Archive for April, 2010

The Central Government have notified the “Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China” as ‘specified territory’ for the purpose of Explanation 2 to Section 90 of the Income Tax Act 1961 vide Notification No. 25 of 2010 (F.No.500/124/9-FTD-II). The notification enables the Central Government to enter into a double taxation avoidance agreement with SAR of Hong Kong. Full Article

Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, asks ICAI to make affordable the training being imparted to professionals for converging Indian Accounting Standards with IFRS Full Article

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said service tax on air travel will not have any adverse impact as it is not linked to fare and has been capped at Rs 100 for domestic travel and Rs 500 for international travel. Full Article

Over 3.7 lakh companies have not filed annual returns and balance sheets, which is mandatory under the Companies Act, for the fiscal year 2008-09, Parliament was informed on Friday. Full Article

In a relief to realty sector and home buyers, Finance Miniser Pranab Mukherjee on Thusday announced tax concessions to the construction sector, which was brought under the ambit of service tax in this year's Budget. Full Article

Queries are being received from various quarters as to whether in today’s context, Accounting Standard(AS)-30, Accounting Standard(AS)-31 and Accounting Standard(AS)-32 are required to be studied thoroughly for the examinations of the Institute, as they are included in the respective syllabus. Full Article

Direct Taxes (Income Tax) - Relaxation announced by the Finance Minister in the Lok Sabha while replying to the debate on Finance Bill, 2010 onApril 29, 2010. While introducing the Finance Bill, 2010 in respect of Direct Taxes, emphasis has been on relief to individual taxpayers, encouraging research and development in the country, providing some relief measures in view of the recessionary impact and rationalization of procedure and steps to mitigate compliance cost. Full Article

The construction sector has requested for a review of the changes in the service tax law proposed in this year's Budget. Several suggestions have been made by the trade associations. Considering all the inputs, I propose to provide tax relief to this sector by enhancing their rate of abatement from 67% to 75% of the gross value where such value includes the value of the land constructed upon. Certain procedural bottlenecks relating to the completion certificate prescrib.. Full Article