Draft Provisions of DTC: DTC proposed to do away with the exemption available in respect of Leave encashment received at the time of retirement (presently Rs 3 lakh in specified cases and fully exempt in case of government employees).
Audit firms may be asked to financially compensate investors for losses resulting from their lapses, with the government planning to strengthen the mechanism for fixing responsibility for corporate frauds and protecting investors from their ill-effects. To make this feasible, an audit firm would be held accountable for its actions regardless of whether the firm itself or its affiliate was the official auditor,
The New Pension Scheme (NPS) for the unorganised sector got a much-needed fillip with the revised discussion paper on the Direct Taxes Code proposing that the end proceeds under this scheme be exempt from tax. Under the existing tax structure, the maturity proceeds under the NPS are taxed. That is, an EET (exempt-exempt-tax) method is followed. This put the scheme at a disadvantage vis-a-vis other savings instruments where the exempt-exempt-exempt (EEE) method was followed.
All financial intermediaries, including banks and stocks brokers, will have to maintain specific information about their clients’ political links, if any. This is due to the amendment to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) 2002, notified by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on June 9 and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on June 14.
Forging rent receipt can cost an employee his job as the Delhi High Court has held that such a person can be dismissed from service even in the absence of any rules.
The assessee, an Australian company, set up a permanent establishment (PE) in India to render technical services for evaluation of coal deposits and conducting feasibility studies for transportation of iron ore. The AO accepted that the income was business profits under Article 7 of the DTAA
M.F.(D.R.) ORDER NO. 1/2010 For the purposes of sub-clauses (zzq) and (zzzh) of clause (105) of section 65 of the Finance Act, the expression ‘authority competent’ includes, besides any Government authority,- 1. architect registered with the Council of Architecture constituted under the Architects Act, 1972( 20 of 1972); or 2. chartered engineer registered with the Institution of Engineers (India); or 3. Licensed surveyor of the respective local body of the city or town or village or development or planning authority;
All the registered dealers are expected to file the returns under the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 (MVAT Act) and Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 as per the applicable periodicity, based on the tax liability or refund entitlement for the previous year. The principles regarding the periodicity have been explained in the trade Circular No 26T of 2009 dated 1st October 2009. For the ease and convenience of the dealers, the periodicity has been generated through the automated system and displayed on the department’s web site for the year 2010-11 also.
Notification No. 69/2010-Customs 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 (Department of Revenue), No. 21/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002 which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide G.S.R. 118 (E) of the same date, namely: – In the said notification, – (I) in the Table,- (i) against S.No. 200, for the entry in column (3), the entry Melting scrap of iron or steel (other than stainless steel) shall be substituted.
Meanwhile, an NRO (non-resident ordinary) account gives one the privilege of depositing overseas earnings as well as Indian earnings. An NRO account can be in the form of saving, current and term deposit account.
