Tightening its belts, the income tax department has chalked out an intensive strategy on collections in the backdrop of slowing economy. Though, direct tax collections have been buoyant so far, the department is not taking any chances as the deadline for payment of the third installment of advance tax is drawing near.A meeting of senior level field officials of income tax department on Wednesday, that was called specially at the behest of revenue secretary PV Bhide, took stock of the state of collections and the strategy for the rest of fiscal.
In what would come as a relief to expat employees coming to India on a posting or Indian employees going abroad, a tax tribunal has ruled that they could exclude the amount deducted as ‘hypothetical tax’ by their employers from their taxable income in the country. The tribunal turned down income-tax authorities contention that this amount was part of the total salary and hence taxable.
The government’s move to create a separate breed of corporate valuers in the country is set to face stiff resistance from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), that trains and regulates the professional conduct of chartered accountants.The Institute is expected to tell the government that financial valuation of companies is best done by chartered accountants and this job be reserved for them. The government’s attempt is to institutionalise this profession with a well laid out code of conduct. It also wants to set up a panel of independent valuers that shareholders and clients would find credible.
In the case of subscription in the primary market (initial public offers), the above mentioned entities shall hold their investments for a minimum period of 30 days. The holding period would commence when the securities are actually allotted.
11. The powers of the Tribunal emanates from the provision of section 254 of the Act and not from any other provisions. The provisions of section 132 of the Act considered by the Hon’ble Rajasthan High Court only specifies the circumstances under which search warrant can be issued by the competent authority. Such provisions have nothing to do with the powers of the Tribunal
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Haleema Zubair, Tropical Traders Vs. State of Kerala (Supreme Court of India)- The business activities relating to transaction of M/s. Poseidon Food Company unless otherwise proved cannot bring the appellant within the purview of definition of `dealer’. If she was not a dealer, the professional fees earned by her would not be exigible to payment of sales tax; only because the appellant happens to be the proprietress of M/s. Tropical Traders also.
NOTIFICATION NO 32/2008-Service Tax – Refund application can now be filed within six months from the end of the relevant quarter during which the said goods have been exported. earlier itwas only sixty days.the amending notification no. 32/2008-ST dated 18-11-2008 is appendedherewith for info.
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 read with Section 3(2) of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992) and also read with Para 1.3 and Para 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2004-2009, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments to Notification No.93(RE-2007)/2004-2009 dated 1st April, 2008 read with Notification No. 37 (RE-2008)/2004-09 dated 3rd September, 2008.
