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Under the Constitution of India, the power to levy stamp duty is divided between the Union and the State. The Parliament (Central Government) has the power to levy stamp duty on the instruments specified in Article 246 read with Schedule VII, List I, Entry 91 and the State Government has the power to levy stamp duty on instruments falling under Article 246 read with Schedule VII, List II, Entry 63. Full Article

For the benefit of all the Public Charitable and Religious Trusts, Trustee & all such Trusts should jointly make a petition before Law Minister, Law and Judiciary Department Sachivalaya, Maharashtra to amend this and other similar provisions in such a way that if nothing is intimated within 120 days, the said change reports should be deemed to have been accepted by the said officer, especially in the case of schedule III. In the case of schedule IIIA, since it is more se.. Full Article

Thus, for the benefit of all the Public Charitable and Religious Trusts, Trustee & all such Trusts should jointly make a petition before Law Minister, Law and Judiciary Department Sachivalaya, Maharashtra to amend this and other similar provisions in such a way that the approval should be granted/rejected within 3/4 months on the lines of Chapter XXC of the IT. Act, 1961. Full Article

The ITAT held that for the computation of MAT, profits disclosed as per the audited accounts should be adopted, provided the accounts are prepared in the prescribed format. If the accounts are not so prepared, the Tax Authority may substitute the amount declared as per the Profit and Loss Account (P&L) with the appropriate amount, regardless of the fact that the accounts are certified as complying with the prescribed format by auditors. Full Article

In all the appeals before us, the specific case of the assesses is that the BSE card acquired by them on or after 1/4/1998 is an intangible asset covered under the expression 'licences' or alternatively covered under the expression 'any other business or commercial rights of similar nature' enumerated in section 32(1)(ii) of the Act and therefore, depreciation is allowable on the BSE card acquired by them. Full Article

In 1918, the scheme of Government Diploma in Accountancy (GDA) was introduced by the Government of Bombay to provide the eligibility to accountants for Unrestricted Certificate to practise accountancy in India. In 1930, the Government of India decided to control and regulate the accountancy profession and provided for the grant of certificates to auditors through [...] Full Article

Objecting to the Maharashtra government’s decision of removing the audit limit for non-CAs government-authoris ed auditors, the accounting regulator Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has urged to restore the audit limit of Rs 1 lakh at the earliest. No audit limit enables the auditors to perform audit of trusts of any size. Full Article

The income-tax department has the right to carry out a raid and attach property, if it has reason to suspect that income is likely to escape tax net in absence of prompt action, a division bench of the Bombay High Court has ruled. The division bench, comprising Justice Ranajana Desai and Justice JP Deodhar, passed [...] Full Article