Dismissing an appeal filed by the income-tax department recently, a bench headed by Justice S H Kapadia upheld the Delhi High Court judgement, which said the compensatory interest received as subsidy by the Punjab National Bank (PNB) from the RBI for giving concessional loans to exporters did not amount to interest tax chargeable under the Interest Tax Act, 1979.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is conducting inspection of stockbrokers, who act as depository participants (DPs) and are also into margin-funding business, as there have been instances of client-account mismanagement. The Sebi move follows complaints from some retail investors about misuse of their shares by brokers. According to Sebi officials, a few […]
In a significant order, a division bench of the Bombay high court has ruled that foreign law firms, even though working as solicitors for multinational corporations with operations in India, will pay tax only in those countries where they give legal advice and not in India. The order came after legal eagle Harish Salve argued […]
The Supreme Court has held that only a court in whose jurisdiction an offence of cheque bounce was committed could try the offence under the Negotiable Instruments Act. The court set the guideline as it found that there were numerous instances where complaints were being filed at more than one place to harass the drawer […]
Amendments made in DEPB Rates vide Public Notice No. 102 dated 05.11.2008 in respect of products where DEPB rates were reduced, hereby stand withdrawn w.e.f. 5.11.2008 itself, thereby restoring the DEPB Rates notified prior to 5.11.2008, for the said items.
NEW DELHI: The small scale pharmaceutical industry has sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s help to remove anomalies created by maximum retail price (MRP)-based excise duty system for medicines.The system puts small units at a disadvantage by squeezing their margins as compared to big pharmaceutical companies based in excise-free zones. The government has been levying excise […]
MUMBAI: From now on, tax cannot be levied on the money paid by a builder to a housing society or private individual for redevelopment of property, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has said in a recent order. The verdict is expected to give a boost to the redevelopment business in Mumbai which has over […]
MUMBAI: This New Year could well be forgettable if you are the Income Tax (I-T) department’s chosen one. Those with unaccounted cash stashed away inside mattresses, behind false ceilings or dummy firms, are likely to be greeted by a rather unfriendly visit by officials. All this is not without reason. Faced with a worrying situation […]
The notification number 89/2005-Customs, dated the 4th October, 2005 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 624 (E), dated the 4th October, 2005 and was last amended vide notification number 125/2008-Customs dated the 21st November, 2008 vide number G.S.R. 816 (E), dated the 21st November, 2008.
The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 118(E), dated the 1st March, 2002 and was last amended by notification no. 128/2008-Customs, dated the 7th December, 2008, which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number G.S.R. 842(E), dated the 7th December, 2008.
