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Income tax raid at stock broker in Jaipur net Rs. 10 crore in cash

August 27, 2009 1072 Views 0 comment Print

Rajasthans income tax department recovered over Rs 10 crore from eight bank lockers of a stock broker in Jaipur on Tuesday. Damodar Modi, who also deals in real estate, is a member of the VHP and, according to sources, was allegedly a money laundering agent for some senior BJP leaders.

CBI filed charge sheet against Ex-Central Excise Commissioner

August 27, 2009 1785 Views 0 comment Print

Former Central Excise Commissioner , Pralhad Kumar alias P K Ajwani arrested by CBI in 2004 after wads of cash were seized from his south Mumbai house was chargesheeted on corruption charges by CBI last week.

DTC propose to tax LTA, Medical Reimbursement, payment, commuted pension and retirement gratuities and benefit and perquisites

August 27, 2009 1619 Views 0 comment Print

New Direct Tax code 2009 has proposed to tax many benefit, receipts, allowances and perquisites which are either tax free or exemption is available in respect of that. We are discussing here some of these provisions.

Service tax applicable only to legal firms and not to independent practicing lawyers : Bar Council of India

August 27, 2009 1766 Views 0 comment Print

The Bar Council of India (BCI) recently sent a clarification to all lawyer associations in Pune that the service tax introduced for lawyers in this year’s budget is applicable only to legal firms and not to independent practicing lawyers.  There was confusion among lawyers regarding the introduction of service tax and the Pune Bar Association […]

ROC work may be outsourced to professionals such as chartered accountants and company secretaries

August 27, 2009 5229 Views 0 comment Print

To ensure higher accountability and transparency in auditing company books, the government now plans to outsource audit work to professionals such as chartered accountants and company secretaries. At present, it is undertaken by the Registrar of Companies’ offices across various cities.

SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009

August 26, 2009 5455 Views 0 comment Print

All other words and expressions used but not defined in these regulations, but defined in the Act or the Companies Act, 1956, the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956, the Depositories Act, 1996 and/or the rules and regulations made thereunder shall have the same meaning as respectively assigned to them in such Acts or rules or regulations or

Place of performance of service is decisive for determining event of taxability as well as incidence of tax

August 26, 2009 1404 Views 0 comment Print

The appellant appears to have performed service in India for ultimate consumption thereof in India by its clients/customers in India. The service is destined to exhaust in India and extinct soon after performance thereof. Post performance liability only remains to be discharged by foreign principal through the appellant in India. Thus the beneficiaries of services were located in India for ultimate consumption of the service provided in India.

Allowability of depreciation on a plant which was ready for use but not used

August 26, 2009 5398 Views 0 comment Print

Coming to the first point of difference it seems to me that even after the introduction of block of assets concept, there is no change in the legal position to the effect that the assessee^ would be entitled to depreciation even though the assets in question were not actually put to use in the relevant previous year, but were kept ready for being put to use for the purpose of the business. The judgment of the Hon’ble Madras High Court, on this question is in C1T vs. Vayithri Plantations Ltd. (1981) 128 ITR 675. In this case, the Hon’ble High Court was concerned with the assessment year 1971-72 and with the claim of development of rebate made by the assessee, Sec.33 of the Act dealt with development rebate. An assessee can c

Notification on Compulsory E- Filing of Form-101 related to MVAT registration

August 26, 2009 7267 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (1) of Rule 17A of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Rules, 2005, the Commissioner of Sales Tax, Maharashtra State hereby provides that on or after 1st October 2009, the dealers, who are liable to

MCA proposed to prosecute audit firms also for wrong doing of its partner

August 26, 2009 495 Views 0 comment Print

The ministry of company affairs (MCA) intends to insert a clause in the Companies Act that will make audit firms also liable to prosecution as against the existing provisions that limits penal action only to chartered accountants. The proposal, being pushed by government agencies, has found favour with MCA and the amendments could be made […]

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