Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) during the Month of April 2011 was 4.17 lakh as compared to FTAs of 3.54 lakh during the month of April 2010 and 3.48 lakh in April 2009. There has been a growth of 17.7 % in April 2011 over April 2010 as compared to a growth of 2 % registered in April 2010 over April 2009. FTAs during the period January-April 2011 were 21.54 lakh with a growth of 12.3 %, as compared to the FTAs of 19.18 lakh with a growth of 8.9 % during January-April 2010 over the corresponding period of 2009.
Grappling with the problem of blackmoney, India on Wednesday asked the international community to impress upon non-cooperative jurisdictions to share information about funds stashed there. The governments of those countries should share tax information through regular instruments, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said at the Governors’ seminar at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) meet.
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Salary DDOs must calculate the tax payable by an employee for the year and start deducting tax at average rate. The term salary includes wages, any annuity or pension, gratuity, any fees, commission, perquisites or profits in lieu of or in addition to any salary or wages. (These payments are covered under sec. 192 of […]
In the context of recent developments, it has been decided that Suppliers’ and Buyers’ credit (trade credit) including the usance period of Letters of Credit opened for import of rough, cut and polished diamonds should not exceed 90 days from the date of shipment. The revised directions will come into force with immediate effect. RBI/2010-11/514 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 59 May 06, 2011
The Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd Vs Addl.CIT, Tiruchirapalli (ITAT Chennai) -Where the AO has considered all the points, on the basis of which the CIT initiated proceedings u/s 263, following the decision of the ITAT and High Court in the case of the assessee itself, proceedings initiated u/s 263 are not valid as it is not prejudicial to the interests of the Revenue.
Turnkey contracts can be vivisected and discernible service elements involved therein can be segregated and classifiable as well as valued for levy of service tax under Finance Act, 1994 provided such services are taxable services as defined by that Act and depending on the facts and circumstance of each case, services by way of advice, consultancy or technical assistance in the case of turnkey contract shall attract service tax liability.
Recently ITAT Mumbai held that in the case of Chiranjeev Lal Khanna v. ITO held that considering the facts of the case and clauses in the agreement, the taxpayer has transferred land and building to the developer would be chargeable to tax as capital gains. Accordingly, Section 50C of the Income-tax Act, 196 1(the Act) would be applicable.
A gift of immovable property made by a Muslim is valid even if it is not registered under the Transfer of Property Act or the Stamps and Registration Act, the Supreme Court today ruled. The apex court said though the TP Act mandates registration of a gift, the same would not apply to a Muslim donor as the community has been exempted from the provision.
CIT v Steinle Machine Fabric India – The Circular is specific that in group cases also, each single case must be taken up individually to decide the monetary limits. It appears that these instructions were issued to avoid unnecessary litigation and also litigation where the tax effect was much less and it waste time and money recovering small amounts but we hasten to add that dismissal of such appeals on the ground that the tax effect is low does not mean that we have given any decision on merits nor have we decided such questions of law. These questions can be decided in appropriate proceedings where the tax effect is more than the limit prescribed in the circular.
