The notice u/s 143(2) served after the expiry of limitation of time is not valid and the assessment passed in pursuance of an invalid notice is illegal and void. Section 143(2)(ii) clearly stipulates service of notice and not issuance of notice.
According to plain reading of Section 80P(2)(a)(iii) , if a Cooperative Society earns income from marketing of the agricultural produce grown by its members, the deduction in respect of the profits and gains of business which are attributable to that marketing activity would be available under this provision. The main point that needs deliberation is the scope and ambit of the expression “marketing ” occurring in sub -clause (iii) of Section 80P(2)(a) of the 1961 Act.
No.2/2/2007Admn. dated the 5 th May 2009 SFIO, Government of India, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Serious Fraud Investigation Office, B3 Wing, 2 nd Floor, Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi – 110 003, New Delhi, SFIO, a multidisciplinary organization set up to investigate corporate frauds, intends to outsource experts in the field of Banking, Law, Forensic Audit […]
The principal notification No.64/95-Central Excise, dated the 16th March, 1995 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 256(E), dated the 16th March, 1995 and was last amended vide notification No.15/2008-CE dated the 17th March, 2008 which was published vide number G.S.R. 184(E), dated the 17th March, 2008.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) will pay auditors fees for the first year of peer review of accounts of companies in the 50-index Nifty and the 30-index BSE. In an effort to build investor confidence and avoid reoccurrence of Satyam-like frauds, Sebi had announced a peer review of company accounts. “Sebi will […]
The Reserve Bank of India has empowered practicing company secretaries to issue Diligence Reports to scheduled commercial banks which will confirm the mandatory compliance with all statutory and contractual obligations by companies availing multiple banking or consortium lending arrangements. Primary Urban Co-operative Banks have also come under this directive of the country’s central bank. These […]
SEBI explores easing norms for IPOs, QIPs, and rights issues to streamline the fundraising process for companies.
At present, the tax, which is levied on inter state sale of goods, is at 2%. It was scheduled to be reduced by another 1%, starting April 1, 2009. At the time, the rate cut was postponed on account of the general elections and the Election Commission’s code of conduct. Recently, the empowered committee of state finance ministers wrote to the Union finance ministry recommending that the tax should be completely withdrawn when GST kicks in, as there is massive evasion of VAT (which goes to the states’ coffers).
Commerce department has asked for the removal of fringe benefit tax (FBT) on exporters in its list of key reform proposals to be included in an ambitious package being readied by officials for the new government’s 100-day reform agenda. It has asked for removal of this tax imposed on exporters as it acts as a […]
The three-year long wait of companies to avail full income tax benefits on export profits from their SEZ units will come to an end in two months. Official sources said the government has firmed up plans to bring changes in Section 10AA of the Income Tax Act in the forthcoming Union Budget to rectify an anomaly in the wording of the Section that adversely affected SEZ units.
