The interim pension regulator has sought tax relief on investments in the New Pension Scheme (NPS) to make it more attractive to employees of private sector firms. The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has written to the finance ministry seeking level playing field for NPS with other long-term savings schemes that will get tax benefits under the proposed Direct Taxes Code. “All we want is equal treatment,” a PFRDA official said.
In exercise of powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014 and Paragraph 1.1 of the Handbook of Procedures (Vol. I), the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendments in the “Schedule of DEPB Rates” (as modified vide PN No. 56 dated 20.4.2010) with immediate effect.
The Law Commission in its report had recommended that pendency of large number of cases relating to cheque bouncing tarnish the image of business. Cases relating to dishonoured cheques affect business within and outside the country. It said cheque bouncing cases need to be speedily disposed of through this measure, lest litigants may lose faith in the judicial system. Speedy disposal of such cases would instil confidence.
As part of the liquidity easing measures announced by the RBI on May 26, 2010, it has been decided to conduct a second Liquidity Adjustment Facility (SLAF), on a daily basis, with effect from May 28, 2010 up to July 2, 2010.
The government has served notices on 50 people for stashing black money abroad and evading taxes. Sources told that the government is proceeding against the 50tax evaders on the basis of documents received from Germany in April last year.
The assessee, a tenant in a flat, sold tenancy rights for Rs. 30 lakhs and offered long-term capital gains on the basis that the said sum was the consideration. The AO took the view that as the market value adopted the Sub-Registrar was Rs. 33,11,200, the said market value had to be adopted as the consideration u/s 50C.
The ministry of corporate affairs is looking to amend the disgorgement clause under Companies Act, 1956 to strengthen the mechanism for compensating duped investors by recouping funds from wrong-doers and paying them back to investors.
Scope of Work:- The Companies (Second Amendment) Act, 2002 suggested the creation of a national tribunal would look into most corporate matters in the country. It will be responsible for handling all pending matters before the Company Law Board, the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) and the corporate benches of the High Courts, apart from handling new cases.
New guidelines on private firm’s share do not provide guidance on the use of DCF method, be it in terms of discount rates or to compute cash flows into perpetuity. A series of regulatory and tax changes has completely changed the rules for transacting in shares of a private company in the country.
Establishment of Connectivity with both depositories NSDL and CDSL – Companies eligible for shifting from Trade for Trade Settlement (TFTS) to normal Rolling Settlement. It is observed from the information provided by the depositories that the companies listed in Annexure ‘A’ have established connectivity with both the depositories during February and March 2010.
