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Circular on NPA and Other Provisions Applicable to Audit of Co-Operative Credit Societies and Bank in Maharashtra

May 7, 2011 20643 Views 0 comment Print

Statutory Audit of Co-operative Societies for the year 2010-11 – Circular. Circular Dt 11.04.2011 from Commissioner of Cooperative Societies, Pune regarding Statutory Audit of Co-operative Societies for the year 2010-11 and Change in NPA. Circular on NPA and Other Provisions Applicable to Audit of Co-Operative Credit Societies and Bank in Maharashtra

Vehicle hire charges falls within the scope of Section 194C not under section 194I

May 7, 2011 57882 Views 0 comment Print

S. 194C defines work to include carriage of goods and passengers by any mode of transport other than railways while s. 194-I defines rent to mean payment for use of plan (which is defined in s. 43 to include vehicles). As the cars were owned and maintained by the contractor and all expenditure was borne by the contractor, the contract was for carriage of passengers for which the assessee paid a fixed amount. Therefore, the payment of vehicle hire charges fell within the scope of s. 194C and was not rent for s. 194-I.

Services provided by sub-contractors/consultants and other service providers are classifiable as per section 65A

May 7, 2011 9830 Views 0 comment Print

CIRCULAR NO. 138/07/2011 The Works Contract service (WCS) in respect of construction of Dams, Tunnels, Road, Bridges etc. is presently exempt from service tax. WCS providers engage sub­contractors who provide services such as Architect‟s Service, Consulting Engineer‟s Service, Construction of Complex Service, Design Services, Erection Commissioning or Installation Service, Management, Maintenance or Repair Service etc. The representation by assessee sought to extend the benefit of such exemption .

Mere use of technical design or plan without absolute transfer of right of ownership is taxable as fees for included services under Article 12 of the Indo-Canadian Treaty

May 7, 2011 1934 Views 0 comment Print

The term transfer used in Article 12(4) does not refer to absolute transfer of right of ownership. The assessee, a non-resident company engaged in the business of providing consultancy for infrastructure projects, entered into an agreement with the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for providing technical drawings and reports to NHAI for its infrastructure projects. The assessee was required to investigate the availability and viability of various modern technologies to ensure most economical cost estimate without affecting the quality of work. The scope of the services included preparation of the detailed project report, which covered the entire design for rehabilitation and strengthening of the existing carriage ways and required structures. It also included the study of environmental resettlement and rehabilitation needs as per the guidelines of the Government of India.

Finance Ministry Initiates Public Debate on Negative list for Taxation of Services

May 7, 2011 1532 Views 0 comment Print

Ministry of Finance has initiated a public debate on the issue of a negative list for taxation of services as announced by the Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee in his Budget 2011. The text of the speech is as below-Many experts have argued that it will be desirable to tax services based on a small negative list, so that many untapped sectors are brought into the tax net. Such an approach will be very conducive for a nationwide GST. I propose to initiate an informed public debate on the subject to help us finalise the approach to GST.

Income Tax department issues Rs 25,000 crore refunds; to issue more

May 6, 2011 1189 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax department has issued 40 lakh refunds worth Rs 25,000 crore in the current financial year to taxpayers and orders have been issued to generate the remaining few lakhs soon. Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman Sudhir Chandra gave the figures while addressing the top brass and officials of the I-T department across the country through video-conferencing from his North block office here today.

Govt tightens Deemed Export benefit scheme, to save Rs 1800 cr

May 6, 2011 1003 Views 0 comment Print

After detecting several cases of misuse of incentives, the Commerce Ministry has tightened the norms governing the Deemed Export benefit scheme, a move expected to save about Rs 1,800 crore to the exchequer annually. The Deemed exports refer to those transactions in which goods supplied to the users do not leave the country and payment for such supplies is received either in Indian currency or in foreign exchange.

No Conflict Between Objectives of High Growth and Low Inflation in Long Run-RBI Governor

May 6, 2011 594 Views 0 comment Print

he Reserve Bank has given its assessment of inflation in the May 3 Monetary Policy Statement. There are three important issues. First, inflation was the primary macroeconomic concern throughout 2010-11, especially the resurgence in the last quarter of 2010-11. Although the trigger for the jump during January-March 2011 was the sharp uptrend in international commodity prices, the fact that these were quickly passing through into the entire range of domestic manufactured goods indicated that pricing power is significant. In other words, demand has been strong enough to allow significant pass-through of input price increases.

CWG Scam – CBI carries out searches at 10 places ; Registers fresh case against 6 OC members

May 6, 2011 747 Views 0 comment Print

The CBI on Friday registered a fresh case against six Commonwealth Games Organising Committee officials and two firms for alleged irregularities in sportswear retailing and merchandising during the sports event and carried out countrywide searches at 10 places. The agency after registering case against Organising Committee members V K Verma, M Jaychandran, Surjit Lal, Ram Mohan, Gp Capt K U K Reddy and Sangita Welingkar carried out searches at 10 places in Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh and Panchkula, official sources said.

Supreme Court issues contempt notice to Sahara chief and to two journalists

May 6, 2011 1595 Views 0 comment Print

Holding that there was prima facie case, the Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Sahara group chief Subrata Roy for initiating contempt proceedings against him for allegedly interfering with the investigation in the 2G spectrum case. The apex court also issued notices to two journalists, Upendra Rai and Subodh Jain, for allegedly threatening and blackmailing Enforcement Directorate’s Investigating Officer Rajeshwar Singh, who is probing the case.

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