The country’s two prime bourses Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange will carry out a special 90-minute trading session on Saturday to help NSE test an upgrade its trading system.The special live trading session on February 6, in cash and futures segments, would open at 11 am and close at 12:30 pm, NSE and BSE said in separate circulars.
The Supreme Court granted bail to PriceWaterhouseCoopers auditor Srinivas Talluri who was arrested in Satyam fraud case for allegedly conniving with its founder B Ramalinga Raju and other aides.
The migration of the accounting standards for corporate India to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) platform has created a challenge for the revenue department at the Centre. The Direct Taxes Code written by the finance ministry and expected to become law in 2010-11 is in several instances incongruent with the new global accounting standards.
Aimed at encouraging research and teaching activities, the proposed 14 Innovation Universities is likely to get exemption from CAG audit, a privilege currently enjoyed by institutions like Bhaba Atomic Research Centre, Atomic Energy Commission and ISRO.
Accounting regulator the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) today said it has found two auditors guilty of professional misconduct in the Global Trust Bank (GTB) scandal. A final notice would be soon sent to S Gopalakrishnan, facing trial in Satyam scam case, before pronouncing him guilty in the GTB scam, the ICAI said in a statement.
Chapter XIV- B provides that where a search u/s 132 is conducted, the AO shall determine the undisclosed income for the block period. S. 158 BC(b) provides that in making the block assessment the provisions of s. 143 (2) shall “so far as may be, apply”. The Supreme Court had to consider whether a block assessment order passed without service of notice on the assessee u/s 143(2) within the prescribed period of time was valid. HELD, deciding in favour of the assessee:
The Government of Punjab has levied Surcharge/Additional Tax @10% on all the goods under Punjab VAT Act 2005 other than those seecified as declared goods under section 14 of Central sales Tax Act 1956 with effect from 05-02-2010. However this surcharge or additional tax will be levied on Liquor with effect from 01-04-2010.
The Government of Punjab,Department of Excise & Taxation has levied Entry tax on 12 new items Punjab Tax on Entry of Goods into Local Areas Act, 2000 (Punjab Act No.9 of 2000) with effect from 05-02-2010 vide notifications dated 01-02-2010. The new goods on which entry tax has been imposed along with the tax rate applicable are summarized hereinafter
GST shall have two components: one levied by the Centre (Central GST), and the other levied by the States [State GST].
Section 372A of the Companies Act, 1956 (The Act) deals with inter-corporate Loan, Investment, Guarantee and Securities in connection with loan. All the four transactions are frequently taken place in any company and henceforth the section becomes more important and therefore it requires to special heed by virtue of strict penal provisions and because of no much space to play.
