The appellate authorities have taken the view, and do not appear unjustified in doing so, that with the basic facts having been divulged and established by the assessee with furnishing of necessary details, it was for the Assessing Officer to establish that the details were false or incorrect and the additions could not have been made merely on generalized observations or on suspicion. In an overall view of the matter, it is found that the finding of facts have been rendered by the appellate authorities on the relevant considerations after due examination of record and do not appear suffering from perversity.
States have asked centre for adequate compensation for their revenue loss due reduction in the Central Sales Tax -CST. Otherwise, the levy should be increased to the earlier rate of 4 per cent. Empowered Committee of the State Finance Minister in New Delhi also finalised a negative list of 35 services, which will notbe taxed under proposed Goods and Services Tax – GST regime.
Concerns relating to the quality of corporate governance system and the need to maintain its integrity and public accountability have resulted in a number of public interventions all over the world including the well known Cadbury Code (1992) and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002) of the UK and US respectively. In India, too, a few elements of good corporate governance find mention in legal frameworks like the listing agreement of SEBI and a few of the provisions of the Companies Bill 2011. More detailed guidelines are also available, including the Voluntary Code on Corporate Governance of the CII (1998) and the National Voluntary Guidelines on Corporate Governance of this Ministry (2009) which are currently under revision by a Committee under the Chairmanship of Shri Kiran Karnik.
A Parliamentary panel scrutinising the Direct Taxes Code – DTC Bill has suggested raising the income tax exemption limit to 3 lakh rupees from the present 1.8 lakhs. It has also suggested hiking of deduction on savings to 2.5 lakh rupees.
The new software, which allows taxpayers to access details of his ITR on smart phone, is being developed with the help of TCS. The new service will be part of the upgraded online return filing portal which will be launched in the next couple of months. The department already hosts services like viewing of tax credits, Annual Information Return (AIR), Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) status, various tax related forms and Tax Return Preparer Scheme (TRPS).
The Institute of Cost Accountants of India and Food Corporation of India (FCI) (Government of India Undertaking) have signed an MOU on 28th February’2012. As per this MOU the intermediate passed students of the Institute will be able to undergo Practical Training with FCI.
The Technical Cell of National Task Force constituted by the Institute has approved the release of the Exposure Draft of Guidance Note on Maintenance of Cost Accounting Records. The proposed Guidance Note may be modified in light of comments/ suggestions received before being issued as Guidance Note in the final form.
Cost Audit & Energy Audit for all Co operative Sugar Factories have been made mandatory vides Government of Maharashtra Order No. SGY2011/C.R.359/14-S dated. 8th December 2011. Expression of Interest (EoI) is invited from the interested Firm /Partners/ Cost Accountant for Cost Audit and Firm/Partners/ Energy Auditors for Energy Audit for empanelment –
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1st February 2012, will be written in letters of gold in the annals of the Institute history, as it is the effective date from which the notification passed by the parliament for the change of name of the Institute to The Institute of Cost Accountants of India and to use the designated letters ACMA and FCMA came into effect. Immediately following that the Institute was also able operationalise the decisions taken by the Council to use the title CMA before the name to denote the profession
