CIT vs. Yokogawa India Ltd (Karnataka High Court)- The High Court had to consider two issues for AY 2001-02 & onwards: whether (i) the loss incurred by a non-eligible unit & (ii) the brought forward unabsorbed loss & unabsorbed depreciation of the eligible unit has to be set-off against the profits of the eligible unit before allowing deduction u/s 10A/ 10B.
ACIT Vs S.K.M. Construction Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai)- Land which forms part of investment in balance sheets is capital asset and hence profit derived from it is taxable under the head capital gain. Mere presence of profit motive not enough to decide the head of income.
Investment by Foreign Investors in Mutual Fund Schemes. – Currently, only FIIs and sub-accounts registered with the SEBI and NRIs are allowed to invest in mutual fund schemes. To liberalise the portfoio investment route, it has been decided to permit SEBI registered Mutual Funds to accept subscriptions from foreign investors who meet the KYC requirements for equity schemes. This would enable Indian Mutual Funds to have direct access to foreign investors and widen the class of foreign investors in Indian equity market . Circular N0. CIR/ IMD /DF / 14 /2011, Date -August 9, 2011
Attention of Authorized Dealers Category – I (AD Category – I) banks is invited to Schedule 5 to the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2000 notified vide Notification No. FEMA 20 / 2000 -RB dated May 3, 2000 as amended from time to time, in terms of which, a SEBI registered Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) and Non Resident Indian (NRI) may purchase, on repatriation basis, units of domestic Mutual Funds (MFs), subject to such terms and conditions mentioned therein and limits as prescribed for the same by the Reserve Bank and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), from time to time.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (6) of section 10 of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 (Mah. IX of 2005), the Commissioner of Sales Tax, Maharashtra State, Mumbai, is hereby pleased to delegate the powers and duties under sub-sections (3) and (4) of section 64 of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 and rule 69 of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Rules, 2005 to the Deputy Commissioner of Sales Tax, MUM-VAT-E-610 for the period during which such authority continue to hold such post.
Union Finance Minister has said that there would be no difficulty to bring Direct Tax Code, DTC into operation from 1st of April next year. Mr. Pranab Mukherjee expressed hope that the Parliamentary Standing Committee will submit its report by Winter Session of Parliament. Speaking at a function in New Delhi, the minister said, since the Bill is still with the Standing Committee, stakeholders have time to give their views.
The Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs today informed the Rajya Sabha that the Companies Bill 2011 is under finalization based on recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance and inputs received from all relevant interest groups.
Replying to a written question the Minister said where any company is found violating the provisions of the Sections 62, 63, 68 and 628 of the Companies Act, 1956, prosecutions are filed against such companies and their officers in default. In case of non-availability of the companies and their directors, FIRs are filed. If circumstances warrant, private detective agencies are also engaged to trace out the disappeared companies and their directors.
The Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs Shri R.P.N. Singh today informed the Rajya Sabha that As per latest information available, 3112 companies incorporated outside India and having place of business in India have registered their documents under Section 592 of the Companies Act, 1956. Out of this, no company is operating from Bihar.
There is no such proposal to close the inoperative Employees Provident Fund accounts. However, from 1st April, 2011, interest is not being credited to the account of a member from the date on which it has become inoperative account.