India is regarded as one of the fastest growing economies in the word and even the president of United States of America, Barrack Obama, frequently refers about the growth of nations like China and India. Many legal professionals have served this country starting from Mahatma Gandhi and the lawyers are better placed to serve the society or the country in view of their understanding of the system and enormous knowledge which they gain by nature of their job.
Taxable service… means any service provided or to be provided to any passenger, by an aircraft operator, in relation to scheduled or non-scheduled air transport of such passenger embarking in India for domestic or international journey [Section 65(105)(zzzo)].
Retail investors will now get to subscribe more in initial public offers (IPOs). The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed to raise the investment limit for retail investors from the current Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 lakh. The move is seen as an intermediate step before increasing the limit to Rs5 lakh and is expected to help companies obtain more retail subscriptions in IPOs.
Chances of a speedy resolution to l’affaire Satyam receded on Wednesday with the Andhra Pradesh high court granting bail to the company’s founder and former chairman, B. Ramalinga Raju, freeing, albeit temporarily, the last of the accused in a corporate fraud that came to light in early 2009 with Raju’s confession and whose magnitude has since doubled to a claimed `14,000 crore.
We may in concluding note that the basis on which the assessee is sought to be taxed in the present case in respect of the amount of Rs.32,00,000/ is that there was a dividend under Section 2(22)(e) and no other basis has been suggested in the order of the Assessing Officer.
Even if it is assumed that the assessee was authorized to collect sales tax and retain with it, the same will be chargeable to tax as trading receipt in view of decision of Supreme Court in the case of Sahney Steel and Press Works Ltd. v. CIT [228 ITR 253 (SC)].
The Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, has told the State Finance Ministers that they are free to fix their own State GST rates, but hopes that they would not exercise this freedom after a consensus is reached in the GST Council. He, thus, has conceded a major demand of the States that the Union Finance Minister should not have the last word on the State GST rates.
The ICAI has argued that the bulk of the management accounting work is done by the chartered accountants, so addition of the word ‘Management’ to the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India, or ICWAI, is misleading and should not be allowed.
Keyman Insurance Policy for section 10(10D) is not confined to a policy taken by a person on life of an employee, but also extends to an insurance policy taken with respect to life of another who is connected in any manner whatsoever with business of subscriber.
Where an order passed by the Assessing Officer is subject to an appeal that has been filed, the power of the Commissioner to invoke his revisional jurisdiction under section 263 can only extend to such matters which have not been considered and decided in the appeal.
