Officials of the air intelligence unit at Delhi’s IGI Airport recently identified a traveler suspected to be carrying huge cash in his baggage. But before the suspect could be detained, he had boarded the aircraft for Hyderabad. All that the airline staff could divulge about the traveller were his initials and mobile number. The number […]
The Income-Tax department is scrutinising companies that have set up subsidiaries or units in special economic zones (SEZ) after it foundthat many of these firms were using their SEZ operations as a vehicle for claiming undue tax benefits. The modus operandi adopted by a number of companies is to manipulate the accounts to transfer the […]
The Income-Tax department has mobilised a large number of staff members from its local offices for a comprehensive investigation into the fraud in Satyam Computers. A top official said the staff will join duty in a day or two following the IT Chief Commissioner’ s orders earlier this week. He said the investigations would not […]
Appointment of external auditors for bank audits continue to be mired in controversy. After the auditing profession regulator, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), it is now the turn of the bank employees to oppose the freedom given to public sector bank boards to choose the statutory auditor.
The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) has initiated probe against 25 individuals and 325 companies related to Satyam. That includes Pricewaterhouse Bangalore, the auditors of the firm. At a time when the government is acting against the auditor in this case, the question that arises now is, will the ICAI act?
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India will pass a ruling directing all firms to get their internal audits reviewed by an outside’. Uttam Prakash Agarwal, who has replaced Ved Jain as president of ICAI with effect from February 5, said that this practice of an external firm reviewing the internal books of a company […]
The current financial year 2008-09 the Investigation Wing of the Income Tax Department, Kolkata, has so far seized unaccounted cash of Rs 65 Crore and other assets to the tune of Rs 11 Cr. Multiple searches have led to disclosure of income to the tune of Rs 360 Cr so far. Some of the noteworthy […]
After receipt of Eligibility Certificate and the above mentioned information from the Industry Department, the Sales Tax Department shall issue the Identification Certificate on its own. There is no need for the eligible unit to separately make an application to the Sales Tax Department for grant of Identification Number.
THE Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Income-tax Department to establish a Centralized Processing Centre (CPC) at Bangalore for processing of all electronically filed returns in the country and the paper returns filed in Karnataka. The CPC will enable the Department to process the returns and issue refunds expeditiously. It will encourage more […]
The forthcoming interim budget could hold some pleasant surprises. Policymakers are examining all options, including tax cuts, aimed at giving a boost to the slowing economy and relief to industry to prevent job cuts. The Constitution does not restrain an outgoing government from announcing tax measures in an interim budget, ahead of general elections. “Constitutionally, […]
