Guidelines on Sale of Financial Assets to Securitisation Company(SC)/Reconstruction Company (RC) and Related Issues. In this connection, attention is invited to paragraph 28 (extract enclosed) of the Sixth Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2014-15 announced on February 03, 2015. As indicated therein, it has now been decided to permit banks to reverse the excess provision (when the sale is for a value higher than the NBV) on sale of NPAs (sold prior to February 26, 2014 to SCs/RCs) to their profit and loss account.
In view of concerns raised that these instructions are not being adhered to, we reiterate that outsourcing of any activity by the bank does not diminish its obligations, and those of its Board and senior management, who have the ultimate responsibility for the outsourced activity.
The Agency banks are required to observe the Sukanya Samriddhi Account Rules, 2014 and regulations of the Scheme, and non-observance of rules and regulations would attract penal action, including de-authorization of the branch or bank. Pecuniary liabilities, if any, arising from such non-observance shall be borne entirely by the bank.
Also, the Hon ble Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley in the budget for the Financial Year 2015-16 have brought in the New Rule 4C in the Service Tax Rules, 1994 in relation to authentication of Invoices by Digital Signature. The New Rule provides that any Invoice, Bill or Challan may be authenticated by a Digital Signature. Further, Records may also be maintained in electronic forms.
CIT Vs. M/s. Sileman Khan Mahaboob Khan (Andhra Pradesh High Court) Merely because one of the objectives, in the partnership deed, was to let out the godowns would not mean that the assessee had undertaken the activity of construction of godowns and letting them out as business activity.