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ICAI announces Amnesty For Retrospective Restoration of Names From Register of Members and Certificate of Practice

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With a view to mitigating the hardships being faced by such members whose names stand removed as on date due to non-payment of membership fee, the Council has decided to give them an opportunity by way of General Amnesty for restoration of their names retrospectively.

Regarding refund of 4% Additional Duty of Customs (4% CVD) in terms of Notification No. 102/2007-Customs dated 14.09.2001

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Circular No 01/2012-Customs – On Representation of ICWAI to CBEC, the Cost Accountants have been authorised to issue Certificate, for the purpose of claiming Refund of 4% Additional Duty of Customs (4% CVD), certifying that burden of 4% CVD has not been passed on by the importer to the buyer.

Enforcement Directorate asks IT Dept to provide it with I-T returns and other financial statement of secret LGT Bank Account holders

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Stepping up its offensive against Indians whose names figured in secret LGT Bank accounts abroad, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has approached the Income Tax department to provide it with I-T returns and other financial statements of these entities. The Directorate, across various cities including Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad, has also recorded the statements of about 15 entities under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).

External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) – RBI raises Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds limit to $750 mn

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RBI today raised the annual limit of Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs) for companies to USD 750 million under the automatic route, which does not require prior permission from it. Corporates in specified service sectors like hotels, hospitals and software, can raise FCCBs up to USD 200 million subject to the condition that the proceeds would not be used for acquisition of land.

Implementation of Section 51-A of UPA, 1967 – Updates of the UNSCR 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) – RPCD.CO RRB.AML.No. 6723 /03.05.28(A)/2011-12

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RRBs are required to update the list of individuals/entities as circulated by the Reserve Bank and before opening any new account, it should be ensured that the name/s of the proposed customer does not appear in the list. Further, RRBs should scan all existing accounts to ensure that no account is held by or linked to any of the entities or individuals included in the list.

Insurance – Clarification on the Guidelines for Pension Products

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The IRDA had issued guidelines for pension products vide its circular dated November 8, 2011 and insurance companies were required to withdraw all insurance products which do not conform to the guidelines with effect from January 1, 2012. In accordance with this circular, insurance companies had filed 22 revised products as on date out of which 21 products were filed only in the month of December 2011 and of which the largest number were filed in the last week of December 2011. During examination of the products, certain insurers have sought clarifications and in that context, the IRDA issues clarification on clause (17) of the Circular dated November 8, 2011 as follows:

NSDL releases new e-tds Return Preparation Utility (RPU) version 2.7

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Key features of NSDL Return Preparation Utility (RPU) version 2.7 Correction Statements: Mandatory to import consolidated file for validating the Correction statements. Incorporated FVU: FVU version 3.3 and FVU version 2.131 are incorporated. Higher deduction deductee record: For deductee records with valid deductee PAN where tax has been deducted, update is allowed on all fields of the deductee record, except for the column “Remarks (Reason for lower deduction/ no deduction/ higher deduction/ threshold)

Popularly used Abbreviation in India with full Form

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Some of the Popularly used Abbreviation in India with full Form. which are generally used by people. A AAFI AAPSO AASU ABM AC ACC AD ADB AERE AGOC AICC AICTE AIDS AIFE AIIMS AIL AIMPLB AIR AITUE AM ANC APEC APSC ASEAN ASLV ASI ASSOCHAM ASWAC ATS Amateur Athletics Federation of India Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity […]

Union Budget to be presented after March 9 – Finance Minister

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The government will present the Union Budget for 2012-13 after March 9, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Wednesday. We are working on date. We will (present) the budget after (Assembly) election is over… The code of conduct will be operational till March 9, Mukherjee said. The government has postponed the budget in view of the Assembly elections in five states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur between January 30 and March 3.

Service tax on Rail Freight – Deferred for sixth time in a Row

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Against the backdrop of high inflation, the implementation of levy on railway freight service has been put off once again. The levy is now likely to come into force from April 1 instead of January 1 as announced earlier. This is the sixth time that the levy on transport of goods by rail has been deferred. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the 2010-11 Union Budget brought transport of goods by railway under the service tax net from April 1, 2010.

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