In the largest ever cash seizure, the Income Tax department today said it has recovered Rs 44.2 crore of unaccounted money from three Delhi-based commodity traders. In search and seizure actions conducted by the Income Tax department on January 18
The government is set to raise the threshold for independent verification of corporate transactions in the Companies Bill , diluting a proposal it made before a key Parliamentary panel. The threshold would now be fixed at 1% of a company’s annual turnover as against 5 lakh suggested by the corporate affairs ministry before the Parliamentary Standing committee on finance.
In continuation of previous articles, elaborating the difficulties in getting the refund claim under different conditions, we in this article are unveiling the problems existing in the Service tax refund mechanism under Conditions relating to Courier
In search & seizure actions conducted by the Income Tax department on 18th & 19 th January 2011, unaccounted cash amounting to Rs 44.20 crore was seized. This is the largest ever cash haul by the Income Tax department.
The results of the Chartered Accountants Final and Final (New Course) Examinations held in November, 2010 and Common Proficiency Test (CPT) held in December, 2010 are likely to be declared on Friday, the 21st January, 2011 around 2:00 PM and the same
In view of the foregoing, it is advised that henceforth, banks should not issue Tier 1 or Tier 2 capital instruments with ‘step-up option’ so that these instruments continue to remain eligible for inclusion in the new definition of regulatory capital. However, such instruments can be issued with only ‘call option’ as per existing rules contained in the circulars mentioned above.
The above limits of credit exposure for housing would be applicable with immediate effect. StCBs and CCBs having exposure in excess of the above limits may initiate steps to bring it down to the revised limits within a period of six months from the date of this circular.
We advise that in a meeting of ‘Committee on Investors Education and Protection Fund’ held by the Government of India, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, New Delhi, it has, inter-alia, been decided that banks should make ‘investor awareness’ as one of the agenda items in their periodical meetings with their customers at semi urban/rural branches so that more people are covered under the programme.
Circular No. 133 /2/2011 – ST A clarification has been sought as to the scope and meaning of the description namely ‘Janata Personal Accident Policy (JPAP)’ appearing in the Notification No. 3/1994-ST dated 30.06.1994.
Salaried taxpayers with no other income could get a respite from filing tax returns. The income-tax (I-T) department is open to examining a proposal to exempt them from the annual chore. Asked whether the department would think about doing away with
