The Government has decided not to proceed for the time being with further public offer of 5% paid-up equity shares of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC ) through an offer for sale. However, the Government continues to believe in the inherent strength of ONGC . The decision will be evaluated in due course keeping in view all relevant factors. Significant work has been done by all involved with a common objective of delivering a successful Offer and all continue to believe in the inherent strength of the Company. The Government remains committed to the Disinvestment programme.
The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee said that India is convening a meeting of BRICS Finance Ministers in Washington DC on September 22, 2011 on the sidelines of the Fund-Bank and G-20 Meetings. The Finance Minister said that we would explore the manner in which BRICS could coordinate in addressing the evolving economic and financial situation in the various countries of the world.
A MoU was signed todya in Mumbai between IIFCL, LIC and IDFC in the presence of the Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee and the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri Prithviraj Chauhan today in Mumbai.
The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee was speaking in Mumbai today while reviewing the flow of credit under various schemes and progress of the financial inclusion with the representatives of State Governments/UTs of Western Region and Chief Executive Officers(CEOs) of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) and Financial Institutions(FIs).The Finance Minister said that the credit flow to Agriculture Sector has been exceeding the annual target for the past many years.
DCIT Vs Rupen Das (ITAT Kolkata)- The assessee was engaged in providing security guards to various Government and non-Government organisations and regular payment to the employees was essential to provide better services.
DCIT Vs Rediff.com India Limited (ITAT Mumbai) – Certificate issued by a Chartered Accountant has no decisive impact on tax ability of income in the hands of a non-resident but it is only prima-facie evidence about the tax ability.
DCIT Vs Rediff.com India Limited (ITAT Mumbai)- A.O. disallowed the claim of bad debts on the ground that the transactions pertain to the current year and the same was written off by the assessee in the same year itself.
In this Article Author has discussed latest Provisions related to Compulsory E-Filing of service tax Return , Pr-requisite for e-filing, How to file Return electronically, Methods of filling the return electronically, Penalty for Late Filing of ST -3 (Service tax Return) , Due Date for Payment of Service tax Electronic and Procedure involved in making e-payment of service tax.
TDS IS NOT TEDIOUS – In this Article we will discuss the Reason , Types of Default, How to Correct and Advantage of Correction in Respect of TDS / TCS Default Us. 201(1) and Mismatch U/s. 200A of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
Recently entry tax in Punjab was stayed by P&H High Court in Bhushan Steel case. In that case the State Govt contested the writ petition challenging constitutionality of Punjab Tax on Entry of Goods into Local Areas Act, 2000 by stating that entry tax under the said Act is being collected as an advance tax of VAT, however the High Court held that without there being any taxable event of sale or purchase of goods taking place within the territorial jurisdiction of the State, claim that Section 3-A of the Entry Tax Act is merely a machinery provision providing for collection of advance VAT tax is prima facie merit less.
