The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance will meet on Wednesday to discuss issues linked to possible tax evasion by organisers and teams of the Indian Premier League (IPL). There are indications that the Department of Revenue has unearthed strong evidence of tax evasion, particularly on the service tax front, by several service providers to the popular cricket.
“The imposition of stamp duty by states has become a problem. The concept was to validate a trade; it has been converted into a tax. Within the next few months, almost all states will impose it. An easy source of revenue, it’s mindless application of law,” said a member of the Association of NSE Members of India (Anmi), an association of stock brokers.
The online filing of income tax returns could touch one crore-mark in the current financial year from 55 lakh in the last fiscal with the government making it mandatory for certain professionals and business entities as well apart from corporates.The finance ministry said that professionals, including doctors, lawyers and chartered accountants, earning over Rs 10 lakh annually will be required to file income tax returns electronically.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) does not want the proposed apex financial stability council to set itself up as an arbiter in disputes between regulatory bodies, bringing into sharp focus regulators’ concerns about the government intruding into their domain.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is planning a standard set of disclosures for mutual fund fact sheets, advertisements and scheme information documents (SID), a person familiar with the matter told us. This will not only give a clearer picture about the performance of the schemes, but will also help investors compare similar schemes of different fund houses.
Notification No. 54/2010-Income Tax Whereas the Central Government in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (iii) of sub-section (4) of section 80-IA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), has framed and notified a scheme for industrial park, vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue, Central Board of Direct Taxes) number S.O. 51(E), dated the 8th January, 2008
It’s that time of the year again when all your income for the current financial year is in and you need to file your income tax returns. By now, you, the salaried lot, might have received your Form No 16 (salary income) and Form No 16A (tax deducted on other income). And, if you belong to the category of individuals involved in business and other professions, you too might have completed the adjustments and finalisation of yearly accounts.
Opportunity for Skilled Translators (Hindi) to translate all Converged Accounting Standards (ASs) in Hindi in the project of the Accounting Standards Board (ASB). The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), an apex premier Accounting professional body set up by an Act of Parliament, has set up the Accounting Standards Board (ASB) for formulating the Accounting Standards.
The employees of the Income-Tax Department will strike work on Thursday to stress the various demands including filling up vacancy and stop outsourcing at the Central Processing centre in Bangalore.The two major employees associations Income-Tax Gazetted Officers Association and Income-Tax Employees Federation will participate in the strike.
The issue regarding call auction and its use in various session, including pre-open session was deliberated in Secondary Market Advisory Committee (SMAC). Based on the recommendation of the committee and proposal received from the stock exchanges, it has been decided to introduce call auction mechanism in pre-open session.
