It has been decided, in consultation with the Government of India, to reduce the ceiling rate on export credit in foreign currency by banks to LIBOR plus 200 basis points from the present ceiling rate of LIBOR plus 350 basis points with immediate effect, subject to the express condition that the banks will not levy any other charges viz. service charge, management charge etc except for recovery towards out of pocket expenses incurred.
RBI Governor D. Subbarao said that inflation will start moderating from July. Subbarao was addressing RBI’s central board meeting in Patna. RBI board met here to discuss various economic issues. The RBI governor said that he was sticking to 8.5% inflation projection made during the credit policy.
Since banks may find it difficult to install/maintain machines at all their branches dealing with notes of high denomination, it has been decided to accept the Group’s recommendations with respect to CPC and encourage the banks to set up state of the art Cash Processing Centres (CPCs) with substantial processing and storage capacities. This would further RBI’s objective of the Clean Note Policy.
So far, VAT at the state or Cenvat at the central level, along with services tax, have been major steps in tax reforms. Before the present tax regime, there was the sales tax regime, where there was a cascading effect on tax. VAT has removed this burden, but it had deficiencies. The Cenvat load remains. There were several state taxes which were not subsumed in any one tax. The inter-state sales tax or CST was not fully relieved.
the Central Government hereby rescinds the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 114/2009-Customs, dated the 1st October, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R.720 (E), dated the 1st October, 2009, except as respect things done or omitted to be done before such rescission.
Whereas, the designated authority vide notification No. 15/29/2008-DGAD, dated the 21st November, 2008, published in Part I, section 1 of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated the 21st November, 2008, had initiated review, in terms of sub-section (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said Customs Tariff Act),and in pursuance of rule 23 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995
Notification No. 9/2010-Income Tax All sums deducted in accordance with the provisions of sections 192 to 194, section 194A, section 194B, section 194BB, section 194C, section 194D, section 194E, section 194EE, section 194F, section 194G, section 194H, section 194-I, section 194J, section 194K, section 194LA, section 195, section 196A, section 196B, section 196C and section 196D shall be paid to the credit of the Central Government—
Having heard learned counsel for the parties, we have perused the impugned order and the material available on record. The apex Court, in the case of Rajesh Kumar v .Dy. Commissioner of Income Tax reported in (2006)287 ITR 91 while considering the scope of Section 142(2A)of the Act
Section 153C provides that where an Assessing Officer is satisfied that any money, bullion, jewellery or other valuable article or thing or books of account or documents seized or requisitioned belongs to a person other than the person referred to in section 153A, then the books of account, or documents or assets seized or requisitioned shall be handed over to the Assessing Office having jurisdiction over such other person and that Assessing Office shall proceed against such other person and issue such other person notice and assess or reassess income of such other person in accordance with the provisions of section 153A.
The low pass percentage in the latest CA final exams is causing the supply of good chartered accountants to stay low. Call it a result of the economic downturn, the Satyam effect or simply turning off the tap by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). The Chartered Accountancy final examination results touched a record low in the November 2009 attempt.
