On GST, stated position:-After careful consideration of the issues raised by the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers, we have revised our position to accommodate the concerns of the State Governments. The Central Government is willing to consider a phased approach for the introduction of GST. In a departure from its earlier stand, the Central Government is also willing to accept a dual rate structure in the transitory phase leading eventually to a “model GST”.
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 62/1994-Customs (N. T.) dated the 21st November, 1994, namely: –
Bombay High Court on Wednesday began hearing on Vodafone’s plea challenging income-tax department’s tax claim of $2 billion on the telecos’ buyout of Hutchison’s stake in Hutchison-Essar in 2007 for $11 billion.
PUBLIC NOTICE No. 88/2009-14,Petroleum product(s) covered under SION Sl. No. A-2688, A-2689 and A-2690 of the product Group “Chemicals & Allied Products” i.e.: (i) Light Ends (LE) viz., Naphtha, Motor Spirit, Gasoline, Solvents, Reformate, Hexane, TAME, excluding C3, C4 Hydrocarbons and mixtures thereof; (ii) Middle Distlliates (MD) viz., ATF, SKO, HSD, Gas Oil, MTO, LABFS, AROMEX, JBO, LDO, VGO, Solvents; and (iii) Heavy Ends (HE) viz. FO, Furnace Oil, Fuel Oil, LSHS, HPS, Puch, Asphalt, Petroleum Bitumen, Raw Petroleum Coke & Calcined Peroleum Coke, Slack Wax, Paraffin Wax, Microcrystalline Wax, CBFS, RPO, Sulphur.
Centralized Processing Centre (CPC) at Bangalore is performing successfully. Till date, 26.99 alkh returns hgave been processed and over 3 lakh refunds have been issued at the Centralized Processing Centre, Bangalore.
The Finance Act, 2010 has inserted a new section 80CCF in the Income Tax Act, 1961, which provides that an amount upto the extent of Rs. 20,000/- paid or deposited during the financial years 2010-11 as subscription to long-term infrastructure bonds shall be allowed as deduction in computing the income of an individual or a Hindu Undivided Family.
The Income Tax Act, 1961, before amendment by Finance Act, 2010, allowed a weighted deduction of 125% for any sum paid out of business income to a university, college or other institution in case the amount is used for scientific research. Similar weighted deduction of 125% was also allowed for any sum paid out of business income to a national laboratory or a university or Indian Institute of Technology for the purpose of an approved scientific research programme.
Applicability of services for November 2010 examinations:-Professional Competence Examination. It is clarified that in Part –II : Service tax and VAT of Paper 5 : Taxation, students will not be tested on specific questions covering individual taxable services.
In terms of Section 4(1) of the payment and settlements Systems Act, 2007, no person other than the Reserve Bank shall commence or operate a payment system except under and in accordance with an authorization issued by the Reserve Bank under the provisions of the said Act. In terms of explanation of Section 2(1)(i) of the Act, a payment system includes money transfer operations.
The Reserve Bank of India today released on its website, a Discussion Paper on “Engagement of ‘for profit’ Companies as Business Correspondents (BCs)” to seek the views/comments of banks, non-banking financial institutions, ‘for-profit’ companies, regulators, academicians, NGOs and the public at large.
