Under reverse charge mechanism w.e.f. 1-7-2012, the service receiver is liable to pay tax, without any benefit of threshold exemption alongwith service provider also liable for certain percentage on case to case basis (w.e.f. 1.7.2012 as per Notification No. 30/2012-ST, dated 20.6.2012 as amended by Notifications No. 45/2012-ST, dated 7.8.2012, 10/2014-ST, dated 11.7.2014 and Notification No. 7/2015-ST dated 1-3-2015).
The Income Tax Department is in the process of upgrading software applications. It is for information of PAN applicants that PAN allotment by Income Tax Department will remain suspended between 05.10.2015 to 09.10.2015 due to PAN data migration activity. However, PAN applications, through online and offline modes, will continue to be received by PAN service […]
638 Declarations were received declaring undisclosed Foreign Assets amounting to Rs 3770 Crore under The Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015; Officer Designated to receive the declarations worked till midnight yesterday, 30th September 2015 and E-Filing Portal was also open till midnight to receive the declarations;Tax at the […]
Delhi High Court in case of Additional Commissioner of Customs vs Shri Ram Niwas Verma [W.P. (C) No. 7363/2014 & CM 17221/2014] vide its order dated 25th August 2015, holding that Settlement Commission has no jurisdiction to decide cases in relation to smuggling of the goods specified under Section 123 of Customs Act, 1962. A copy of the said order dated 25.08.2015 is attached for ready reference.
Notification No. 97/2015 – Customs (N.T.) Central Board of Excise & Customs hereby determines that the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currencies specified in column (2) of each of Schedule I and Schedule II annexed hereto, into Indian currency or vice versa, shall, with effect from 2nd October, 2015, be the rate mentioned against it in the corresponding entry in column (3) thereof, for the purpose of the said section, relating to imported and export goods.
Accordingly, name of the above agency is added at Serial No.13 (Delhi) of Appendix 2E [List of Agencies Authorized to issue Certificate of Origin (Non-Preferential) to Appendices & Aayaat Niryat Forms of FTP.
The export promotion responsibility for Sesame seed and Niger seed is being shifted from Shellac and Forest Products Export Promotion Council (SHEFEXIL) to Indian Oilseeds and Produce Export Promotion Council (IOPEPC).
Empanelment of members for the assignment of Checkers for CA examinations to be held in November 2015- Checking of totaling of marks etc in the answer books of CA examinations, after they have been evaluated by the examiners, is being assigned/carried out by members of the Institute, who are empanelled for the purpose.
A. Overseas Investment by Venture Capital Funds (VCFs) registered under SEBI (Venture Capital Funds) Regulations, 1996 (now repealed)- a. VCFs registered under erstwhile SEBI (Venture Capital Funds) Regulations, 1996 are permitted to invest in Offshore Venture Capital Undertakings which have an Indian connection upto 10% of the investible funds of a VCF in terms of the SEBI circular no. SEBI/VCF/Cir no.1/98645/2007 dated August 09, 2007.
Pursuant to Section 131 of the Finance Act, 2015 and Central Government notification No. 1/9/SM/201 5 dated August 28, 2015, all recognized associations under the Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1952 are deemed to be recognized stock exchanges under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 with effect from September 28, 2015.
