THE much-awaited order of the Karnataka High Court on the question of liability to deduct tax at source on payments made to non-residents for the purchase of software to be used in business is finally out. The order passed on 24th September, 2009 was made available only on 17th November, 2009.
Please refer to our circulars UBD.CO.BPD. (PCB) No. 32/09.39.000/2007-08 dated February 25, 2008 on Know Your Customer (KYC) Norms/ Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Standards/Combating of Financing of Terrorism and UBD.CO. BPD. (PCB) No. 1/12.05.001/2008-09 dated July 02, 2008 on Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 –Obligation of banks in terms of Rules notified there under.
New Delhi: Accounting regulator, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), is planning to introduce a three-month mandatory training course for its students who pass the chartered accountancy and accounting technician examination every year. This would mean that a student after qualifying three year chartered accountancy course and one year accounting technician course will have to undergo an additional three months training programme.
The draft Direct Tax Code Bill, 2009 (DTC or Code) was released for public comments by the Government of India (Government) on 12 August 2009. The stated objective of the DTC is to establish an economically efficient, effective and equitable direct tax system which will facilitate voluntary compliance and reduce the scope for disputes and minimize litigation.
This articles summarizes a recent ruling of the Larger Bench (LB) of the Mumbai Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) [2009-TIOL-692-ITAT-MUM-LB] in the case of M/s B.T. Patil & Sons Belgaum Construction Pvt. Ltd.(Taxpayer) v. ACIT. Due to contradictory views expressed by the two-member bench of the ITAT, an LB was constituted to examine the issue of whether the Taxpayer, who is engaged in executing construction contracts for and on behalf of the Government/statutory bodies, is eligible for tax holiday under the Indian Tax Law (ITL).
In its 17-year history, this is reportedly the first time that Sebi’s board has nullified quasi-judicial orders of one of its own benches. The orders, if implemented, could have seriously embarrassed its chairman C B Bhave for his accountability in relation to an earlier assignment.
Know Your Customer (KYC) norms/ Anti-Money Laundering (AML) standards/ Combating of Financing of Terrorism (CFT)/ Obligation of Authorised Persons under Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, (PMLA), 2002, as amended by Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Act, 2009- Money changing activities–Suspicious Transaction Reporting Format
OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL OF INDIA, Empanelment of Chartered Accountant firms for the year 2010-2011, Applications are invited online from the firms of Chartered Accountants who intend to be empanelled with this office for the year 2010-2011 for appointment as auditors of Government Companies/Corporations.
Chartered Accountant firms in India with at least one full time FCA (Partner/Sole Proprietor) can apply for empanelment with this office for allotment of audit of Public Sector Undertakings during January-February as notified every year. The criteria for empanelment and selection of statutory auditors have been arrived at after due consultation with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Taking a serious note of Union Bank of India (UBI) not reporting high-value transactions to it, the government has asked the state-owned bank to immediately carry out an audit of all its branches to check for such large deposits that have gone unreported.The Income Tax department, during a probe into alleged money laundering by former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, had stumbled on a bank account at one of UBI’s branches in Zaveri Bazar in Mumbai where approximately Rs214 crore had been deposited in cash between January five and March 30, 2007.
