Notification No. 71/2011-CUSTOMS (N. T.) the Board, being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient so to do, hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 36/2001-Cus (N. T.), dated, the 3rd August 2001, namely: –
A chartered accountant was arrested here on Thursday in connection with his alleged role in the Singapore-based online survey company SpeakAsia’s multi-level marketing scam taking the total number of arrests in the case to six, police said.
Notification No. 53/2011 – Income Tax It is hereby notified for general information that the organization Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi has been approved by the Central Government for the purpose of clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 35 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (said Act), read with rules 5C and 5E of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (said Rules), from Assessment Year 2010-11 and onwards in the category of ‘Other Institution’, partly
With Government thinking on the lines of having a negative list of taxable services on which there may be no levy of service tax in future, we have now a list of services which may become a base for the next budget or the new proposed tax . Presently, in India, there is a selective approach to tax services through a selective approach in which over 120 services are included.
Apex chartered accountants body ICAI has accused multinational accounting companies of violating the CA Act and asked for joint action by agencies, including the RBI and the Corporate Affairs Ministry, to enforce compliance.
Create awareness among the branch officials about the Scheme so as to enable them to guide the target customers, many of who may be illiterate. The branch officials should be able to explain the features of the Scheme and guide them in filling up the remittance form.
Secondary market transactions of Rs 10 lakh or more in a year, insurance premium of above Rs 1 lakh, debit card payments above Rs 2 lakh, fixed deposits and recurring deposits of over Rs 10 lakh each, and cash deposits of Rs 20 lakh in current accounts are likely to be added to the AIR list, which currently comprises eight items. High-value sales and purchases of property are taken as two items.
ADIT (International Taxation)-3(1) Vs. ICICI Bank Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai)- The issue in this appeals is with reference to the capital gains arising to various persons of Indian origin or non-resident Indians residing in UAE, who are clients of the Bank. These clients have invested in Government of India T-Bills, which has a tenure of 364 days. The T-Bills are also transferable before maturity. The clients purchased and sold these T-Bills during the year for which Bank, according to the guidelines of the RBI has opened a second subsidiary general ledger in their own name on behalf of their constituents/investors as required by the guidelines.
Penalty u/s 271B is imposed on two grounds i.e for not getting the books of accounts audited within due date and for not furnishing the audit report within due date of filling of return of income. Now as per above circular furnishing of audit report has been done away with after the introduction of annexure less forms. The only thing that is required is to obtain the audit report within due date and fill the relevant audit columns of the ITR, if it is done no penalty can be initiated u/s 271B.
Ansal Housing & Construction Ltd. Vs DCIT The Assessing Officer disallowed the expenses on the ground that the payment was made prior to commencement of the hospitality business and had resulted into acquisition of technical know-how and franchise from the professional consultants and hence was capital in nature.
