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Christmas cheer has come early for foreign nationals working in India. They can now take their entire post-tax salaries home, following a change in rules to this effect by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). This will benefit sectors such as aviation, telecom and infrastructure, which employ a large number of expats, making it easier for them to attract talent from abroad. Earlier, expats could take only 75% of their salaries abroad. Full Article

The Reserve Bank of India has asked all banks and financial institutions to furnish a suspicious transaction report to the Financial Intelligence Unit-India within seven days of such a transaction, said a notification from the central bank on Thursday. "The report must be furnished within seven days of arriving at a conclusion that a transaction, including attempted transaction, whether or not made in cash, or a series of transaction integrally connected are of suspiciou.. Full Article

SUMMARY OF CASE LAW Section 139(5) has not been enacted for providing an escape route to the assessee when he is caught in the penal provisions relating to evasion of tax and AO is in the process of collecting evidence to nail him down; it is not the intention of law to give a right [...] Full Article

Section 271B, read with section 44AB, of the Income-tax, 1961 - Penalty - For failure to get accounts audited - Assessment years 1987-88 to 1989-90 - Whether section 271B is not attracted in a case where no account has been maintained and instead recourse under section 271A can be taken - Held, yes Full Article