Archive for March, 2009

The global & national economic environment has in recent times been featured by the turbulences on the financial scenario following the unearthing of the frauds and procedural and financial malpractices. The credibility of the opinion expressed by the auditors on the independent review of financial statements and records have come under close scrutiny. All these [...] Full Article

The list of 18672 audit firms, which have been recommended by the RBI for statutory branch audit assignments in public sector banks during the year 2008-09 is hosted on the website. Members are requested to click on the link given below the announcement. Thereafter push the keys (Ctrl+f) together. A small window would open at [...] Full Article

The Central Excise and Service Tax Department has launched a pilot project for the implementation of Automation of Central Excise and Service Tax (ACES) in the Bhubaneswar-II Commissionerate. ACES is a new centralised and Web-based software application that aims to automate all core processes of excise and service tax. The pilot project was launched at [...] Full Article

EXPLANATORY NOTES TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE FINANCE ACT, 2008 CIRCULAR NO. 1/ 2009, DATED 27th MAR, 2009 5. Streamlining the definition of “charitable purpose” 5.1 Sub-section (15) of section 2 of the Act defines “charitable purpose” to include relief of the poor, education, medical relief, and the advancement of any other object of general [...] Full Article

W.e.f. 01.04.2009 the NSDL has stepped up the cost for PAN Cards (New PAN / Change / Correction) from present Rs. 60 [plus Service Tax to Rs 85 plus service Tax. Thus, now one will have to pay Rs.94. Full Article

The income-tax (I-T) authorities are waiting for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to file its returns for fiscal year 2009 to ascertain if the cricket board should be taxed, particularly for the income earned from the mega cricket events such as Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 tournament. With an annual income [...] Full Article

National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards (NACAS) may have favoured suspension of mark-to-market accounting norms on foreign exchange transactions for corporate sector for two years, but Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is in no mood to suspend the accounting standards (AS) 11 provision. ICAI president Uttam Prakash said here that he was not [...] Full Article

EXPLANATORY NOTES TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE FINANCE ACT, 2008 CIRCULAR NO. 1/ 2009, DATED 27th MAR, 2009 46. Discontinuation of Banking Cash Transaction Tax 46.1 The Banking Cash Transaction Tax (BCTT) was introduced by the Finance Act, 2005. It provides for a levy at the rate of 0.1 per cent (10 basis points) on [...] Full Article