Find out the latest update on EPF interest as the Lok Sabha informs that the additional quantum of interest on Employees Provident Fund deposits will be exempt from income tax. Learn about the decision made by the Central Board of Trustees and its benefits for 4.71 crore employees in public and private sectors.
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A chartered accountant who is not a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India but impersonating as one can be charged under the Indian Penal Code or under other laws for offences, the Supreme Court stated while allowing the appeal of the institute. The Madhya Pradesh high court had taken a different view. In this case, ICAI vs Vimal Kumar, the institute filed a complaint before the police alleging forgery and impersonation. The trial court ruled that there was no basis for framing charges under IPC. The high court rejected the appeal of the institute stating that though a case was made out under the Chartered Accountants Act, the complaint was not under that Act, but under IPC. The institute appealed to the Supreme Court which set aside the high court judgment and directed prosecution under IPC.
The finance ministry has taken the view that the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) needs to be adopted only on consolidated accounts of corporate groups as is the practice in Europe. It feels the proposed fair-value-based accounting
State Bank of India (SBI) has revised the interest rates on term deposits with maturities ranging from 15 days to 10 years upwards. These revised rates will be effective from tomorrow, that is December 7. The hike will be in the range of 50-150 basis points across various maturities. Deposits with a maturity of 46-90 […]
ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from KPMG Sydney auditor Mr Christopher Neville Whittingham. The EU follows an investigation into Mr Whittingham’s conduct in relation to his audit of the financial report of Allco Financial Group Lim
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Introduction of a Goods and Services Tax (GST) could be delayed further with the Centre and the states failing to reach common ground at the meeting of the Empowered Committee of state finance ministers today. The meeting was attended by only eight state finance ministers. Finance ministers of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states were not present. The issue of a constitutional amendment was not discussed and there was no headway on the GST structure.
Concerned about the fast pace of regulatory changes being brought into the sector, the life insurance industry has approached sector regulator IRDA to go slow in its approach, sources said.In turn, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority.
Market regulator Sebi today directed mutual funds to disclose whether money collected for gold- focused schemes was actually invested in the precious metal. “It has been decided that physical verification of gold underlying the Gold ETF units shall be carried out by statutory auditors of mutual fund schemes and reports (given) to trustees in half-yearly basis,” the Securities and Exchanges Board of India (SEBI) said in a circular.
