It has been brought to notice of the Board that revised guidelines issued by RBI has not prescribed any restriction on denomination of Indian currency, carried by an Indian traveller or Captain of a Ship. In the light of the revised RBI guidelines, Board has decided to withdraw the restriction on denomination of Indian currency imposed vide earlier Circular No. 51/1999 dated 12.08.1999.
A consortium of contractors is often formed to implement large infrastructure projects, particularly in Engineering, Procurement and Construction (‘EPC’) contracts and Turnkey Projects. The tax authorities, in many cases have taken a position that such a consortium constituted an Association of Persons (‘AOP’) i.e. a separate entity for charging tax.
The professionals have been brought under the ambit of Presumptive Taxation for the first time in history of Indian Taxation by virtue of Section 44ADA proposed in the Union Budget 2016. It would be a welcome step provided that the proposed Net Profit (NP) rate would be rational. The Presumptive NP rate of 50% on […]
Grievance redressal is a major aspect of citizen centric governance and is an important feature of the activities of the Income Tax Department. The Income-tax Department is addressing grievances through a multi-layered grievance redressal machinery including Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS), Aayakar Seva Kendras (ASK), online grievance redressal through Central Processing Centre (CPC), etc.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 31 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 read with sections 11 and 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, the Securities and Exchange Board of India hereby makes the following regulations to further amend the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) Regulations, 2012, namely:—
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 11 and 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 read with section 25 of the Depositories Act, 1996, the Securities and Exchange Board of India hereby makes the following regulations to further amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Depositories and Participants) Regulations, 1996, namely:—
There can be a situation where units are fully exempted from payment of Central excise duty as the value of the clearances for home consumption is less than 1.5 crore. However, total value of clearances (domestic plus export) is more than 4 crore. Let’s take an example for better understanding
In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015- 2020, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes amendment in Appendix 2C of Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms of FTP 2015-20 i.e., list of agencies authorized to issue Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Certification to include Tobacco Board, in the list as under:-
No Specific Stipulation Contained In Rule 10 of The Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 Regarding Prior Permission From The Statutory Authorities For Transferring The Cenvat Credit As A Result Of Amalgamation/Merger: CESTAT Delhi
There was certain confusion regarding the taxability of various education programmes conducted by Indian Institute of Management as to whether such programmes qualify as a part of a curriculum for obtaining a qualification recognised by any law for the time being in force.
