A 3 Member Special Bench was constituted to decide whether the assessee was entitled to claim depreciation u/s 32 on intangible assets termed ‘Goodwill’. At the hearing, the assessee raised a preliminary objection that as the Judicial Member on the Special Bench has already taken a view about allowability of depreciation on goodwill in the case of Bharatbhai J. Vyas vs. ITO 97 ITD 248 (Ahd.) judicial discipline requires that this Special Bench should consist of persons who have not already taken a view.
India and Bermuda have signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA). The agreement was signed by Shri S. S. Palanimanickam, Minister of State for Revenue in the Ministry of Finance from Indian side and Dr. Ewart Brown, Premier of Bermuda from B
“I am delighted to be here for the 7th Annual India Investment Forum in this city which is the financial capital of the world and address this impressive gathering, of top ranking India focused investors, business leaders from corporate India, repres
In a move to impart comprehensive knowledge of financial markets to its members, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) recently signed a MOU with United Stock Exchange (USE). As part of this MOU, USE plans to educate members of ICAI
Result of CPT Online Examination held on 18th & 19th September, 2010 has been declared
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is planning to send notices to six IPL franchisees seeking more information from the companies owing the teams.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may have to go easy on its suggestion of not granting new banking licences to those groups which have exposure to the real estate sector. The central bank had in a discussion paper indicated that the groups with real e
The Pune rural police on Wednesday seized Rs 1.52 crore as well as 356 gm of gold ornaments worth Rs 1.58 lakh from two bags in the hold of a Mumbai-bound luxury bus. The unaccounted for money and ornaments, which were loaded into the bus at Ichalkar
The Ministry of Home Affairs (‘MHA’), Government of India had in August, 2010 clarified that the number of employment visas that may be granted to foreign nationals employed in sectors other than the IT Software and IT enabled Services sector (‘IT Se
This article summarizes the Discussion Paper (DP) released on 28 September 2010 on ‘Foreign Direct Investment in Limited Liability Partnerships’ issued by the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) of the Government of India (Gol). Even t
