Archive for August, 2009

GOVERNMENT has said that the profession of Chartered Accountants is regulated under the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 including disciplinary action in Satyam-like cases. The Central Vigilance Commission does not have any role in such cases. Chapter V of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 has been amended in 2006 to provide more effective disciplinary mechanism to [...] Full Article

1.Instruction No 1829, dated 21-9-1989 (hereinafter called “the instruction” ) issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes deals with the taxability of income arising to non-residents from the execution of power projects on turn key basis involving activities to be carried out in India as well as outside India. The instruction analyses a hypothetical [...] Full Article

Continuing my tryst with capturing the life and times of Nandan Nilekani in his new avatar as a Cabinet Minister, here is what he had penned after his first day in the Parliament. The last entry stopped when the House was just about to begin. Let’s see what happened thereafter. Full Article

The Government has said that it is aware that several unqualified persons are using false registration numbers and issuing fake certificates by pretending to be Chartered Accountants. Ninety four cases of fake certificates since April, 2006 have come to the notice of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. These include issue of false certificates [...] Full Article

The Government has said that as per the proposed Companies Bill 2009, the companies registered under the Companies Act, 1956 and companies incorporated in the jurisdiction of such countries as may be notified from time to time by the Central Government, may merge or amalgamate. By virtue of the specific clause on Cross Border merger [...] Full Article

According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines, banks are required to charge interest rate on loans at monthly rest with effect from April 1, 2002. Charging of interest on loans at monthly rests is, however, not applicable to agricultural advances where, for the convenience of borrower, interest rests are linked to crop seasons [...] Full Article

Payments termed as ‘commission’ made to a Managing Director/ Directors, whether whole-time or independent, would not be ‘commission’ as envisaged under the Service Tax category of Business Auxiliary Services. Hence, payments of commission made to the Managing Director/ Directors would not be subject to Service Tax. Full Article