It is official now. The country may miss the April 1, 2011 deadline for adopting a dual goods and services tax (GST) system. The Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, has now conceded that it may not be possible to introduce GST from April 1 next year. The main bottleneck in achieving this major tax reform is the absence of consensus between the Centre and the States on the required Constitutional Amendment for introduction of GST.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee asked on Wednesday commissioners of the income tax departmentand customs to focus on low growth in service tax, the high level of arrears and amounts locked in litigation and adjudication.
These seven appeals by different assessee are arising out of order of Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals)-IV, Surat in appeal Nos. CAS-IV/100-106/ 2008-09 dated 12-10-2009. The assessments were framed by ACIT, Circle-7and ITO Ward-7(2) Surat vide their different orders dated 18-12-2008, 16-12-2008 &26-12-2008 respectively for the assessment year 2006-07.
The PCC students are advised to follow the study materials for IPCC (along with practice manuals) for the following subjects, since in these subjects, the PCC syllabus is the same as that of IPCC –
8. We find that there is no dispute about applicability of India Mauritius tax treaty on the facts of the present case, as also about the fundamental position that the provisions of the said treaty being beneficial to the assessee, the same will override the provisions of the Indian Income Tax Act. It is also not in dispute that the profits earned by the assessee from these contracts are business profits in nature and can only be brought to tax in India in the event of Mauritian company having been held to have a permanent establishment (PE) in India. The question that we must, therefore, address ourselves to
Cost Accountants in practice who meet the eligibility criteria prescribed under CFC-MCA -21 Schemes launched by MCA for a period of 2 months w.e.f 01.07.2010 has been extended for a period of three months w.e.f. 01.09.2010
According to the UN, a ‘discrimination between human beings on the ground of race, colour or ethnic origin is an offence to human dignity and shall be condemned…as a violation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms… as a fact capable of disturbing peace and security among peoples.’ Our own Constitution in its Article 15(2) defines: ‘No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them, be subject to any disability, liability, (or) restriction…’
In reply to a RTI application, the department has provided answers to questions on the OECD Guidelines and the effect of the same on the AO and the TPO.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday held a closed-door meeting with officials of the Income Tax department in Mumbai in view of the increasing number of tax evasion cases being reported from the financial metropolis. The meet assumes significance as the Mumbai unit of the I-T department is handling probe into high-value cases of tax evasion including the IPL case, probe into the investments of Pune-based stud farm owner Hassan Ali Khan and tax related cases of the top cricketing body of the country – BCCI.
Corruption in the corporate world, the ones like the Satyam scam that shook the Indian corporate sector, cannot be eliminated using any accounting standards nor by an accountant as it happens due to the greed of the people at the helm and not due to any procedure, ICAI President Amarjit Chopra said today.
