The Ministry of Home Affairs has recently issued another set of FAQs in relation to the type of visa to be issued to Foreign Nationals in relation to their work related visits. Such FAQs are in continuation of the earlier clarifications issued by it in October 2009 and subsequent Foreign National Worker Quota Guidelines (“FNWQ”) issued by Ministry of Labour and Employment and Training (“MLET”) in January 2010 and related press note released in May 2010.
Even as the Andhra Pradesh high court granted bail to B Ramalinga Raju, the prime accused in the Satyam Computers multi-billion-rupee scam, on Wednesday, citing his ill health as one of the reasons, doctors at the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad said that there was a significant improvement in his Hepatitis B condition.
The Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2010, (Sill’) has been passed by Rajya Sabha on 9 August 2010. The Bill seeks to amend the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (‘the Act’) which empowers the government to regulate trade in goods.
Once the non-productive asset like urban land is converted into a productive asset like a building which qualifies for exemption, then the assessee can start availing exemption even during the period of conversion of such non-productive asset to productive asset.
We have also carefully examined the decision of Salvinder Singh 109 ITD 241 decided by respected co-ordinate bench wherein, the provisions of section 2(ea) of Wealth-tax Act were discussed and have noted that in that case the assessee had more than one commercial establishments or complexes at different places, so the assessee has owned more than one properly which was undisputedly in the nature of commercial establishments or complexes. Therefore, after ascertaining the very nature of the property as a commercial establishment the same was held as covered under the exception of
The government has ordered inspection of account books of two companies allegedly linked to former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who is already under the scanner of Income Tax and Enforcement Directorate in an illegal money laundering case.
The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee had a meeting with the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers to finalize the draft Constitutional Amendments on Goods and Services Tax, here today. Addressing the meeting, the Finance Minister emphasized that the primacy of the Legislature in the area of taxation is supreme and inalienable and that the proposed draft on GST did not seek to disturb or alter this in any manner.
The Income-Tax department on Tuesday told the division bench of the Bombay High Court, hearing the Vodafone tax case, that approval from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) was critical to the $11-billion acquisition of Indian company Hutch Essar by Vodafone. FIPB is a nodal government agency that monitors foreign direct investments into the country.
The government today said curbs on cotton exports and the Rs 2,500 per tonne duty on the shipments of the natural fibre would go from October 1. “Cotton exports on Open General Licence (OGL) will be allowed from October 1, which means unrestricted and free exports of cotton. (Also) there will be no export tax on cotton,”
If the business is going to be paralyzed, then, the court in appropriate cases can, for the benefit and interest of the company, save the transaction involving sale of assets of a company in liquidation; it is for enabling the company to continue as a going concern and to protect the interest of shareholders and creditors that such a power is conferred and must be exercised under section 536(2) of the Companies Act.
