited company, engaged in the business of development and sale of immovable property, i.e., real estate, have impugned a notice, dated March 6, 2006 issued by respondent Superintendent of Central Excise, whereby the petitioner-company has been asked to get itself registered under section 69 of the Finance Act, 1994 inasmuch as the petitioner-company has been providing commercial or industrial construction service/construction of complex se.. Full Article

This facility enables the assessee view its details (name, address, location code) as present in the Assessee Master provided by CBEC. Details of assessee codes allotted for service tax and excise can be viewed using this facility. Full Article

Multipurpose Empanelment Application Form for the year 2008-09* Multipurpose Empanelment Application Form for the year 2008-09 is expected to be hosted by 22nd June, 2008. *Everyone is advised to check their last year's data and fill in all the blank columns and the relevant details. This is for your own safety and benefit.* New applicants should of course, fill in all the details of the form. Full Article

The requirement of compulsory practical training is an integral part of the Chartered Accountancy course. Keeping this in view, the Council has recently issued a statement to ensure that working hours of articled assistants do not clash with any other activity undertaken by the articled assistants. However, it has been brought to the notice of the Institute that some of articled assistants are attending coaching classes during working hours of articled training. It is he.. Full Article

The Reserve Bank of India has asked small non banking financial companies (NBFCs) to curtail their public deposits. In a notification put out on Monday, the RBI has tightened the rules governing access to such public deposits. It said that NBFCs with a net owned fund (NoF) of between Rs 25 lakh and Rs 2 crore, must limit their public deposits to the level of their net owned funds as against the current ceiling of 1.5 times the net owned funds. Full Article

Nandlal M. Gandhi Vs. ACIT (ITAT Mumbai)- In this appeal, the assessee has challenged the order of Block Assessment passed by the Assessing Officer by contending that the impugned order was barred by the period of limitation prescribed under section 158BE of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and therefore, the said order was bad in law. Full Article

From 1st April 2008, payment of tax has been made mandatory for all corporate and firms covered under tax audit. During the first month, many practical issues were faced by depositors. Some of these are discussed below: Only few Banks authorised Only 27 banks are authorised to accept online payments. Persons not having account with [...] Full Article