The Income Tax Department will open 50-special counters at Vikas Bhawan (near ITO) for residents of North-East and North-West Delhi from July 28 to July 31 to file their tax returns. The last date for filing of income tax returns for the assessment year 2011-12 is July 31.
It has been observed that companies are not filing Statement of Affairs (SOA) in time in terms of section 454 of the Companies Act, 1956. This delays the process of liquidation considerably. It has, therefore, been decided to give the companies and the directors of such companies where winding up orders have been passed by the Hon’ble Court, one months notice to file SOA before action for blocking their DIN is initiated by the Ministry.
FSDC decides to take steps to make Corporate Bond Market more vibrant – On the issue of Sovereign Credit Rating of India, it was decided that it would be necessary for the government to strengthen its interaction with the rating agencies. The Council noted the recent structure that has been put in place in the Ministry of Finance for the exchange of information with the credit rating agencies. For better interaction with the agencies, it was decided to further broad base the process and present India’s case for higher rating by studying the methodologies adopted by the rating agencies.
XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) is a novel way of electronic communication of business and financial data that is of immense utility to the capital markets and the investing community. Those who stand to benefit include all who collect business data, including governments, regulators, economic agencies, stock exchanges, financial information companies and the like, and those who produce or use it, including accountants, auditors, company managers, financial analysts, investors and creditors.
Notification No.51/2011-Customs (N.T.) Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby determines that the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currency specified in column (2) of each of Schedule I and Schedule II annexed hereto into Indian currency or vice versa shall, with effect from 1st August, 2011 be the rate mentioned against it in the corresponding entry in column (3) thereof, for the purpose of the said section, relating to imported and export goods.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested two Superintendents of Central Excise at Nagpur for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.15000/- from the complainant. The complainant of Nagpur had alleged that both the accused demanded a bribe of Rs.15000/- from him for returning the photocopies of documents seized by the Central Excise Department during the raids at his premises on 30.06.2011 which he required for audit purposes. The CBI registered a case and laid a trap. Both the accused were caught red handed while demanding and accepting the bribe from the complainant.
The Government of India today signed an Agreement and Protocol for Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital (DTAA) with Government of Lithuania. The Agreement and the Protocol were signed by Shri Prakash Chandra, Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes, on behalf of the Government of India and Mr. Petras Simeliunas, Ambassador, Republic of Lithuania to India, on behalf of the Government of Lithuania. Lithuania is the first Baltic country with which DTAA has been signed by India.
In order to cut timelines in giving approval, the Ministry of Corporate affairs has decided to simplify the procedures and to give approval online, if the proposed contract has been approved by the shareholders by way of special resolutions in a general meeting. Accordingly, the process of online approval of Central Government under section 297 of the Companies Act, 1956 is likely to be implemented with effect from 24th September, 2011. Now the application will be made in a new e-form with the prescribed fee as per the new procedure. The relevant information like terms of contract and details of Board resolutions and special resolutions shall be captured in the e-form.
The Union Minister of Commerce, Industry and Textiles Shri Anand Sharma has restored the DEPB benefits for cotton yarn from 1st April, 2011 and on Cotton from 1st October, 2010. The Minister said here today, I have taken a composite review of the cotton and cotton yarn industry over the last few days. Both of these segments have faced huge fluctuation in the international and domestic prices
The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee said that by announcing a 50 basis point increase in the policy repo rate, raising it from 7.50 per cent to 8.0 per cent, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has sought to give a strong signal to further moderate inflation and check inflationary expectations. The Finance Minister Shri Mukherjee was reacting here today to the 50 basis points increase made in the policy repo rate under Liquidity Adjustment Facility(LAF) by RBI in its First Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2011-12 which was announced today in Mumbai.
