In CIT Vs Kelvinator of India Ltd. 256 ITR 1 the Full Bench of the Delhi High Court was considering a case of reopening u/s 147 within 4 years from the end of the assessment year. The Court held that when a regular order of assessment is passed in terms of section 143 (3) of the Act, a presumption can
The Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has said that timely and pro-active monetary and fiscal measures have ensured that the growth process remain intact despite the adverse impact of global financial crisis. He was chairing the meeting of Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to the Finance Ministry, here today.
It has now been decided to permit eligible Stock Exchanges to introduce currency futures on Euro-INR, Pound Sterling-INR and Japanese Yen-INR. The details in terms of product design, margins and position limits for the three additional currency pairs are as given under Annexure I, II and III respectively.
The amount paid for compounding an offence is inevitably a penalty in terms of section 483 of the Karnataka Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 itself and the mere fact that it has been described as compounding fee cannot, in any way, alter the character of the payment which payment, is in the nature of penalty.
As would be evident from the pleadings and submissions made on behalf of the respective arties, the main question which we are called upon to consider is whether in the absence of publication of the Rules and Bye-laws of the Bombay Stock Exchange, which had been framed prior to its recognition in 1956 under the 1956 Act, its activities could be said to be without authority.
The finance ministry is likely to keep the corporate tax rate unchanged at 30%, as it faces stiff resistance from companies to the draft direct tax code’s proposal to cut the rate to 25% and remove all exemptions. “Corporates are resisting the phasing out of exemptions even with a lower tax rate,” said a senior government official.
Driven by angry mortgage borrowers, RBI has once again nudged top banks to charge lower home loan rates to old customers instead of just using the lower interest rates to pull new borrowers. But lenders continued to resist the proposal, citing cost mismatch. The contentious issue cropped up when CEOs of large banks met senior RBI officials on Thursday to suggest possible measures that the central bank could consider for the January 29 monetary policy.
The Income-Tax authorities expect to raise nearly Rs 30 crore from Vidhu Vinod Chopra — the Bollywood film producer, whose recently-produced movie 3 Idiots emerged as the highest grosser in the history of Hindi cinema — for his income in 2009-10. An I-T official, who did not wish to be named, said Mr Chopra visited the I-T department last week to sort out issues related to his income tax payment. He is expected to pay the last installment of advance tax by March 15.
The CBI on Monday opposed the bail plea of Price Waterhouse auditor Mr Srinivas Talluri who was arrested in Satyam fraud case for allegedly conniving with its founder Mr B Ramalinga Raju and other aides. Additional Solicitor General, Mr Harin Raval told a Bench headed by the Chief Justice, Mr K G Balakrishnan that Mr Talluri was part of the conspiracy in the entire fraud.
Attention of Authorized Dealers Category – I (AD Category – I) banks is invited to A.P.(DIR Series) Circular No. 05 dated August 06, 2008, permitting persons resident in India to participate in the currency futures market in India, subject to the directions contained in Currency Futures (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2008 [Notification No. FED.1/ DG (SG)-2008 dated August 6, 2008].