On March 16, 2016, a Bill to further amend the Companies Act, 2013 was introduced in the Lok Sabha (Upper House of the Parliament) to address the difficulties raised by various stakeholders and to improve the ease of doing business in India. This Bill proposes over 70 amendments. Some of the key amendments are listed below:
THE INSTITUTION OF Company Secretaries of India IN PURSUIT OF PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE Statutory body under an Act of Parliament MCA: 2016 Dated: April 07, 2016 Mr. K.V.R. Murthy Joint Secretary Ministry of Corporate Affairs Shastri Bhawan New Delhi- 110001 Dear Sir, Sub: Difficulties in accessing the MCA Portal and filing of e-forms This is in […]
The Council of the Institute of Company Secretaries has recently reviewed the existing limits in respect of issuance of the issue of Secretarial Audit Reports and has decided as below: 10 Secretarial Audits per partner/ PCS, and an additional limit of 5 secretarial audits per partner/PCS in case the unit is peer reviewed. These limits […]
Supreme Court held that ‘technical services’ under Section 194J read with Explanation 2 to Section 9(1)(vii) of Income Tax Act, 1961 denote services to cater to the special needs of the consumer/user, rather not a facility / service offered to all.
A major portion of the Indian population comes under the middle class category. The middle class people in India are mostly educated and aspirational. They want to have a financially secured life with an aim for wealth creation at the same time. This mentality of the middle class has led to a rapid growth in […]
Income Tax Department has released on 03/04/2016 Excel Utility of ITR 1 and ITR 4S for AY 2016-17 for e-filing and now they have released todayExcel e-filing utility for ITR 2, ITR 2A and ITR 3 for AY 2016-17. Other ITR are also expected to be released soon. Department has also released JAVA utility of […]
Admit Cards for May 2016 Examination – (07-04-2016) Admit cards April 7th, 2016 Admit cards in respect of candidates admitted to the Intermediate (IPC) and Final May 2016 examination, with their photographs and signatures on them, are hosted on www.icai.nic.in. Candidates may print their admit cards from the said website. For downloading/printing of the admit […]
The right to information is implicitly guaranteed by the Constitution. However, with a view to set out a practical regime for the citizens to secure information as a matter of right, the Indian Parliament enacted the Right to Information Act, 2005. This law is very comprehensive and covers almost all matters of governance. This Law has a wide reach, being applicable to Government at all levels- Union, State and Local as well as to the recipients of substantial government funds.
The Customs SWIFT enables importers/exporters to file a common electronic ‘Integrated Declaration’ on the ICEGATE portal. The Integrated Declaration compiles the information requirements of Customs, FSSAI, Plant Quarantine, Animal Quarantine, Drug Controller, Wild Life Control Bureau and Textile Committee and it replaces nine separate forms required by these 6 different agencies and Customs.
Rescheduling of Paper – 7 of IPC (Intermediate) Examinations and Paper – 8 of Final Examinations in the State of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry only. – (07-04-2016) The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India [Set up by an Act of Parliament] Post Box No.7112, ICAI BHAWAN, Indraprastha Marg New Delhi – 110002 TO BE […]
