Inauguration of Income Tax Office at Chinsurah, Dist-Hooghly, West Bengal by Honble Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee on 04.12.2010 – Publicity in the official web site
The ministry of finance has sought the views of capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on making the unique identification (UID) number mandatory for all securities transactions, a move that, if implemented, could help
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board disciplined Jacqueline Higgins, a manager in E&Y’s Boston office, alleging repeated violations of documentation standards and requirements to cooperate with the board’s inspection process. The disciplinar
Accountant has been named one of the 50 Best Careers of 2011 by U.S. News & World Report, which based its list on projected employment growth and other factors. The Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts that employment for accountants and auditors wil
The Hon’ble Bombay High Court has held that impugned Govt. Circular dt.11-11-1996 (which gave powers to the Registrar to appoint statutory auditors for urban credit/employees co-op. credit societies) is not applicable to the non-aided cooperative societies of any category. As a result of this Judgment, henceforth the non-aided employees staff credit/ urban credit societies can appoint auditors of their choice in their AGM/SGM etc.
Income Tax – Section 10(33), 14A, Rule 8D – Whether disallowance of expenses incurred to earn an exempt income under section 14A, in effect from April 2007, could be applied to assessee for assessment year 2006-07 without an established nexus between exempt income and expenses – Assessee’s appeal allowed: DELHI ITAT In CIT vs. Hero Cycles 323 ITR 518 (P&H) it was held that disallowance u/s 14A required finding of incurring of expenditure and where it was found that for earning exempted income no expenditure had been incurred, disallowance u/s 14A could not stand. On the other hand, in Godrej Boyce Mfg. Co 328 ITR 81 (Bom) it was held that the AO could adopt a reasonable basis to identify the expenses in relation to the earning of exempt income; Rule 8D does not apply to AY 2006-07. The assessee has urged that no expenditure has been identified to have been incurred to exempt income. Neither the AO nor the CIT (A) has rebutted this submission. The AO has made an adhoc estimate which is not sustainable in the light of Hero Cycles. Accordingly, in view of Vegetable Products 88 ITR 192 where it was held that if two constructions are possible, one favouring the assessee should be adopted, the precedent laid down in Hero Cycles should be followed. Referred: M/s Vegetable Products Ltd. 088 ITR 0192 (SC) , that in the taxing provision if two constructions are possible, one favouring assessee should be adopted. Followed: CIT vs Hero Cycles Ltd (2010) 323 ITR 0518 (P&H) and Godrej & Boyce Mfg.Co.Ltd vs Dy. CIT (2010) 004 TaxCorp (DT) 46941 (BOMBAY)
For AY 2009-10 onwards, E-returns are being processed u/s143 (1) at CPC Bangalore. In some cases, taxpayers have requested for rectification of the intimation u/s 154. In almost all cases it is seen that the rectification can be correctly processed
Income tax department’s schemes for speedy issuance of I-T refunds seem to be paying off well. Income tax refunds have picked up encouragingly during the first eight months of the current fiscal by 6.7 per cent compared to the corresponding period a
Chairman of an influential parliamentary committee has urged the prime minister to delay the rollout of global accounting norms by at least two years, saying India need to enter into a dialogue with other countries to modify the proposed norms to sui
The Mayawati government on Monday demanded an early settlement of its claim for Rs 2,527.93 crore from the Centre and set it as one of the pre-conditions for enforcing the Goods and Service Tax (GST) regime, proposed to be implemented throughout the
