The Reserve Bank will announce draft guidelines for giving new banking licences in the next few days, the Finance Ministry today said. “RBI will come up with the guidelines by the end of this month,” Department of Economic Affairs Secretary R Gopalan told reporters on the sidelines of a CII function.
The government said it is planning to make it mandatory for corporates to file balance sheets with it in data form, using XBRL (eXtensible business reporting language) technology, from next fiscal. Currently companies file their annual returns and balance sheets with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) by filing up an e-form.
Depreciation is admittedly in the nature of allowance and, therefore, it cannot be subject matter of disallowance under section 14A, which must remain confined to expenditure incurred by the assessee. Similarly, as far as deduction under section 80D is concerned, it cannot be subject matter of disallowance under section 14A either. The deduction under section 80D is not admissible because it is an expenditure for the purpose of earning an income but because, by virtue of specific provision under section 80D, payment of premium of health insurance, which is inherently personal expenses of the assessee, is admissible as deduction. This deduction cannot, therefore, be subject matter of disallowance under section 14A, which, as we have noted earlier, is confined to expenditure incurred for the purpose of an income which is not includible in total income of the assessee.
Parliament is likely to take up the new Companies Bill , which seeks to replace a half-a-century-old Act, in the next session. Sources in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs said that the Companies Bill, 2009, will be brought for passage before Parliament in the next session. The draft Bill will be sent to Cabinet in the first week of May, sources said.
Simplification of issuing Director Identification Number (DIN) process: As per section 253 of the Companies Act, 1956, no person can be appointed as Director of the Company unless he has been allotted a DIN from the Government on his application. At present it takes about 2 to 5 days in this process of filing applications, its examination and allotment of DIN.
The CBI will file this week its first charge sheet into the 2G spectrum scam against former Telecom Minister A Raja and some of his close aides besides a couple of real estate companies for allegedly defrauding the exchequer and entering into a criminal conspiracy in securing the telecom licenses.
In the case of a trader where shares are held as stock-in-trade no part of interest on borrowed funds can be disallowed u/s 14A as incurred in relation to Dividend income. The interest on borrowed funds used for trading activity is an allowable expenditure under section 36(1)(iii) and the same cannot be treated as the expenditure for earning the dividend income which is incidental to the trading activity.
In a bid to help pro-democracy campaigners, the US government is developing a mobile phone with a ‘panic button’ that can wipe out its address book and send emergency alerts. The new technology also includes a special application that can be activated if the smart phone is confiscated by security authorities. The US wants to equip the activists with the new tools to fight back the repressive governments and is targeting countries ranging from the Middle East to China, the Daily Mail reported.
Marubeni India Pvt. Ltd. v ACIT (I.T.A. No.919/Del/2009) (ITAT Delhi)- Interest income is to be excluded from operating revenue for computing the net profit from operating activity unless such interest income has nexus with the international transaction. Under the captive service and cost plus model, if an expense has a direct link with the international transaction, the same should form part of total cost i.e. operating costs. The onus is on the taxpayer to maintain robust documentation for availing necessary economic and risk adjustments. The option of +/- 5 % is available only to the taxpayer when he is computing the ALP and not when the AO/TPO is computing the ALP
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) is celebrating year 2011 as the Golden Jubilee Year of their Institute. To commemorate the occasion, they are organizing an International Conference on 26th July -27th July 2011 at DAC&GC Karachi, Pakistan. The Conference is expected to include eminent local and international professionals and dignitaries and will provide an exciting prospect for accounting professionals to network.
