Indian Premier League (IPL) involves city teams managed by private entities. Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports does not deal with IPL because the national team does not participate in the IPL tournaments. However, Ministry of Finance ( Deptt. Of Revenue has informed that Income Tax Department is conducting investigations to ascertain the source of investments, taxability of the income earned, taxability of the award of media rights and other violations of Direct Tax laws.
Net direct tax collections during first four months of the present fiscal (up to July 2010) stood at Rs.85,647 crore, up from Rs.73,990 crore in the same period last fiscal, registering a growth of 15.75 percent. Growth in Corporate Income Tax was 20.95 percent (Rs.51,627 crore as against Rs.42,685 crore), while Personal Income Tax (including STT, and residual FBT and BCTT) grew at 8.51 percent (Rs.33,940 crore as against Rs.31,279 crore).
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) disregarded the Finance Minister’s suggestion to “jointly seek a binding legal mandate from an appropriate High Court” on which body had jurisdiction over Unit Linked Insurance Plans (ULIPs). That is why the Government had to issue an Ordinance on the ULIPs issue. This was stated by the Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
In partial amendment to clause 3 (h) of the aforesaid circular IMD/FII & C/37/2009, no single entity shall be allocated more than Rs.100 cr. of the government debt investment limit. ii. In partial amendment to clause 3 (c) and 3(d) of the aforesaid circular IMD/FII &C/ 37/2009, the minimum amount which can be bid for shall be Rs.50 cr. and the minimum tick size shall be Rs.50 cr.
The chances of 1.6 lakh chartered accountants in the country being employed in companies and organisations across the world will soon be brighter with India going in for Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs) with many nations. Having already worked out MRAs with Australia and the UK, India is in talks for MRAs with Singapore, Ireland, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands and with some West Asian and Asian countries, Corporate Affairs Ministry officials said. After the US, India is the country with the maximum number of CAs.
Vodafone’s senior counsel, Harish Salve, today began arguments on behalf of the company on its plea against the income tax department in the Hutchison case. The arguments could continue for some weeks. The company had moved court on a showcause notice from the I-T Department, quantifying a tax liability of Rs 12,000 crore (Rs 120 billion), which could include a penalty, on account of Vodafone not deducting tax from the payment made to Hutchison for acquiring the latter’s stake in an Indian telecom venture.
One thing is sure. Indian government is very creative and full of ideas when it comes to imposition of new taxes on common man. Whether it’s FBT, STT, BCTT, DDT or many more taxes, some of which taxed even twice the same income. Now Maharashtra government is planning to impose ‘entertainment tax’ on caller tunes.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday allayed fears of withdrawal of the cashless mediclaim facility by public sector general insurance companies, saying these firms have not done away with these schemes and are only standardising the rates for various hospitals.
India and Argentina have initiated a co-operative agreement to provide mutual assistance in customs operations and are to start negotiations regarding a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (“TIEA”).
The government is considering to make it mandatory for all companies to disclose a fund flow statement, an indicator of utilisation of financial resources by an entity, along with their annual financial reports. The provisions for mandatory disclosure of fund flow statement is likely to be included in the Companies Bill, which is pending with the Rajya Sabha.
