The following concessions/ changes have also been made: i. Full exemption from excise duty has been provided to goods falling under Chapter 68 manufactured at the site of construction for use in construction work at such site. This was demand of the construction industry. Earlier it was available to goods manufactured from specified material but […]
However, the said goods would be exempt from excise duty subject to non availment of Cenvat credit on input. [Notification No 30/2004-CE refers]. Thus, the exemption will be optional. Those opting to pay duty @ 4% will be eligible to avail Cenvat credit. The applicable rates for CVD purposes will be 4%.
In another blow to embattled audit firm Price Waterhouse (PW), the high powered committee formed by ICAI to investigate the Satyam fraud, has submitted its interimn report. According to sources, the report has found the auditors guilty of lapses while auditing Satyam’s books. The report is also believed to have stated that Price Waterhouse received […]
The I-T department has lost the opportunity to recover revenues running into thousands of crores after failing to file its appeals before the Bombay High Court within the stipulated period of 120 days. The Bombay High Court has dismissed about 400 appeals recently. Section 260 A of the Income-Tax Act stipulates that an appeal against the Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT)
5. From the facts of this case, it transpires that the Hon’ble Supreme Court has not laid down any universally applicable principle that income from immovable property, be invariably taxed under the head ‘Income from House Property’. It was on the consideration of the cumulative effect of all the factors prevailing in case, which have been noted above, that the income from immovable property was held to be taxable under this head
8. We have heard the arguments of both the sides and also perused the relevant material on record. It is observed that there is no dispute about the fact that the payments in question were made by the assessee company in cash in excess of Rs.20,000/- towards service charges to the crew. The dispute, however, is that whether the said payments were covered by the exceptions prescribed in Rule 6DD(j)
7. We have carefully considered the relevant facts, arguments advanced and the case laws cited. It is not in dispute that the assessments sought to be reopened were earlier completed only by accepting the same under section 143(l)(a) of the Act. When assessments are completed under section 143(l)(a) it cannot be said that the Assessing Officer has expressed any opinion on the correctness or otherwise
Result of the Common Proficiency Test (Online) held in March, April and May 2009 and Common Proficiency Test (Paper Pencil Mode) held in June, 2009 is expected to be declared on Friday, the 17th July, 2009 around 2 P.M. The results of the Common Proficiency Test (Paper Pencil mode) held in June, 2009 and Common […]
Applications for admission to Professional Competence Examination (PCE), Integrated Professional Competence Examination (IPCE) and Final Examination are required to be made in the prescribed forms. The application forms are priced at Rs. 100/- per application form and will be available for sale from 17th August, 2009. The candidates requiring forms by post may please send their […]
Applications for admission to Common Proficiency Test (Paper-Pencil Mode) is required to be made on the relevant prescribed form as contained in the Information Brochure, which may be obtained from the Additional Secretary (Examinations),
