With direct tax collection target of Rs 5.85 lakh crore looking difficult to meet,the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Monday said it will concentrate on big corporates and salaried employees to mop up the revenue.There is a concern… IIP and GDP are down.It will be difficult to achieve budget estimate, CBDT Chairman M C Joshi said.He,however,said the department was working hard to achieve the target given to it in the Budget.We will monitor tax deducted at source (TDS) and concentrate on bigger assessees, he said.
Outward transportation of finished goods from the place of removal covered by definition of ‘input service’ upto 31.03.2008, service tax paid thereon eligible as CENVAT Credit – CESTAT Larger Bench decision in ABB Ltd & Ors to this extent legal and valid till 01.04.2008 – No merit in Revenue Appeals. Revenue Appeals rejected.
The government is considering issuing new corporate governance guidelines by including good practices like tax compliance, to companies for voluntary adoption, Corporate Affairs Minister M Veerappa Moily said today. He said during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha that the Voluntary Guidelines for good corporate governance were old as they were issued in 2009 and did not include tax compliance.
(a) The light energy which is used as a carrier in telecommunication service for rendering service is covered by the Parliamentary Legislation i.e. the Finance Act, 1994 read with Section 65 (109-a). It does not fall within the Entry 54 of List-II of VII Schedule. (b) The contract in question is not a composite contract. It is an indivisible contract and a contract of service simplicitor. There is no element of sale at all to any extent. It is not a contract of sales simplicitor as contended by the State.
CA, CS, CWA Amendment Bill has been passed by both houses of the Parliament paving the way for LLP and Multidisciplinary Partnerships (MDPs) subject to notification of the relevant provisions, after the assent of the President of India and issue of guidelines for MDPs by the Council.
The Government has declined to disclose two letters written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by former Sebi member K M Abraham, who had alleged in another communication, interference by some corporates and top Finance Ministry officials in the working of the market regulator.
References are received from various field offices pointing out that implementation of the instructions contained in the circular referred in Para 1 above will lead to return of claims already received in the office wherein the benefits payable are more than Rs. 10,000/-. This will lead to undue hardship to the PF beneficiaries.
‘Whether the revival scheme submitted by the petitioner under sections 391 and 394 of the Companies Act, 1956 and accepted by Court amounts to compounding with the principal debtor leading to the discharge of the surety within the meaning of sections 134 and 135 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872?
Notification No. 111/2011-Customs in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (5) of Section 9A of the said Act and in pursuance of rule 23 of the said rules, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 133/2009-Customs, dated the 9th December, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R.870 (E), dated the 9th December, 2009, namely: –
Notification No.112/2011-Customs- G.S.R. 890 (E). -In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and sub-section (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) read with rules 18 and 20 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, the Central Government, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 15/2008-Customs, dated the 5th February, 2008, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 68 (E), dated the 5th February, 2008, namely:-
