If you have written ‘hundered’ instead of ‘hundred’ on a cheque, don’t just strike off the additional ‘e’ and issue the cheque. Use a fresh leaf instead, or it could cost you Rs100-550. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has notified banks in a recent circular to not accept cheques that have corrections or alterations in anything but the date. The measure has been taken to “help banks identify and control fraudulent alterations”. The banks have started informing customers about the policy change through mailers.
The airline industry can heave a sigh of relief with finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday capping the incidence of service tax on air travel at Rs 100 for domestic travel and Rs 500 for international travel.
The country’s leading mobile operators, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar, BSNL and Tatas, have questioned the government’s move to direct the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) to audit their books. The CAG is a constitutional body that conducts independent audits of all government accounts.
In a decision that could have a bearing on all cross-border transactions, including those related to the Indian Premier League teams that are currently being probed by tax authorities, the Delhi High Court has ruled that any liability to withhold tax would arise only if payments to overseas entities is liable to be taxed in India.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s decision to increase the tax concession on construction of real estate complexes from 67 per cent to 75 per cent of the gross value of property, including land value, has been welcomed by the industry and analysts.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India plans to tighten the rules for transfer of sub-accounts by foreign institutional investors. Sebi defines sub-accounts as entities that include foreign companies, foreign individuals and institutions, funds or portfolios established or incorporated outside India, on whose behalf FIIs propose to make investments in India.
Honourable Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Centre and 14 life insurers on a petition by market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India seeking transfer of cases from high courts relating to Unit Linked Insurance Products.
Government on Friday said that ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank cannot be called Indian-owned banks, setting at rest the debate generated over the nationality of the top two private sector lenders. At best, the two can be called as Indian-controlled banks,” DIPP secretary R P Singh said when asked about the government’s stand in the wake of the two seeking clarifications on the matter.
Ashoka Buildcon vs. ACIT (Bombay High Court) :-An assessment order u/s 143(3) was passed on 27.12.2006. A reassessment order u/s 147 was passed on 27.12.2007. A show-cause notice u/s 263 was issued by the CIT on 30.4.2009 in respect of issues that werenot the subject matter of the reassessment order. The s. 263 notice was time-barred if reckoned from the date of the assessment order but was within time if reckoned from the reassessment order.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1of 1944), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance [More…] (Department of Revenue), No. 8/2003-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2003, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 138(E), dated the 1st March, 2003, namely:-
