The DTC proposes to increase the limit of income exempt from tax to `2 lakh from the current `1.6 lakh for individual and to `2 lakh from `1.9 lakh for working women. This will result into a minimum saving of `4,000 per annum for individuals and `1,0
In an irony of sorts, RBI gets to approve salaries of all the top-level bankers in the country, but the central bank’s top officials themselves get less than 5 per cent of what is paid to the bank chiefs.
State Bank of India (SBI) is considering the merger of all five of its remaining associate banks with itself, having amalgamated with two of them in the last two years. It (merger of other associate banks) is in my mind, but we have to see,
The Standing Committee of Parliament which thoroughly examined The Companies Bill, 2009, has observed that the words “As may be prescribed” has been used in the Bill approximately 235 times, thereby suggesting excessive role and scope for delegated l
Renaming is not a simple exercise in the world of chartered accountants. The parliamentary standing co m mittee on finance headed by fo rmer finance minister Yashwant Si n ha has rejected the demand of the Institute of Cost and Works Acco untants of
Net direct tax collections during the period April to August 2010 of the present fiscal stood at Rs. 1,00,112 crore, up from Rs. 87,888 crore in the same period last fiscal, registering a growth of 13.91 percent. Growth in Corporate Income Tax was 17
Service Tax – Notification No. 47/2010 – Exempts the taxable service of outdoor catering – Centrally assisted Mid-Day Meal Scheme New Delhi, the 3rd September, 2010 Notification No. 47/2010 – Service Tax G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) (hereinafter […]
Service Tax – Notification No. 46/2010 – Amendments in the Notification No. 19/2007- ST, dated the 12th May, 2007 – Appeals to appellate Tribunal Notification No. 46/2010-Service Tax New Delhi, the 3rd August, 2010 G.S.R. (E) – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1A) of section 86 of the Finance Act, 1994(32 of […]
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 153/2009-Customs, dated the 31st December, 2009.
The simplified Direct Tax Code (DTC) Bill introduced in Parliament on Monday, which will become effective from April 1, 2012, holds a few surprises, including the withdrawal of tax deduction on the principal component of housing loans. The bill, that
