With a view to ensuring that premiums are paid out of clearly identifiable sources of funds, it has been decided to permit premium/proposal deposits remittances in cash beyond Rs. 50000/- per transaction subject to the customer quoting PAN. Insurers shall verify the authenticity of the details of PAN so obtained.In case of customers not required to have PAN orwith only agricultural income, Form 60/61 prescribed under the provisions of Income Tax Rules shall be obtained. From the perspective of AML/CFT guidelines, it becomes imperative to obtain the details of PAN of the person/entity funding the premium/proposal deposit on an insurance policy.
India and Switzerland will start exchanging information on tax-related matters from the next fiscal after the new tax information exchange treaty is ratified by the Swiss Parliament on Thursday, paving the way for obtaining data on black money stashed in Switzerland.
The SME Implementation Group (SMEIG) has today published five draft Questions & Answers (Q&As) on the IFRS for SMEs. These draft Q&As are open for comment until 30 November 2011 and cover the following topics: Application of the IFRS for SMEs for financial periods ending before the IFRS for SMEs was issued
Sood Bhandari & Co. Vs. CBDT (P & H HC)- Section 40(b)(ii ) contemplates the authorization of remuneration or interest. The authorization does not mean an agreement to pay, but to quantify the amount of salary or the rate of interest payable to the partners. If the said aspects are not determined prior to the financial year, the same are capable of adjustment at the end of the financial year keeping in view the profits earned with a view to increase expenditure and reduce income.
These rules may be called the Companies (Central Government’s) General Rules and Forms (Amendment) Rules, 2011. (2) They shall come into force with effect from 6th October, 2011. 2. In the Companies (Central Government’s) General Rules and Forms, 1956, after Form 23ACA, the following Forms shall be inserted, namely:-
The following class of companies have to file their Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and other documents as required under section 220 of the Companies Act, 1956 with the Registrar using the Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) taxonomy given in Annexure enclosed to the rules for the financial year ending on or after 315t March, 2011 with e-Form no. 23AC-XBRL and 23ACA-XBRL specified under the Companies (Central Government) General Rules and Forms, 1956, namely:-
(a) Amendments to Clause 41 – Disclosure of quarterly financial results- i) In order to give a better comparative picture of the quarterly financial results, listed entities shall disclose figures in respect of immediately preceding quarter as well in addition to the existing requirements. ii) Listed entities shall also submit the last quarter results along with the audited annual results. (b) Amendments to Clause 41 – Submission of financial results- It is being observed that certain listed entities, while submitting their interim financial results, submit unaudited financials first and subsequently submit the limited review report after a lag. It is hereby clarified that submission of unaudited results shall be accompanied by the limited review report of the auditors.
Capital market regulator Sebi vide CIRCULAR MIRSD/SE/Cir-21/2011 , Dated- October 5, 2011 announces introduction of uniform forms and documents for the purpose of customer identification by different market intermediaries like stock exchanges and mutual funds, a step intended to bring uniformity to the process. The new rule will be effective from January 1 next year.
At present only banks are permitted to initiate money transfers in the country subject to adherence of KYC/AML guidelines. A large number of people, particularly the migrant population, do not have access to formal banking channels for want of proof of identity/address. Consequently, they face difficulties in using the authorized channels for transferring funds. Reserve Bank has been receiving frequent representations to open up the formal banking channel to facilitate fund transfers of small value, subject to monthly ceilings and monitoring, to give impetus to the process of financial inclusion. We are issuing these guidelines after having reviewed the related issues. These relaxations are expected to provide money transfer facilities in a safe, secure and efficient manner across the length and breadth of the country.
Censuring Standard Chartered Bank for raising undue credit card bills against a customer and trying to ‘extort’ money from him, a Delhi district consumer forum has asked the bank to pay him Rs 1.1 lakh as damages.The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum said raising undue credit card bill of Rs 74,000 and putting the customer’s name in defaulters’ list due to which he could not avail the services of any other bank was illegal and asked Standard Chartered to desist from such activities in future.
