It has come to our notice that some banks insist on the signatures of both the depositors to allow repayment of money in fixed/term deposits, though the deposit account is opened with operating instructions (sometimes called ‘repayment instructions’), ‘Either or Survivor’ or ‘Former or Survivor’. Such insistence on the signatures of both the depositors has the effect of making the mandate given by the depositors redundant. This, in turn, results in unjustified delays and allegations of poor customer service.
It has been observed that overseas foreign exchange trading has been introduced on a number of internet /electronic trading portals luring the residents with offers of guaranteed high returns based on such forex trading. The advertisements by these internet / online portals exhort people to trade in forex by way of paying the initial investment amount in Indian Rupees.
Ministry of Finance Increases the Current Limit of Foreign Institutional Investors’ (FIIS) Investments by US$ 5 Billion Each in Government Securities and Corporate Bonds Raising the Cap to US$ 15 Billion and to US$ 20 Billion Respectively
DCIT Vs. Divine International (ITAT Delhi) – The CIT(A) has denied the deduction in respect of the addition on account of the so called sundry creditors on the ground that as per the provisions of Section 80 HHC, it is only the income derived by the assessee from the export of such merchandise which is eligible and the addition on account of creditors cannot be considered as income derived from the exports.
What is meant by Registration‖? Who should apply for registration under Service Tax law? In terms of Section 69 of the Finance Act,1994 (Chapter V) read with rule 4 of the Service Tax Rules,1994 – Every person who has provided a taxable service of value exceeding Rs. 9 lakhs, in the preceding financial year, is required to register with the Central Excise or Service Tax office having jurisdiction over the premises or office of such service provider.
As the consideration for live broadcasting does not fall either u/s 9(1)(i) or u/s 9(1)(vi), in our considered opinion, such amount is not chargeable to tax under the provisions of this Act in the hands of non-resident. As such there is no question of deduction of tax at source. Asstt. DIT (Intl. Tax.) v. M/s.Neo Sports Broadcast Private Limited (ITAT mumbai) –
Notification No. 40 /2011-Central Excise, hereby rescinds the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 14/2007-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2007, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 143 (E), dated the 1st March, 2007, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such rescission.
Instances have been reported by some field formations to this Directorate-General that some assesses had indvertently filed ST3 Returns online in ACES for a future period. As a result, when they tried filling the returns for the same period, when it was due, the system did not accept it as the returns for that period were already in the database.
A service tax assessee can file return electronically by accessing ACES Web Portal www.aces.gov.in. The said website has hosted LMS (Learning Management System) on the home page. The broad features are given below:-
The existing procedure and documents required to be filed along with application for Centralized Registration has been reviewed. In order to simplify the procedure and to follow the uniform practice in all the Divisions, a new procedure has been devised. The salient features of the new procedure are given below:
