Income Tax officials, probing alleged financial irregularities in cash-rich IPL, on Wednesday raided the offices of the Kolkata Knight Riders and Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB). “The income tax officials are here looking for papers relating to IPL. We are cooperating with them,” CAB president Jagmohan Dalmiya’s personal assistant said.
The net is ever widening on all aspects of the cash awash Indian Premier League. Even as a case was registered to investigate the foreign exchange violations by the IPL franchises, Income Tax sleuths Wednesday searched the premises of telecast rights holders Multi Screen Media (owners of Sony Entertainment Television Asia) and World Sports Group,
The income-tax department will take a close look at the unaccounted expenditure incurred by the franchisees of the Indian Premier League over the last three years, creating the possibility of a large tax liability for them later. The initial findings in the ongoing investigation into the Indian Premier League point at large unexplained expenditure and investments routed through complex corporate structures, located overseas in many cases.
After delaying liberalisation for foreign banks by over a year due to global financial meltdown, the Reserve Bank on Tuesday decided to review its position by September this year in the wake of improving conditions worldwide. The central bank will prepare a discussion paper on the mode of presence of foreign banks through branch or wholly- owned subsidiary (WOS) by September 2010, RBI said in its annual monetary policy for 2010-11.
Market-regulator Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi), on Tuesday, said it is looking at the need to put a check on mis-selling of mutual fund (MF) products by the distributors through a compliance certification examination.
Reserve Bank of India, in its Annual Monetary Policy, allowed four more credit information companies (CIC) to start operations. This will strengthen the credit appraisal system. Bankers felt that soon electricity bill, telephone bill and other payments would become part of the credit appraisal system that banks use before sanctioning a loan to the customer.
Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Wednesday downplayed fears that investors would lose confidence due to the row between SEBI and IRDA over market-linked insurance policies, as the issue will be resolved in favour of either one regulator or the other by the courts.
Notification No. 26/2010-Income Tax It is hereby notified for general information that the organization M.P Birla Instiute of Fundamental Research, Kolkata has been approved by the Central Government for the purpose of clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 35 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (said Act), read with rules 5C and 5E of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (said Rules) from Assessment year 2009-2010 onwards in the category of ‘other Institution’ partly engaged in research activities subject to the following conditions, namely :-
(i) All banks should obtain RBI approval for IPOs. After listing on the stock exchanges, banks are free to price their subsequent issues. (ii) Issue price should be based on merchant banker’s recommendation. There need be no reference to the CCI formula for deciding on the pricing of such issues.
UP chief minister and BSP chief Mayawati on Wednesday accused the Centre and CBI of harbouring a caste bais against her and sought parity in treatment with RJD head Lalu Prasad and SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav in matters relating to disproportionate asset cases.
