Kind attention is invited to Board’s instructions issued from F.No. 450/82/95-Cus.IV,dated 7th July, 1997, Member (Customs)’s D.O. letter F.No. 450/82/99-Cus.IV, dated 2nd June, 2001 and Circular No.42/2001 dated 31st July, 2001 for time bound Customs clearance and to avoid detention of Cargo from Ports/Land Customs Stations/Air Cargo Complexes, CFSs /ICDs. These instructions, inter-alia, have laid emphasis on measures to avoid unnecessary demurrages and difficulties to importers. These instructions have been issued after taking due note of directions of Hon’ble Supreme Court.
13th February, 2012 The Institute intends to draw a Panel from amongst its Members for acting as Observer at the examination centres in various cities during the Chartered Accountants Examinations to be held from 2nd – 17th May, 2012 and the Common Proficiency Test (Paper-Pencil Mode) to be held on 17th June, 2012 (Sunday). Members who are interested to act as Observer at the examination centres during the examination days may download the attached Empanelment Form and e-mail the same to: examcoob@icai.in on or before 1st March, 2012.
Inauguration of New Office Buildings ‘Aayakar Bhawan Annexe’, Durgapur and ‘Aayakar Bhawan Poorva’ Kolkata by Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Honorable Finance Minister, Govt. of India on 13.01.2012 and 14.01.2012. Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Honorable Finance Minister, Govt. of India inaugurated the new Office Building ‘Aayakar Bhawan Annexe’ at Durgapur, West Bengal on 13.01.2012 in the august presence of Shri S. C. Jaini, Member, CBDT and Shri D. C. Pant, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCA), West Bengal. Other senior officers of the department and of local administration,
The Reserve Bank of India has decided to change the Bank Rate with immediate effect by realigning it with the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate, which in turn is linked to the policy repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF). Accordingly, the Bank Rate shall be 9.5 per cent with effect from the close of business today. This should be viewed and understood as one-time technical adjustment to align the Bank Rate with the MSF rate rather than a change in the monetary policy stance. Henceforth, whenever there is an adjustment of the MSF rate, the Reserve Bank will consider and align the Bank Rate with the revised MSF rate. All penal interest rates on shortfall in reserve requirements, which are specifically linked to the Bank Rate, also stand revised.
Accounting regulator ICAI on Monday barred the ex-CFO of the erstwhile Satyam Computer Services, Srinivas Talluri, and former Pricewaterhouse auditor Vadlamani Srinivas from practice for life, while slapping a Rs 5 lakh penalty on them over the Rs 14,000 crore fraud at the IT firm. The Disciplinary Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has found the two auditors guilty of professional misconduct, said Jaydeep Shah, the newly elected President of the institute.
Indians are the largest depositors in banks abroad with an estimated 500 billion US dollars (nearly Rs 24.5 lakh crore) of illegal money stashed by them in tax havens, the CBI director said on Monday. India, in particular, has suffered from the flow of illegal funds to tax havens such as Mauritius, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, British […]
Mr Jaydeep Narendra Shah was elected as CA Institute President at a meeting of the central council of the institute in the capital today in place of Mr G. Ramaswamy, who demitted office today. CA Jaydeep Narendra Shah was Vice-President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He was a Central Council Member and was re-elected to the Central Council of ICAI for the third term for the period from 2010 to 2013 after completion of 1st term from 2004-2007 and current 2nd term from 2007-2010.
ITO Vs. Hindustan Oil Exploration Co. Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai)- Definition given in Explanation to sec. 42, section 293A as well as in various clauses of Production Sharing Contract it does not require to undergo any process of any physical or composition change but after the process of separation of gas, water and other sedimentary elements become commercial commodity. Therefore, commercial production of mineral oil as per sec. 80IB (9) involves the activity of extracting oil from underneath of surface and transport it for sale and nothing else.
The crux of the controversy is whether the appellant which is a Company incorporated under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 is entitled to have two kinds of memberships as aforesaid. The only difference in the rights of the two kinds of members is that while the Member Exporters have a right to elect and to be elected as office bearers of the appellant, the Registered Exporters have no such right.
The Government is mulling a probe by the Enforcement Directorate and the Income-Tax Department into the role of two Mauritius-based entities to identify their stakes in Devas Multimedia Pvt Ltd which executed the controversial S-band deal with the ISRO. It is also contemplating investigation into the activities of certain unknown government officials for their “collusive behaviour” and acts of omission and commission in extending undue favours to Devas at the Government exchequer’s cost.
