Insurance- Spurious calls identifying themselves as IRDA Employees in a bid to sell Insurance policies Circular No. CAD/1/10-11, dated 21-1- 2011 The Authority has received complaints from various Individuals about certain spurious calls as mentioned above. While IRDA has already filed a police complaint at New Delhi and also issued a notice cautioning the public […]
Circular No. IRDA/F&A/CIR/SOLVN/011/01/2011, dated 27-1-2011 Various general insurance companies are running health insurance schemes which are sponsored/subsidized by Central/State Government. However, the premium of such schemes are not paid upfront but paid at a later stage. The IRDA (Assets, Liabilities and Solvency Margins of Insurers) Regulations, 2000 lay down the manner of computation of solvency […]
The income tax department, known to be the largest litigant in the country, is working towards reducing the burden of court cases, a move which is in line with the National Litigation Policy mooted by the government last year. The department is mulli
The government may advance by a year the roll out of some of the income tax measures proposed in the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) to provide relief to inflation-hit households. These measures may form part of the forthcoming budget.
Employees’ Provident Fund If you are a salaried individual, then this is probably the best investment product you have in your portfolio. Every month you park 12% of your basic plus dearness allowance in your account and your employer matches the in
This is a welcome decision by the Mumbai Tribunal where it is held that the taxpayer is entitled to interest on delayed refund as per section 244A of the Act when it is ordered to deduct tax but subsequently it was found in appeal that no such liabil
India’s largest housing finance company HDFC’s Executive Director V S Rangan has been named as the best CFO in the financial sector for 2010 by premier accounting and auditing body ICAI. Rangan was conferred the award last evening in Kolkata by Ins
In a case of bounced cheque, the Supreme Court (SC) has ruled a person convicted for issuing the instrument cannot be prosecuted again on the charge of cheating about the same cheque. The cheque issued without sufficient balance in the account is a case under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The offence of cheating is under Section 420 of the IPC. In this case, Kolla Veera vs Gorantla Rao, the convict submitted he was found guilty in the cheque case; so he could not be punished a second time for issuing the cheque as a case of cheating.
The Assessee borrowed money from a sister concern at 18 per cent interest and purchased shares from another sister concern carrying a dividend at 4 per cent. The Revenue thought the device was colourable and disallowed the interest. Investment in sha
In terms of para 14 of Annexure to circular DBS.FID.No.C.9/01.02.00/2000-01 dated November 9, 2000 on ‘Guidelines for Classification and Valuation of investments ‘, FIs are required to recognise any diminution, other than temporary, in the value of their investments in subsidiaries / joint ventures which are included under Held to Maturity category and provide therefor.
