In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendments in the Handbook of Procedures (Volume 1).
Union industry minister Anand Sharma on Saturday disappointed the industry of North-East as he could not assure any timeframe to restore the excise duty benefits that the industry of the region enjoyed under the North-East Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy (NEIIPP) 2007, till March 2008.
Big corporate houses in India may not have to live under fear of having to seek the competition watchdog’s approval for every small merger or acquisition in India or abroad. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is now planning to set a turnover limit of Rs 600 crore and asset-size limit of Rs 200 crore separately for both the acquiring and target company in an M&A deal. While this does help big corporates, it will bring all mid-sized M&A deals under the regulatory ambit.
Though the Centre and states officially exuded confidence in meeting the revised deadline to roll out GST from the next fiscal, an agreement over the structure for the proposed indirect tax system does not seem to be so easy. While the states have proposed two rates for goods under GST on the grounds that necessary items should attract lower rate, the Centre has suggested one rate, saying a two-rate structure would pose problems.
The government may soon allow infrastructure special purpose vehicles (SPVs) to raise long-term funds by issuing tax-free bonds to individual households. The scheme is an extension of a plan to allow private infrastructure firms to issue such securities, which was announced by finance minister Prana Mukherjee in March.
The government on Monday said that the revised draft of the Direct Taxes Code (DTC), which is aimed at simplifying the tax structure, would be made available for public comments in the first week of June.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has amended the Industrial Park Scheme 2008 and Rule 18C of the Income Tax Rules, 1962 to give effect to the extension of the ending date of operation of the Scheme to 31st March 2011.
In ONGC vs. CCE 104 CTR (SC) 31, the Supreme Court directed the Central Government to set up a `Committee on Disputes’ to monitor disputes between the Government and Public Sector Enterprises and give clearance for litigation. It was held the no litigation could be proceeded with in the absence of COD approval.
Notification No. 39/2010-Income Tax It is hereby notified for general information that the organization Bose Institute, 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 ‘ASSOCIATION’, partly engaged in research activities
