The Institute of Chartered and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI) southern region saw salary remaining at the same levels as last year, despite an economic recovery. Out of the 450 candidates who appeared for the campus placement, only 100 were selected.
Explanation (baa) to s. 80HHC requires that ninety per cent of receipts by way of brokerage, commission, interest, rent, charges or any other receipt of a similar nature have to be reduced from the profits. The reason why items like brokerage etc have to be excluded is because they do not possess any nexus with export turnover and their inclusion in profits would result in a distortion of the figure of export profits. However, as some expenditure might have been incurred in earning these incomes, an adhoc deduction of ten per cent from such income is allowed;
the agreement was on a principal to principal basis, (ii) the manufacturer had his own establishment where the product was manufactured, (iii) the materials required in the manufacture of the article or thing was obtained by the manufacturer from a person other than the assessee and (iv) the property in the articles passes only upon the delivery of the product manufactured, the contract was one of “sale” and there was no obligation to deduct tax u/s 194C. The fact that the assessee imposed restrictions on the manufacturer as to quality of the goods, user of trade marks etc are merely matters of business expediency.
Reduction in timelines between issue closure and listing.SEBI, in its continuing endeavour to make the existing public issue process more efficient, proposes to reduce the time between public issue closure and listing to 12 days from existing of up to 22 days. This will be applicable to public issues opening on or after May 1, 2010.
As part of its review of the existing disclosure requirements and to bring more transparency and efficiency in the governance of listed entities, SEBI has made certain amendments to the Equity Listing Agreement, vide its circular dated 05 April 2010. The key amendments relate to the following:
The Supreme Court (SC) last week dismissed the appeal of Maharashtra against the order of the Bombay high court in an arbitration dispute with Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. The company was given Stage IV of the Koyna Hydro Electric Project and differences arose over the amounts due and other issues. The disputes were referred to arbitration under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act.
It is well known that exporters of services had faced serious problems in obtaining refunds of input taxes for a variety of reasons. In order to ameliorate the problem, the CBEC had issued Circular No. 120/01/2010-ST dated 19th January, 2010 to clarify several important points on exports of services from India and to also lay down a simplified procedure for grant of refunds.
The Delhi HC in a recent ruling has held that the Income tax Law does not fasten an obligation on the payer to withhold tax if such payments (to non-residents) are not chargeable to tax. In a departure from Karnataka HC decision, Delhi has held that the withholding provisions cannot be given effect if the charging provisions fail.
Effective 1 April, 2010, the basic rates of VAT in Jammu and Kashmir have been enhanced as mentioned below: Goods falling under Schedule C and liable to tax at 4%, other than the declared goods, as specified under Section 14 of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 which will continue to be liable to tax at 4%
Effective 1 April, 2010, the basic rates of VAT in Karnataka have been enhanced as mentioned below: Rate of tax on goods falling under Schedule III, other than the declared goods, as specified under Section 14 of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 which will continue to be liable to tax at 4%
