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Gujarat HC Stays Service Tax on Senior Advocates

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Honble Gujarat High Court has vide its order dated 30th March, 2016 in the case of Percy Cawas Kavina vs. UOI in Special Civil Application No. 4926 of 2016 directed an ad-interim stay of Notification No. 18/2016-ST Dated 01/03/2016and Notification No. 9/2016–ST Dated-01/03/2016 with respect to the levy of service-tax on senior advocates as proposed

Govt permits 49% FDI in Insurance Sector under Automatic Route

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a) No Indian Insurance Company shall allow the aggregate holdings by way of total foreign investment in its equity shares by foreign investors, including portfolio investors, to exceed forty-nine percent of the paid up equity capital of such Indian Insurance company. b) The foreign investment up to forty-nine percent of the total paid-up equity of the Indian Insurance Company shall be allowed on the automatic route subject to approval/verification by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India.

Authorization of Textiles Committee to issue Certificate of Origin

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Authorization of Textiles Committee to issue Certificate of Origin under various Free Trade Agreements/Preferential Trade Agreements – reg.- Appendix 2-B-List of Agencies Authorized to Issue Certificate of Origin (COO) (Preferential) has been revised to include Textile Committee for issuing COO under 11 Free/Preferential Trade Agreements.

Exemption on cut/polished diamonds import for testing/certification

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Exemption from customs duty on cut/polished diamonds imported for testing/certification by HRD Diamond Institute Private Limited, Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Point of Taxation (Second Amendment) Rules, 2016

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Where there is change in the liability or extent of liability of a person required to pay tax as recipient of service notified under sub-section (2) of section 68 of the Act, in case service has been provided and the invoice issued before the date of such change, but payment has not been made as on such date, the point of taxation shall be the date of issuance of invoice.

CBDT Notifies ITR-1, 2, 2A, 3, 4S, 4, 5, 6, 7 for A.Y. 2016-17

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Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby notifies Forms Sahaj (ITR-1), ITR-2, ITR-2A, ITR-3, Sugam (ITR-4S), ITR-4, ITR-5, ITR-6, ITR-7 and ITR-V for Assessment Year 2016-17.

Concept of Registered Owner and Beneficial Owner

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Registered Owner refers to a person whose name is entered in the register of members of the Company and thus known as the shareholder of the Company. Beneficial Owner refers to the person who enjoys the right of ownership of the shares irrespective of the title.

RBI aligns FEMA regulations with Consolidated FDI policy

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Arundhuthi Bose Preface With an attempt to streamline the regulations on transfer or issue of securities by a person resident outside India with the consolidated FDI Policy[1], the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on the 15th of February, 2016, amended Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, […]

RBI amends provisions relating to investments made by NRIs

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This write-up discusses the changes made by way of the present notification in the definition of NRI and the Schedules to the principal regulation that govern the investments made by NRI on repatriation basis under portfolio investment scheme (Schedule 3) and Investment made on non-repatriation basis (Schedule 4).

MVAT: Amendments in Composition Schemes wef 01.04.2016

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(i) 5 per cent. of the turnover of sales, referred to in column (3), in the case of a registered dealer, whose turnover of such sales, does not exceed rupees three crore in the previous year, to which the composition scheme is desired; (ii) 8 per cent. of the turnover of sales, referred to in column (3), in the case of a registered dealer, whose turnover of such sales exceeds rupees three crore in the previous year, to which the composition scheme is desired;

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