Shri Prakash Chandra, an IRS (IT) Officer of the 1973 batch, took over as Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) today afternoon. He will also continue to look after the work relating to Personnel and Vigilance matters. Shri Chandra was Director General of Income Tax (Investigation) in Rajasthan and later Director General of Income Tax (International Taxation) in Delhi before joining the CBDT as Member.
In the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), number S.O. 479(E), dated the 4th March, 2011, for section 31 of the said Act read section 31 of the said Act as amended by sections 4, 5, 14, 22, 23 and section 24 of the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007 (39 of 2007).
n exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Competition Act, 2002 (12 of 2003), the Central Government hereby appoints the 1st day of June, 2011 as the date on which section 44 of the said Act (inserted by section 37 of the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007 (39 of 2007) shall come into force.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Competiotion Act, 2002 (12 of 2003), the Central Government hereby appoints the 1st day of June, 2011 as the date on which section 43A of the said Act (inserted by section 37 of the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007 (39 of 2007) shall come into force.
Errant advertisers could face more heat from industry watch dog ASCI, which has jumped on the social networking bandwagon, encouraging youths to speak out against questionable campaigns through its Facebook and Twitter accounts. Within a month of making its debut on Facebook and Twitter, the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) has already received ten times more complaints against advertisements than the earlier average of 15-20 complaints from individuals and industry against 12 advertisements in a month.
In exercise of the powers conferred by Sub-Section (2) of Section 22D of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 [as amended by the Chartered Accountants (Amendment) Act, 2006] read with Section 22A of the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 [as amended by the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2006] and Section 22A of the Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959 [as amended by the Cost and Works Accountants (Amendment) Act, 2006], the Appellate Authority hereby makes the following rules, namely- These rules shall be called ‘Appellant Authority (Procedure) Rules, 2011’.
State-owned Bank of India (BoI) today raised fixed deposit rates on various maturities by up to 2.5 per cent. The bank increased the interest rate by 250 basis points (2.5 per cent) to 5.50 per cent for term deposits of 31-45 days” tenor. The deposit rate increase is the maximum in this slab, the bank informed the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
The Government of India notified the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with the Government of Mozambique for the avoidance of double taxation and for the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income on 31st May, 2011. The DTAA provides that business profits will be taxable in the source state if the activities of an enterprise constitute a permanent establishment in the source state. Examples of permanent establishment include a branch, factory, office, place of management, etc. Profits of a construction, assembly or installation projects will be taxed in the state of source if the project continues in that state for more than 12 months.
Humanity & another Versus State of West Bengal & Ors. (Supreme Court) – Several writ petitions were filed in public interest before the Calcutta High Court challenging the allotment of land given in favour of Mr. Sourav Ganguly (hereinafter referred to as allottee), by the State of West Bengal. The High Court, by its judgment dated 12.4.2010, upheld the allotment of plot of land being plot no. CA-222 by allotment letter dated 17.2.2009. It disposed of all the petitions by a direction that in order to retain leasehold rights and possession of the said plot in Sector-V, Salt Lake City (Bidhannagar), Kolkata, the allottee has to pay the State Government a sum of Rs. 43,25,500/-, failing which the lease deed dated 1.4.2009 shall be treated as invalid and possession of the land shall be handed back to the State Government.
General Circular No. 38 /2011 TMCA has blocked filing of various forms by companies who have failed to file annual accounts and return for any financial year from 2006-07 to 2009-10. The only forms permitted are Annual Accounts, Annual Return, Compliance Certificate, DIN-3, Form 32 for change in directors, Form 21 for Court / Tribunal / CLB orders, IEPF forms. ROC has been directed not to accept any forms (except those mentioned above) in respect of other companies where the Directors of the defaulting company are directors.Company Secretaries and Auditors are not permitted to file forms for these companies as well.Necessary action would be taken against the defaulting directors and officers. This would take effect from 3 July 2011
