For non filing or late filing of the Audit Report, penalty at the rate of 0.1% of the turnover of sales is also leviable. As explained from beginning, under VAT Act the assessments will be sparing, based on selection criteria. Therefore, to have authentic checking of the returns/tax liability of the dealer, the VAT Audit prov...
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Multinational companies can now look forward to expeditiously settling their tax disputes in India. The Central Board of Direct Taxes on Monday announced the new rules for creation of special dispute resolution panels (DRP) that will allow foreign taxpayers to sort out their tax disputes in a faster and cost effective manner....
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SEZ: Instruction No. 41 -
(13/11/2009) -
I am directed to say that references have been received in this department seeking clarification on the currency in which NFE is to be calculated. The matter has been examined in this department and it is clarified that NFE is to be calculated in rupee terms only....
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Circular No. 8/2009 -
(24/11/2009) -
The services rendered by hospitals to various patients arc primarily medical services and, therefore, provisions of 194J are applicable on payments made by TPAs to hospitals" etc. Further for invoking provisions of 194J, there is no stipulation that the professional services have to be necessarily rendered to the person who makes payment ...
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This tax treaty controversy is snowballing. First it was just the India Mauritius Double Tax Avoidance Treaty that was under a shadow and has been that way for a couple of years then the proposed Direct Tax Code released in August this year proposed a Treaty of Override Clause. Tax experts and India Inc are up in arms because if the code ...
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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued guidelines on ‘Fair Practice Code for Lenders’ which are required to be framed by Banks/Financial Institutions/ Non Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) duly adopted by their respective Boards. These guidelines which are revised periodically, inter-alia, stipulate that loan application forms in re...
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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has established Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) to act as the capacity building support for the officers / officials of the Ministry on issues relating to effective corporate functioning and regulation. The Institute can also design and deliver training programmes on such areas relating to co...
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Attention : Candidates and Voters for the forthcoming elections.It has been brought to my notice that the Election Code of Conduct evolved by the Council is being violated by organizing parties and other programmes under one pretext or the other....
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PROMOTION on performance is a positive signal every organisation whether in private or public sectors intends to send to all stakeholders. This is what the Selection Panel headed by the Supreme Court Judge has also tried to do in the case of ITAT. It has overlooked as many as four senior Members and promoted deserving candidates. Besides,...
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Acting chairman of Company Law Board R Vasudevan was arrested by CBI for allegedly taking bribe of Rs seven lakh from a company secretary to give a favourable verdict to a media house. Mr. Vasudevan was arrested from his official residence at HUDCO Palace in south Delhi late last night while he was allegedly accepting the bribe from Manoj...
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