Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, there shall be levied and collected on the taxable turnover of a dealer registered under this Act other than a retailer in lump-sum composition with the department, an additional tax, in the nature of surcharge, which shall be calculated at the rate of five per cent of the tax, payable by him:
The Reserve Bank of India released on its website today, the Discussion Paper on ‘Entry of New Banks in the Private Sector’. The paper seeks views/comments of banks, non-banking financial institutions, industrial houses, other institutions and the public at large.
Tax deducted at source (TDS) has become a problematic issue with the income tax department as in more than 50% TDS refund cases it is facing an uphill task in matching the data provided in the assessee’s income tax returns with the TDS deductor’s information available with the NSDL.
With more than 26,000 companies vanishing from the radar of the Registrar of Companies (RoC) in Andhra Pradesh, the ministry of company affairs (MCA) has come up with a scheme to help defunct companies complete formalities for a proper closure.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging tax exemption to Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) of Punjab. Dismissing the petition filed by one Manmohan Singh of Ludhiana, a division bench today held that there was no illegality in the exemption from payment of tax granted to MLAs.
The Centre, in a redrafted constitutional amendments bill for the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST), has suggested that the states also be given a veto power along with the Centre in the proposed GST council so that every decision taken by the council is approved only when all the states and the Centre agree to it.
In a setback to foreign carrier companies, the Bombay high court has ruled that delayed payment of foreign travel tax (FTT) could attract penalty under the provision of the Finance Act, 1979. Rejecting the plea of petitioners Malaysian Airlines, Saudi Arabian Airlines, North West Airlines and Kenya Airlines
The annual Membership and Certificate of Practice fees (if member holds certificate of practice) became due and payable on 1st April, 2010. Circulars advising members to pay the membership/certificate of practice fee were sent to individual members in the month of April, 2010 and published in May, 2010 issue of the Journal.
We are glad to inform that the Council at its 297th meeting held in August, 2010 decided to simplify eligibility requirement s for Final Examination to mitigate the hardship being faced by the students of various streams i.e. Intermediate/ PE -II /PCC /IPCC students and passed the resolution under Regulation 205 of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988
In view of the discontinuation of Professional Education (Examination-II), all students of erstwhile Intermediate/ Professional Education (Course-II) shall have to switchover to Integrated Professional Competence Course (IPCC) to continue their chartered accountancy course. As per the eligibility requirements of the Integrated Professional Competence Examination (IPCE), a student is admitted to the said examination on fulfilling following eligibility criteria:
