The Supreme Court has enhanced the compensation to the widow and dependents of a person who was killed in a road accident, ruling that the future earning capacity of the deceased should also be taken into account while calculating the loss of income to the family. In this case, Santosh Devi vs National Insurance Company Ltd, the deceased person was running a milk dairy.
As far as the submission of shifting of tax liability is concerned, as observed in paragraph 9 of Laghu Udyog Bharati (Supra), service tax is an indirect tax, and it is possible that it may be passed on. Therefore, an assessee can certainly enter into a contract to shift its liability of service tax. Though the appellant became the assessee due to amendment of 2000, his position is exactly the same as in respect of Sales Tax, where the seller is the assessee, and is liable to pay Sales Tax to the tax authorities, but it is open to the seller, under his contract with the buyer, to recover the Sales Tax from the buyer, and to pass on the tax burden to him.
M/s Sesa Goa Ltd (SGL) was ordered to be investigated by the SFIO on 23.10.2009 u/s 235 of the Companies Act, 1956. Based on the recommendations made by the SFIO in its investigation report prosecutions under Sections 147 and 395 of the Companies Act, 1956 have been filed in Court while prosecution for the violation u/s 211 is being filed. Further a reference is being made to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India to initiate disciplinary action against the statutory auditors of the company for professional misconduct under schedule I and II of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949.
Cut and polished diamonds sent abroad and re-imported after certification/ grading by the laboratories/ agencies as notified in the Foreign trade Policy have been exempted from two percent basic customs duty with effect from 9.3.2012. The exemption is a facilitation measure to ensure that the domestic cutting and polishing industry does not suffer additional duty […]
Enquires are being received as to whether the examination for the Paper – 4 of Professional Competence Examination (PCE) and Paper – 3 of Integrated Professional Competence Examination (IPCE) Cost Accounting and Financial Management which is scheduled to be held on 8th May, 2012 has been postponed or not.
The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee said that the monetary authority in India has on 17th April 2012 reversed the policy rates for the first time, after a gap of nearly three years. He said that he hopes this will help in investment revival and contribute to strengthening of business sentiments. On the fiscal front, the Finance Minister said that we are committed to bring down the subsidy bill below 2% of GDP in 2012-13 and to 1.75% of GDP in next three years. Shri Mukherjee was making Introductory Remarks before addressing a Press Conference in Manila, Philippine today.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has set up a Committee to develop the roadmap for future implementation of Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL). This Committee comprises of XBRL experts and representatives from the corporate sector as well as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). The terms of reference of the Committee are as under:
