Archive for August, 2010

It is no doubt true that as per section 92CA of the Income-tax Act, when the assessee goes before the authority concerned on transfer pricing, an opportunity of personal hearing should be granted to the assessee. As far as the present case is concerned, the notice dated 25-8-2009 was sent by the Transfer Pricing Officer intimating the date of personal hearing on 4-9-2009, on which date the petitioner was to file its reply. Admittedly Full Article

The Centre and states were yet again unable to stitch a deal on the constitutional amendments, clouding prospects for rollout of India’s most ambitious indirect taxes reform — goods and services tax — next year. The Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, however, promised another draft to address concern raised by the states ruled by leading opposition party BJP and Tamil Nadu where Congress’ key ally DMK is in power. Full Article

The finance ministry has asked government banks to shift to a system where non-performing assets (NPAs) are identified by technology. The aim is to avoid human interference. The ministry has told the government banks to put the system in place by March 2011. Full Article

The Government has assigned duties to senior officers presently working in Delhi in various Ministries/Departments in relation to the Commonwealth Games. These Officers would be deputed on part-time basis to oversee the preparations at the major Commonwealth Games venues, to solve coordination problems and bring to the notice of Secretary, Department of Sports and Cabinet Secretary for any intervention that may be required. Full Article

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has an Investor Grievances Management Cell (IGMC) at the Headquarters and nodal officers at all field offices of Regional Directors (RD) and Registrars of Companies (ROC) for redressal of investors’ grievances. The investors may take up their grievances with the concerned nodal officers. Full Article

The Government has found that all the 10 Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises did not comply with specific provisions of the Companies Act. It has instructed Registrar of Companies to scrutinise the documents of these firms and initiate penal action, wherever required. Full Article

Receipt number to be quoted in Form 16/16A will be generated by TIN. Receipt number will be generated for the quarterly TDS/TCS statements pertaining to FY 2010-11 and onwards uploaded to TIN. Receipt number generated will be of eight digits (alphabets) and will be applicable only for statements pertaining to FY 2010-11 and onwards. Full Article

After Bank of Rajasthan – ICICI Bank merger, while more old banks may fall prey to such inorganic growth hunger of banks wanting to become bigger in short run, another major development going to be in the banking space is the entry of new private sector players in the banking arena. Full Article