In terms of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Master Circular dated July 1, 2010 on Customer Service, banks have been advised that they should exercise due care and necessary precautions for the protection of the lockers provided to the customer.
The amount of excise duty collected from chewing tobacco Including Kara Masala, Kimam etc. during 2008-09 and 2009-10 is Rs. 916.63 crore and Rs. 1062.05 crore respectively. The excise duty collections from other tobacco varieties and products like cigarettes, bidis, cigars for the years 2008-09 and 2009-10 is Rs. 9798.75 crore and Rs. 10045.35 crore respectively.
Immediate appropriate action is taken by the Directorate of Enforcement under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, whenever any specific case of unauthorized maintenance of foreign bank account or retention of funds in foreign banks by any person resident in India comes to its notice.
Several countries have submitted data to Government of India on Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) black money. The German Tax Authorities have provided to the Indian Government information available with them regarding accounts concerning Indian nationals with the LGT bank of Liechtenstein.
The draft Direct Taxes Code (DTC) along with a Discussion Paper was released for public discussion in August 2009. The Discussion Paper mentioned that profit-linked incentives are inherently inefficient. Essentially, a profit-linked incentive is regressive in nature.
Special tax benefits/facilites are offered to Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the country. They include: I. Duty free import/domestic procurement of goods for development, operation and maintenance of SEZ units. II. 100% Income Tax exemption on export income for SEZ units under Section 10AA of the Income Tax Act for first 5 years, 50% for the next 5 years thereafter and 50% of the ploughed back export profit for next 5 years;
I am directed to say that representations have been received in the Department seeking clarification on procedure for removal of goods to Bonded Warehouse under Rule 46(13) of SEZ Rules, 2006. The matter has been examined in consultation with Directorate General of Export Promotion, Department of Revenue and the following procedure is prescribed for removal of goods to bonded warehouse:
No Separate funds are being released for setting-up of Aayakar Seva Kendras as of now. The concerned Chief Commissioners of Income Tax are incurring the expenditure out of the allotted budget grant.this information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri S.S.Palanimanickam in a written reply to an Unstarred Question raised in Rajya Sabha today.
The Ministry of External Affairs is in the soup for not filing e-TDS (tax deduction at source) for the past few years, and at fault are over 100 diplomats who have not given their PAN numbers to the ministry. Sources said the Income Tax (I-T) Department has taken up the matter with the MEA, and senior officials have been asked to pull up the erring diplomats posted in and outside the country.
Insurers are aware that the Authority has issued IRDA (Sharing of Database for Distribution of Insurance Products) Regulations, 2010 under which “every insurer shall forthwith terminate all the referral arrangements entered into prior to the coming into effect of these regulations that are not in conformity with the provisions of these regulations”.
