The Reserve Bank of India today placed on its website the Report of the Working Group on Compilation of Flow of Funds Accounts for Indian Economy. The report is accompanied by a manual on the compilation methodology.
Ease of Doing Business in India and in Law Related to Custom Duty – In line with the objectives to facilitate trade and improve ease of doing business, the following measures have been taken by CBEC during last one year: CUSTOMS: 24×7 Customs Clearance: With effect from 31.12.2014, facility of 24×7 Customs clearance for specified […]
Reduction in number of levies: Education Cess and Secondary & Higher Education Cess on excisable goods have been subsumed in Basic Excise duty. [Notifications 14/2015-Central Excise and No. 15/2015-Central Excise, both dated 01.03.2015 refer].
Reduction in number of levies: Education Cess and Secondary & Higher Education Cess on taxable services have been subsumed in Service Tax with effect from 06.2015. [Sections 153, 159 of the Finance Act, 2015 read with notification No.14/2015-Service Tax, dated 19.05.2015 refers].
Notification No. 3/2015 – Income Tax In exercise of the powers delegated by Central Board of Direct Taxes (‘Board’) under Sub rule (9)(a) and 9(b) of Rule 114G of the Income tax Rules 1962, the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) lays down the procedures, data structure and standards for ensuring secure capture and transmission of data, evolving and implementing appropriate security, archival and retrieval policies as under:
In this case ITAT examined the issue whether fee paid to golf club on behalf of director to develop links with other corporates leaders is an allowable business expenditure. On the basis of other judicial pronouncement ITAT decided this question in favour of assessee.
The ITAT president has constituted a special bench of the three members to hear the case of assessee by exercising his powers u/s 255 (3). A notice fixing date of hearing before special bench was served upon the assessee.
Delhi ITAT held in the case of Smt. Rutu Jindal Vs. ACIT, that if no statement has been recorded at the time of search and where there is no occasion for the assessee to state the fact at the time of search, the addition can not be made without taking in to account the fact of the case which is stated during the appellate proceedings.
The Entry No. 8 of Schedule- II B of The Uttarakhand Value Added Tax Act, 2005 is as under-All utensils and enamelled utensils (including pressure cookers and pans), buckets, jugs & mugs made of aluminum, iron & steel, plastic or other materials except precious metals.
The salient features of Strategic Debt Restructuring are: Conversion option stipulated in terms and conditions should be supported by necessary approvals/authorizations from the borrowing company as required under the rules and regulations of the Companies Act or any other law.
