Government of India has been keen to provide a suitable mechanism for resolution of tax disputes between the tax department and foreign companies operating in India. In this direction government inserted provisions relating to Advance Rulings vide Finance Act, 1993. For this purpose, government has constituted an Authority for Advance Rulings which is headed by a retired judge of Supreme Court.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that after Bangalore, two more centres that handle I-T returns digitally would be set up at Pune and Maneasar. The Finance Minister also asked the Income Tax Department to partner with the corporate sector to automatise its non-core processes, so as to achieve economy of scale.
Notification No. S.O. 1296(E), dated 1-6-2010. In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of Section 1 of the Employees’ State Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2010 (18 of 2010), the Central Government hereby appoints the 1st day of June, 2010, as the date on which the said Act, except Section 18 thereof, shall come into force.
Brushing aside the plea of New India Assurance Company that the IRDA (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority) had no jurisdiction to entertain petition when the claim was solely denied by it, the court said the order appointing surveyors was “clearly pursuant to the mandate” of the Insurance Act and it was immaterial whether claim was admitted or rejected.
The Delhi State Consumer Commission has expressed its concern over private telecom operators reportedly overcharging customers by including undue charges in the bill, which are not rectified unless the subscribers point them out. The Commission sought the help of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to inquire whether “mistakes” in the bill were unintentional or on purpose.
In an arbitration dispute, the intention of the parties as reflected in the agreement should be followed, a division bench of the Delhi high court stated last week while setting aside the order of the single judge bench in a dispute between Prime Industries and Seil Ltd. In this case, the agreement stated that in case of disputes, they shall be referred to a sole arbitrator according to the rules of the Indian Council of Arbitration.
Bank customers can soon withdraw up to Rs one lakh in a single day from ATM machines, and can shop for even an higher amount of Rs 1.25 lakh with their debit cards. Also, as much as Rs three lakh can be transferred in a day to another account through ATMs as also over phone.
This year, claiming a full income tax (I-T) refund could take longer than you expect if the amount mentioned in your return does not match that in the department’s system. Bitten by a Rs 14-crore refund scam in December last year, I-T authorities have ordered that an assessee can only get the refund amount shown in the department’s computer system, and that if the assessee claims more than that, he or she can only get it after filing for rectification and submitting the relevant documents.
Swiss banks have offered to tax the money deposited with them by Indians and other foreigners and “immediately deliver the cash” to governments of respective countries, rather than sharing the details of their clients. Switzerland has come under increasing global pressure to share information about black money stashed in its banks. Possibly as a response, Swiss banks have now offered to tax their foreign clients’ assets but are still wary of sharing details of their customers on grounds of privacy.
THE government on Friday introduced a scheme that will facilitate easy exit for unlisted companies willing to wind up their defunct business. A defunct company is one whose business is lying in a dormant state. The new scheme will give such companies an opportunity to get their names struck off from the Register of Companies(RoC).
