Recently, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) amended the Rule 13 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 vide notification no. G.S.R. 972(E). Now, the revised Rule 13 prescribes amount of fraud that should be reported, time-limit and the manner of reporting of fraud.
The expert committee was constituted by DIPP to examine the possibility of replacing multiple prior permissions with a pre-existing regulatory mechanism with adequate safeguards. The expert committee has released its 75 Page Report which says Start-ups may be given the special dispensation of complying with labour laws on their own without being subject to inspection […]
Owing to various conflicting views that have been held by various courts across the country on the availability of CENVAT credit on the ‘passive telecom infrastructure of tower and shelter material’, there lies great confusion which needs to be addressed by the government of the day and settled the matter once and for all.
The CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 (‘CCR’) have evolved as a scheme over a period of ten years. Through Rule 14 of CCR, the scheme provided for recovery of wrongly availed CENVAT Credit. As introduced, Rule 14 of CCR provided that where CENVAT credit is wrongly availed or utilized or has been erroneously refunded, the same […]
The expectations have steadily risen since the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced ‘Startup India, Standup India’ initiative. To add to it, release of action plan in January along with issuance of clarification by the Reserve Bank of India for the benefit of Startups is keeping the tempo up with a hope of final spectacle […]
While the Indian Government is going all out to create a positive India outline, however, it is a reality that the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business 2015 report puts India as low as 186 on the criteria of contract enforcement. India strongly believes in the rule of law but an important aspect in doing business is factored out of the ease of settling disputes which is relevant to strategize future action plan for any business.
We have discussed five issues faced by the foreign investors and the expectations from the Union Budget 2016-17. 4. TDS from payments to Non-residents having Indian branch/fixed place PE 5. Tax Residency Certificate
No law is perfect and no regime is ever complete which result in multitude of disputes and litigations. In order to make CENVAT Credit scheme better and effective, following are certain suggestions which the Revenue authorities should introspect.
As a steps towards building fiscal capacity, the Survey suggests that the easiest way to widen the tax base would be not to raise exemption thresholds.
1. Re-introduction of Standard deduction to Salaried and pensioners 2. Enhancement of Tax rebate under section 80D 3. Enhancement of Basic Tax free Exemption limit 4. Amendment required in Section 40A(3)/40A(3A) 5. Amendment of Section 234E
