The Union finance minister had introduced the Finance Bill, 2010 in the Lok Sabha on February 26, 2010 and proposed to tax 8 new services. On May 8, 2010, the President gave her consent to the Finance Bill and thus the Finance Act, 1994 (14 of 2010) has come into effect from that date. SERVICE TAX IS BEING IMPOSED ON THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIED SERVICES:
RPCD.CO.RF.AML.BC. No. 84/07.40.00/2009-10, May 14, 2010 Government of India vide its Notification No. 7/2010-E.S.F.No.6/8/2009-E.S dated February 12, 2010 has amended the Prevention of Money-Laundering (Maintenance of Records of the Nature and Value of Transactions, the Procedure and Manner of Maintaining and Time for Furnishing Information and Verification and Maintenance of Records of the Identity of the Clients of the Banking Companies, Financial Institutions and Intermediaries) Rules, 2005. A copy of the Notification is enclosed for ready reference.
Notification No.63/2010-Customs Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.96/2008-Customs, dated the 13th August, 2008 which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 590 (E), dated the 13th August, 2008, namely
The Challenge to the NCLT & NCALT: The five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India Justice KG Balakrishnan, Justice RV Raveendran, Justice DK Jain, Justice P Sathasivam and Justice JM Panchal has delivered its judgment on the legality of the constitution of National Company Law Tribunal and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal under the Companies Act, 1956 through Companies (Second Amendment) Act, 2002.
The cheque writing will not be so easy and casual again. All of us do write cheques and issue the same to our creditors, suppliers or to those whom we owe some money – loan to friends, investment in shares, payment of salary, payment of hotel bills or even medical bills or tax payment, cheque comes as a handy tool to pay the money.
Continuous rise in pendency of refund claims cost the exchequer interest of a whopping Rs 5,785 crore during 2008-09, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India said today.
The revised draft of the Direct Tax Code (DTC), that will replace the Income Tax Act, will be available for comments soon before it is finalised and placed before Parliament for its approval, possibly in the winter session.
UOI vs. R. Gandhi (Supreme Court – 5 Judges). Parliament is competent to constitute Tribunals for special Acts. However, the failure to ensure independence of judiciary and separation of judicial and executive power renders the Company Law Tribunal unconstitutional. Suggestions given on how to remedy the defects.
The direct tax collection for 2009-10 is likely to be around Rs 3.80 lakh crore, missing the revised target by Rs 7,000 crore (Rs 70 billion). “The final figure will be available in mid-May when all the transactions are compiled. As on date it is somewhere around Rs 3.78 lakh crore…it may be Rs 3.80 lakh crore,” Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) chairman S S N Moorthy said at an Assocham seminar.
Generally marine containers are temporarily brought into a customs territory and have to be re-exported within a specified period. Normally, a Full Container Load is taken out of the port and the activity of stuffing or de-stuffing takes place at the premises of the exporter/importer.
