Archive for September, 2009

The Finance Ministry has extended service tax exemption to five more export promotion councils (EPCs). With this move, the total number of EPCs that could avail themselves of service tax exemption has gone up to 27 across the country. Budget 2009-10 had provided exemption on the service tax leviable under “club or association services” for 22 [...] Full Article

Drug firms outsourcing finished products for domestic as well as export markets are under the income-tax (I-T) scanner. The I-T department has dragged around half a dozen leading drug makers, including Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd, Elder Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd and Aristo Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd, to the Bombay high court for alleged tax law violations [...] Full Article

Under the existing provisions of Section 44BB of the Act, which has non-obstante clause overriding the other provisions of the Act, non-resident service providers to oil & gas industry enjoy a tax regime wherein 10% of the gross receipts are deemed to be their income and tax is levied at the rate of 42.23% on [...] Full Article

New version of Form 15, 1INV, 21, 23, 23AA, 23C, 24, 25B, 25C, 3, 32, 35A, 37, 39, 4C, CAR, DDB, 24AB, 23AAC, 65, 63, DD-C, 23AAA, Form I- Application for appointment of sole selling agent, Form of annual return of a foreign company having a share capital, 24A, Investor complaint form, 22B, 36, 4, [...] Full Article

he Central Government, for the purpose of making all transactions faster, improving service delivery and making Office of the Registrar paperless, has decided to dispense with the physical submission of documents. The Central Government shall initially collect stamp duty payable on Form No.1, Memorandum of Association, Article of Association, Form No. 5 and Form No. 44 at the time of their e-filing, through MCA portal www.mca.gov.in. The Central government shall collect .. Full Article

In the Companies (Electronic Filing and Authentication of Documents) Rules, 2006, in rule 3, in sub-rule (1), after the proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely :- “ Provided further that if stamp duty on such documents is paid electronically through Ministry of Corporate Affairs portal www.mca.gov.in, in such case, the company shall not be required to make physical submissition of such documents, in addition to their submission in the electronic form: Full Article

A Mumbai-based social worker has threatened to press charges against the I-T department for placing ads in various newspapers, which allegedly disrespect the national flag. According to Sundeep Sharma , the advertisement, which urges people to pay advance tax, shows a child saluting the national flag with his left hand . Full Article

The government is considering a proposal to raise the tax exemption limit for transport allowance to Rs 3,200 a month from Rs 800 follows a similar hike for government servants under the Sixth Pay Commission award. It is likely to find adoption in the private sector too, triggering greater spending across the economy and boosting [...] Full Article