We are of opinion that there is ample power under section 5A of the State Act enabling the Chief Commissioner to specify the single point at which tax may be levied in a series of sales. This can, however, be done by him only by a notification in the Official Gazette. No such notification has been placed before us which could relate to the assessment year under consideration.
The Draft Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Bill, 2011 seeks to establish a regulatory oversight mechanism to enforce disclosure, fair practice and accountability norms in the real estate sector, and to provide adjudication machinery for speedy dispute redressal. This Act is in pursuance of the powers of Parliament to make laws on matters enumerated in the Concurrent List namely, transfer of property other than agricultural land; registration of deeds and documents, and contracts including partnerships, agency, contracts of carriage, and other special forms of contracts, but not including contracts relating to agricultural land.
Kumari Selja, Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Minister of Culture,has issued the Draft Model Property Rights to Slum Dwellers Act, 2011′ and Central Legislation for Street Vendors for public discussion in New Delhi. The main features of the drafts are as follows: Draft Model Property Rights to Slum Dwellers Act, 2011 The Ministry of HUPA proposed the strengthening […]
The Income Tax Department, Chennai would like to prepare two separate panels of Junior Standing Counsels and Senior Standing Counsels for representing its cases before the Hon’ble Madras High Court. Practising advocates as well as the retired officers of the Income Tax Department with Law degree are eligible for empanelment. The qualification, schedule of fees and allowances and the proforma application in which the application has to be made, have been prescribed by the Central Board of Direct Taxes, New Delhi vide its Instruction No.8/2007 dated 30.08.2007, a
The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee said that India today is among the fastest growing economies and widely believed to be steadily on the course to occupy a place among the top three economies of the world by the year 2050. However, the Finance Minister Shri Mukherjee cautioned that the recent developments in Euro-zone have heightened uncertainty in financial markets through-out the world. As a result, India’s short-term growth prospects have also been impacted, the Minister added. The Finance Minister Shri Mukherjee said that the post-global financial crisis, the world has seen most major economies facing an uphill task in engineering their recovery.
We wish to inform you that the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI ) has recently signed an agreement with M/s Sify Software Limited. As per the revised arrangement the online test for compulsory computer training of the students, which is being presently conducted by M/s Aptech Ltd. will be henceforth conducted by M/s Sify Software Ltd.
rtment of Revenue, Ministry of Finance has, vide office order Nos. 299 to 303, all dated 8.11.2011 notified the appointments of Ombudsman at Bangaluru, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Lucknow and New Delhi. OFFICE ORDER NO.303/2011-Ad.I (appointment of I.T. Ombudsman at New Delhi) -Dated : 08/11/2011
hereas, the designated authority vide notification No. 15/4/2011-DGAD, dated the 4th October, 2011, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 4th October, 2011
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 79 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government makes the following rules further to amend the Baggage Rules,1998, namely :- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Baggage (Amendment) Rules, 2011. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
Vipul Medcorp TPA Pvt Ltd & Ors v. CBDT (Delhi High Court)-The High Court held that payments made by the insurance company or the TPAs could be in the nature of business expenditure as per accounts/books maintained by them. However, tax has to be deducted under Section 194J of the Act if the payment is made to a resident person towards fees for professional services. Further, the nature of payment in the hands of the payee/recipient is relevant and that determines whether tax needs to be deducted or not. Section 194J of the Act does not specify that the payer must have availed and taken benefit of the professional services.
