CIRCULAR No. 19/2015- INCOME-TAX ACT- Finance Act, 2015 as passed by the Parliament, received the assent of the President on the 14th day of May, 2015 and has been enacted as Act No. 20 of 2015. This circular explains the substance of the provisions of the Act relating to direct Taxes.
The ICAI elections for 23rd Central and 22nd Regional Councils will be held at 620 polling booths across the nation on 4th and 5th December, 2015. On the part of the Institute, I would assure that the Institute is committed to hold fair and transparent elections. We all must exercise our power of democracy and give preferences to all candidates to elect the most suitable candidates.
CIRCULAR NO. 31 OF 2015-16 In continuation of this department’s Circular No. 15 of 2014-15, all the Zonal Authorities are directed to ensure that once the proposal for restoration of registration is approved by the Competent Authority, then registration of the dealers should be restored within 3 working days positively.
No. 4/2015-NARCOTICS CONTROL-I (vi) Cultivators who became ineligible for issue of licence to cultivate opium poppy during the crop years 2009-10 to 2014-15 for tendering opium below 55 degree consistency; (vii) Cultivators who became ineligible for issue of licence to cultivate opium poppy during the crop years 2009-10 to 2014-15 for ploughing back their entire poppy crop for a continuous period of two years.
With the establishment of Free Trade Warehousing Zones / SEZ Unit warehouses, imported goods can be stored therein, for re-export / re-selling purposes for which Customs Authorities issue Ex-Bond Bill of Entry. AD banks are advised to consider the Bill of Entry issued by Customs Authorities named as Ex-Bond Bill of Entry or by any other similar nomenclature, as evidence for physical import of goods.
A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.31- It has been decided to permit FPI to acquire NCDs/bonds, which are under default, either fully or partly, in the repayment of principal on maturity or principal installment in the case of amortising bond. The revised maturity period of such NCDs/bonds, restructured based on negotiations with the issuing Indian company, should be three years or more.
A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.30- I banks may, while allowing advance remittance without bank guarantee or an unconditional, irrevocable standby letter of credit up to USD 50 million, ensure that only the requisite approval of DGCA for import of aircrafts/helicopters in terms of the extant Foreign Trade Policy has been obtained by the company for operating Scheduled or Non-Scheduled Air Transport Services (including Air Taxi Services). In other words, the approval from MoCA will not be required.
In the case of D.C.I.T. vs Autoline Industries Ltd, Pune Tribunal held that foreign exchange cover taken by the assessee from DBS Bank was in order to prevent itself from future currency rate fluctuations. Later, it had to close its agreement with DBS Bank in view of the offer made by the principal lender i.e. Citi Bank.
In the case of D.C.I.T. vs Autoline Industries Ltd, Pune Tribunal on the issue whether a particular expenditure is of nature of capital or revenue held that the law on the issue is that the accounting treatment given by the assessee in its books of account is not determinative whether or not the expenditure is allowable as a deduction.
Shri Hem Raj, Vs. The A.C.I.T (ITAT Chandigarh) The appellant was running liquor, wine and beer shop and was authorized to operate the liquor shop for the period of one year from April, 2007 to March 2008.
