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Expectations from the Union Budget 2010 -2011 on personal taxation front

February 24, 2010 558 Views 0 comment Print

Personal income tax exemption limit should be further increased by Rs 50000 and slab limits should be revised accordingly. Currently, the threshold tax exemption limit for all assessees – for women is Rs 1,90,000, for senior citizen is Rs 2,40,000 and for others is Rs 1,60,000.

397/398 – Oppression and Mismanagement – private companies – need of adhering to corporate regulations – a case study

February 24, 2010 1679 Views 0 comment Print

When there exist serious disputes between groups, one group tends to approach Company Law Board or the Company Court. Usually, when there are serious disputes, one group approaches the Company Law Board under section 397/398 of the Companies Act, 1956 alleging oppression and mismanagement.

Shifting in and out of China

February 24, 2010 561 Views 0 comment Print

When the developed economies were in busy in formulating policies for catching up the falling hand of economies in to the well of recession, emerging economies were making a paradigm shifts in its domiciles of production plants. China is again the leader in its first step towards this paradigm shift of its production base.

Overseas Investment Application – Online Reporting of Overseas Direct Investment in Form ODI

February 24, 2010 2912 Views 0 comment Print

Attention of Authorised Dealer Category – I (AD Category – I) banks is invited to A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 68 dated June 1, 2007, revising the reporting package on Overseas Direct Investment (ODI) by the Indian Parties. Further, it was also mentioned in the circular that the ODI forms would be received on-line by the Reserve Bank, in due course.

Guidelines for transfer of assets and liabilities of Urban Cooperative Banks to commercial banks

February 24, 2010 1050 Views 0 comment Print

the Reserve Bank may consider scheme of amalgamation that provides for payment to depositors under Section 16(2) of the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act, 1961, financial contribution by the transferee bank and sacrifice by large depositors. It has since been decided that the Reserve Bank may also consider scheme of transfer of assets and liabilities (including branches) of UCBs to commercial banks with DICGC support in legacy cases, as an additional option for resolution of weak banks, where proposals for amalgamation within the UCB sector were not forthcoming.

Beware of fraud email related to Income Tax refund

February 24, 2010 3942 Views 0 comment Print

Nowadays I am receiving one or more email daily with subject ‘Tax Refund Notification’. With mail I receive a attached form in which they ask bank account details. This is the trap Once you enter your bank account detail which includes your username and password the same get stored in the database of the person sending fraud emails. After receiving your username , password they transfer all your money in their bank account.

Government will not defer plans to sell stakes in PSUs

February 24, 2010 333 Views 0 comment Print

The government will not defer plans to sell stakes in public sector undertakings (PSUs), required to bridge its yawning fiscal deficit, despite a poor response to two of its recent sales, a finance ministry official said. The government has raised Rs 12,740 crore via divestment in PSUs since May 2009.

Government considering liberalizing M&A norms which require ratification by the Competition Commission of India

February 24, 2010 841 Views 0 comment Print

India is looking to recast provisions relating to mergers and acquisitions (M&As) that require ratification by the Competition Commission of India (CCI). Currently, under the Competition Act, any M&A that results in combined revenue above certain thresholds must first be cleared by CCI, a unit of the ministry of corporate affairs (MCA). The ministry also must first notify regulations regarding M&As before referring them to CCI.

Fiscal deficit management and measures to push growth beyond 7% are likely to be top priority in Budget 2010-11

February 24, 2010 880 Views 0 comment Print

What is evident in the CSO data for GDP growth and fiscal deficit forecast for the current year, it appears certain fiscal deficit management and measures to push growth beyond 7% will be on top of the agenda. This could mean policy makers shall take a hard look at concessions, an impact thereof on the macroeconomy and of course, strategies for greater tax revenue mobilization.

Service Tax Liability more then 10 lakh Pay Tax online and File Return Electronically

February 24, 2010 1095 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 01/2010 – Service Tax In the Service Tax Rules 1994 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 6, in sub-rule (2), for the proviso, the following proviso, shall be substituted, namely:-“Provided that where an assessee has paid a total service tax of rupees ten lakh or more including the amount paid by utilisation of CENVAT credit, in the preceding financial year, he shall deposit the service tax liable to be paid by him electronically, through internet banking.”

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