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Based on feedback received from Exchanges, it has been decided to allow Exchanges to set any period of time during the delivery month as the delivery period for the deliverable grade securities.
The Discussion Paper has envisaged a model of dual GST which has got certain structural defects that need to be pointed out for correction before the second Paper comes out. The proposed GST is an under achievement compared to the professed idea of a conceptually correct GST. It is an imperfect GST which has four rates with probably numerous exemptions, four thresholds, several taxes outside GST, a highly complicated system for inter-State credit of input tax and finally with no certainty that States will always abide by the fixed rates of tax. It is destined to be more complicated and ill administered than now.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has revised its internal audit standards to strengthen internal audit practices in the country. The current revision, approved by the ICAI council last week, addresses issues such as effects of laws and regulations in conducting internal audit, responsibility of management for compliance with laws and regulations, responsibility of internal auditor and internal audit procedures.
Auditors Nayak and Kishnadwala, who are doing special audit for telecom major Bharti Airtel, have sought extension from the government by one-and- a-half months to submit the report. In April, DoT had ordered a special audit on five telecom companies — Bharti Airtel, Vodafone-Essar, Tata Teleservices, Idea Cellular and Reliance Communication — to check alleged mis-reporting of revenue to evade taxes and licence fee.
This follows a renewed effort by CBDT to seek clarification on the issue. The finance ministry has decided to keep the issue of taxing participatory notes (P-Notes) on the back burner to encourage foreign inflows. These views follow a renewed effort by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to seek a clarification on the taxation of the P-Notes. Sources said the clarification was sought since it was noticed that the issuance of these notes had gone up, following a buoyancy in the equity market.
For the sake of convenience, the attached tables summarises the valuation rules for all perquisites prescribed in the new rule 3 except the valuation of perquisites in respect of accommodation, motor car and ESOP which are mentioned separately by us and link for the same is been given below . It may be noted that for most perquisites the valuation rules which were contained in the old Rule 3 (as it applied to those employees who, or to items of perquisites which, were not subject to FBT) have remained unchanged. 1. New Perquisite rules in respect of accommodation / house property provided by employer including accommodation in hotel.2. New rules for valuation of perquisites for use of motor car by staff for personal use – provided by employer.3. Valuation of perquisites in respect of employee stock option (ESOP) for the financial year 2009-2010.
The valuation of shares and specified securities in relation to employee stock option have been brought under Rule 3 itself, and Rules 40C and 40D of the Income-tax Rules will no longer be apply. Consistent with the change in law as regards the point of time (exercise) when such liability has to be determined, the rule now prescribes that the relevant date will be the exercise date (as against the date of vesting considered in Rule 40C and 40D). All other aspects in relation to valuation of stock options in Rule 40C and 40D remain the same even after the amendment.
Indian demand for steel consumption is increasing in the coming days. We get proof of the putting when we analyzed and found that steel players like JSW Steel and Essar Steel are increasing their focus on opening up more retail outlets pan India with growth in domestic demand. JSW Steel currently has 50 such steel retail outlets called JSW Shoppe and is targeting to increase it to 200 by March 2010. They expect at least 10-15%of their total production to be sold by their retail outlets. Huge flow of investments will happen in the coming days in the steel sector due to increasing trend of domestic consumption.
The world economic recovery has finally started taking new baby steps. This has lead to increase of demand of commodities. Infrastructure will be the prime reason for the recovery journey. This is the only sector which will lead the path of global economic recovery. When share views on infrastructure we get many sectors being clubbed to them. Banks, Cements, Steel, Capital Goods, Construction are the prime industries which are linked with infrastructure growth.
The perquisites value of a motor car provided by an employer both for official and personal use has been enhanced by Rs. 600 to 800 per month depending on the engine capacity of the car. Also, the perquisites valuation for employer-provided chauffeur in such cases has been increased from Rs. 600 per month to Rs. 900 per month.
