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Chandigarh VAT rate change Effective 26 October, 2010, the basic rates of VAT in Chandigarh has been enhanced, as mentioned below: Particulars Rate up to 25 October, 2010 Rate with effect from 26 October, 2010 Goods falling under Schedule B an Full Article

The government has appointed former I-T officials or officials from the Indian Revenue Service as income-tax ombudsmen. These officers are independent of the jurisdiction of the income-tax department and hence, operate as an independent arbiter. Full Article

The General Budget 2010-11 has carried forward the process of reforms in tax administration in the country. The citizen-centric initiative “Sevottam” which was launched as a pilot project at Pune, Kochi and Chandigarh, will be extended to four more cities this year. The centralized processing centre at Bengaluru is now fully functional and processing around 20, 000 tax returns daily. Full Article

The Supreme Court has held that banks are liable to compensate a customer whose money is wrongly paid to another person without verifying the original signature of the account-holder as it amounted to deficiency of service. A bench of Justices D K Jain and T S Thakur said the bank was guilty of honouring the cheque presented by the fraudster by releasing an amount over and above the amount in the account even though the customer Gurnam Singh had no overdraft facility. Full Article

AAYAKAR Seva Kendra (ASK) is a one stop computerized shop for the taxpayers to obtain services promised by the Department in its Citizens' Charter in a time bound manner. In order to achieve these objectives, Sevottam provides for a front office to be backed by re-engineered processes and a new outlook of the personnel so that grievances of taxpayers are not only redressed quickly but also eventually prevented. Full Article

PROMOTION on performance is a positive signal every organisation whether in private or public sectors intends to send to all stakeholders. This is what the Selection Panel headed by the Supreme Court Judge has also tried to do in the case of ITAT. It has overlooked as many as four senior Members and promoted deserving candidates. Besides, Vice-President at Ahmedabad Mr R V Easwar has been promoted as Senior V-P and posted to Mumbai. Full Article

The I-T department has decided to extend the Refund Banker Scheme that allows refund of excess tax money to taxpayers to nine more cities, including Ahmedabad and Kochi. Full Article

The CBI today arrested an Assistant Director working in Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) at Ludhiana for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 3000/- from the complainant for processing his files relating to Duty Entitlement Pass Book (DEPB). Directorate General of Foreign Trade deals with formulation and implementation of foreign trade policy. The [...] Full Article