The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has said that it is concerned with taking action against the developers in the realty sector which are registered as companies under Companies Act, 1956 for offences/violations of the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 as and when noticed.
Haven’t got your income tax (I-T) refunds? Here is the reason – the department has not processed close to 20 lakh returns filed by taxpayers in Mumbai. The issue was taken up by Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Mumbai, P. P. Srivastava, who recently took charge, during a meeting with senior officials on Thursday.
Income Tax (I-T) investigation has started probing vendors and contractors involved in supply of goods and execution of works for Commonwealth Games stadiums. Surveys are being conducted to verify books of accounts and record transaction details.
The billions of rupees stuck in courts and rising tax litigation have invited the attention of finance minister Pranab Mukherjee as he pushes through a major reform in the country’s tax regime.
According to the new rules on ‘time of supply’, service tax will also be levied at the point of raising invoice. At present, service tax is charged only when the amount is received. However, it has been proposed in the new rules that it be levied when the consideration is received or when the invoice is raised, whichever is earlier.
It will soon be easier to get specific details of Indians having unaccounted wealth in secret Swiss bank accounts. The Union Cabinet is likely to clear on Thursday, the amended Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with Switzerland, official sources told to reporters.
The finance minister has set up two panels, one each for direct and indirect taxes, to draw up a road map to reduce rising litigation, asking them to submit a report within a month.
Highlights of E- Filing Season Assessment Year 2010-11/ Financial Year 2009-2010 (up to 04/08/2010). Please see updated “Quick Statistics” for E-Filing of Income Tax Returns upto 4th August 2010.
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 read with Section 3(2) of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992) and Para 1.3 and Para 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment in Notification No. 40/2009-14 dated 12.05.2010 read with Notification No. 33(RE-2007)/2004-2009 dated 08.10.2007, as amended from time to time (pertaining to prohibition on export of wheat and wheat products).
With immediate effect, the existing entry at para (2) & (3) of Notification No. 42 /2009-2014 dated 18.05.2010 is substituted to read as under:-“2.1.13 the ban on export of Non-Basmati rice shall also not be applicable on export of 3 lakh tonnes of parboiled non-Basmati rice to Bangladesh from the Central Pool at prevalent economic cost through FCI.”
