The Finance Minister proposed to extend the concessional export finance regime for select exporters for one more year till March 31, 2011, thus giving the slowdown-hit sector further relief. “I propose to extend the interest subvention of 2 per cent for one more year for exports covering handicrafts, carpets, hand-looms and small and medium enterprises (SMEs),” Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said while presenting Budget for 2010-11.
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today said he would introduce major reforms for indirect taxes in the form of Goods and Services Tax (GST) from April 1 next year. The government was earlier scheduled to introduce GST by April 1 this year.
# Income up to Rs 1.6 lakh – nil Income above Rs 1.6 lakh and up to Rs 5 lakh – 10 per cent Income above Rs 5 lakh and up to Rs 8 lakh – 20 per cent Income above Rs 8 lakh – 30 per cent. # Income Tax department ready with two-page Saral-2 return forms for individual salaried assesses.
Over a period of four decades, since the inception of the Lead Bank Scheme (LBS), several changes have taken place necessitating a relook at the scheme to make it more effective in the changed economic scenario with sharper focus on financial inclusion and recent developments in the banking sector. A High Level Committee to review Lead Bank Scheme was, therefore, constituted by Reserve Bank of India.
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In its petition, the income tax department said the ITAT has wrongly deleted the penalty imposed by it on Nokia India for allegedly wrongly declaring its income. The government on Wednesday approached the Delhi high court challenging an order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) that gave relief to mobile phone maker giant Nokia in a case of alleged tax evasion.
Rewriting the law to clearly empower high courts to condone a delay in filing tax appeals or applications has been recommended by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT); it wants this to apply with retrospective effect, too. The amendment, official sources said, is expected to be proposed in the Union Budget.
The government is set to introduce Bills to amend existing laws governing chartered accountants, cost accountants and company secretaries in the current Budget session, a senior government official said. The proposed amendments will allow registration of large size consultancy firms in India.
S.O (E) – In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992) read with Para 1.3 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2009-14, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment in Foreign Trade Policy:
In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14, the Director General of Foreign Trade, hereby, makes the following amendments/additions in HBPv1 (Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms), for benefits on exports made on or after 1.1.2010
