Archive for June, 2010

This year, claiming a full income tax (I-T) refund could take longer than you expect if the amount mentioned in your return does not match that in the department's system. Bitten by a Rs 14-crore refund scam in December last year, I-T authorities have ordered that an assessee can only get the refund amount shown in the department’s computer system, and that if the assessee claims more than that, he or she can only get it after filing for rectification and submitting th.. Full Article

Swiss banks have offered to tax the money deposited with them by Indians and other foreigners and "immediately deliver the cash" to governments of respective countries, rather than sharing the details of their clients. Switzerland has come under increasing global pressure to share information about black money stashed in its banks. Possibly as a response, Swiss banks have now offered to tax their foreign clients' assets but are still wary of sharing details of their cus.. Full Article

THE government on Friday introduced a scheme that will facilitate easy exit for unlisted companies willing to wind up their defunct business. A defunct company is one whose business is lying in a dormant state. The new scheme will give such companies an opportunity to get their names struck off from the Register of Companies(RoC). Full Article

Section 197 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 – Deduction of tax at source – Certificate of lower deduction or non-deduction of tax at source – Instructions for issue of certificate u/s 197 mandatorily through ITD system. Full Article

Notification No. LAD-NRO/GN/2010-11/06/1097, dated 13-4-2010. In exercise of the powers conferred by section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992), the Board hereby makes the following Regulations to further amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Stock Brokers and Sub- Brokers) Regulations, 1992, namely :- Full Article