While people tend to invest a lot of time and effort in evaluating investment avenues, the same cannot be said about the caution exercised during execution of the transaction. Even minor errors, many of them merely clerical in nature, could result in needless hassles or delays.
To make unit-linked insurance plans (Ulips) more transparent, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) on Tuesday proposed to standardize definitions of lapsing, reviving and surrendering of these policies.
Whether the ld CIT(A) is justified in holding that the amount received by the appellant from the subscribers are in the nature of fees for technical services to the extent of subscription fees received for providing information/data on various products like financial/ forex/ commodity market and ‘royalty’ for use of equipments such as shared printer, matrix etc., and accordingly, entire receipts are liable to tax @ 20% on gross basis u/s 44D r.w.s 115A.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has relaxed share-listing norms for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by allowing them to disclose their financial results every six months instead of three months, as is the norm for bigger companies.
The market regulator Sebi today penalised two companies–BTW Industries and GR Magnet–for delaying dematerialisation of securities for several years. While it imposed a penalty of Rs 40 lakh on BTW Industries, GR Magnet was fined Rs 12 lakh for failing to dematerialise its securities. Dematerialising securities means keeping them in electronic form.
Industry players today asked the Finance Ministry to extend the last date for e-filing of returns by a month, to October 31, as listed firms would find it difficult to comply with the existing September 30 deadline.
Notification No. 34/2010-Income Tax The Central Government have approved Jeevan Akshay-VI Plan of the Life Insurance Corporation of India as an annuity plan eligible for deduction under clause (xii) of sub-section (2) of section 80C of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
THE finance ministry will soon put out a small list of essential services that will not be taxed at airports or ports, as it kicks off experimental enclaves of a comprehensive service tax regime that could be extended nation-wide later.
Engineering and construction major Larsen &Toubro (L&T) is not happy with Mahindra Satyam (erstwhile Satyam Computer Services) for keeping its investors in the dark over details of its performance. Pune-based Tech Mahindra, the information technology arm of the Mahindra & Mahindra group, owns 42.67 per cent in the company.
ICAI is working to find out the possibility to have mandatory classroom teaching plan for CPT, IPCC & Finals at various locations across the country with an objective to impart CA education. It is proposed to give classroom environment through audio visual technology with mandatory percentage of attendence.Phase -1 ma…y cover the 5 Metros Followed by 20 locations in 4×5 Reg. and thereafter other locations.
