Rejecting exporters’ repeated pleas, the Finance Ministry today said the popular DEPB tax rebate scheme will come to an end from June 30, saving revenue for the government.
According to a report by financial and business reserach firm Evalueserve, there will be pressure on the Rupee unless steps are taken to fix certain structural issues like high current account deficit and dwindling investments.The Indian Rupee may depreciate by around 20 per cent during next two years on account of dip in confidence about the domestic economy leading to outflow of funds.
Reserve Bank on Wednesday asked public to exchange 25 paise coins and those with lower denominations with banks before June 30, the day from which they would be demonetised or cease to be a legal tender for payment.
The managing director of International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who has been arrested in New York on alleged rape charges, does not enjoy any diplomatic immunity, the US has said. Simultaneously, the White House said it has full faith in the capabilities of IMF to continue with the important role it is playing, despite the setback of its head being behind bars in a New York prison.
Haggard and unshaven after a weekend in jail, the chief of the IMF was denied release on bail Monday on charges of trying to rape a hotel maid as allegations of other, similar attacks by Dominique Strauss-Kahn began to emerge.
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) on Wednesday flayed India’s dilly-dallying on implementing global accounting norms IFRS and said that it is undermining the country’s global standing. New Delhi needs to curb its anxiety to be different and stop mongering about the many unsubstantiated differences and instead should get into an honest dialogue with the IASB said Prabhakar Kalavacherla, a board member of the London-based IASB.
The Delhi high court has dismissed the writ petition of French company Champagne Moet & Chandon objecting to the order of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board dismissing its appeal against an order of the Deputy Registrar of Trademarks in a trade mark case. The company is a well-known manufacture of wines which it is selling under the trademark Moet, Moet & Chandon and other brands in more than 150 countries of the world, including India. It objected to a Delhi firm selling meat products adopting the name M/s Moets. CHAMPAGNE MOET AND CHANDON versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS (Delhi high Court- 19.05.2011)
Circular No.142/11/2011 – ST , Dated – 18th May 2011 In the notification, there is no difference in treatment of service tax paid under section 66 and section 66A of Finance Act, 1994. Where refund arises, Table – A, in Form A-2 can be used for making a refund claim.
According to section 68 of Income Tax Act 1961, where any sum is found credited in the books of an assessee maintained for any previous year, and the assessee offers no explanation about the nature and source of the same or the explanation offered by him is not satisfactory in the opinion of A.O., the sum so credited may be charged to income tax as the income of the assessee of that previous year.
Finance Act, 2010 has expanded the scope of service tax of legal consultancy services w.e.f. 1st May, 2011 . It may be noted that representational services provided to individuals will continue to be exempt form levy of service tax. Also services provided by individuals to other individual shall remain outside the scope of taxable services. As a latest update, Delhi High Court has granted an interim stay on 29.4.2011 on levy of service tax individual lawyers rendering services to business entities on a Writ Petition No 2792 filed by Delhi based lawyers till next date of hearing ,ie, 23rd May, 2011. This may just be the beginning of long legal battle. Gauhati high court has also granted interim stay.
