Railways proposes to introduce 58 new trans which includes five Jansadharan Trains, five Premium Trains, six AC Express Trains, 27 Express Trains, eight Passenger Trains, two MEMU services and five DEMU services this year. Announcing this in Parliament today while presenting the rail budget, the Minister of Railways Shri D. V. Sadananda Gowda also proposed […]
Bicycles attract basic customs duty (BCD) of 30% while specified parts of bicycles attract BCD of 20%. China is the largest exporter of bicycles and parts thereof to India. However, import data for 2013-14 shows no evidence of increase in imports of bicycles and parts from Sri Lanka and in case of Bangladesh, while there […]
Investments can be revived by improving long term-growth prospects. For this, reforms are needed on three fronts: creating a framework for sustained low and stable inflation, setting public finances on a sustainable path by tax and expenditure reform, and creating the legal and regulatory framework for a well-functioning market economy.
Railway Minister Shri D. V. Sadananda Gowda has presented First Railway Budget of Narendra Modi Government on 09.07.2014 and Major Highlights of His Budget are as follows :- Rail Budget Seeks Course Correction, Avoids Populism Staff Welfare Fund Contribution to be Increased Bullet Trains and Diamond Quadrilateral Network of High Speed Rail – Bullet Train […]
In a non-market economy, in addition to laws, taxes and subsidies are used for encouraging or discouraging activities that the central planner considers good for the economy. India’s complex tax system suffers from problems in both structures and administration. Uneven and high tax rates and uneven tax treatment of similar economic activities have induced distortions in the behavior of firms and households.
Vide Notification No. 32/2014 dated 23-06-2014, CBDT has made mandatory filing of Wealth Tax Return only by electronic means for certain persons including Company and an assessee being individual or HUF who is liable to audit u/s 44AB. From Assessment Year 2014-2015 onwards, Company and an assessee being individual or HUF who is liable to […]
In this matter, the Hon ’ble Gujarat High Court quashed and set aside the judgment of the Gujarat Value Added Tax Tribunal holding that the Tribunal was not justified in deciding the appeal on merits of the adjudication order when the appeal before it was against the order passed by the first appellate authority dismissing the appeal on non-deposit of pre-deposit
State Bank of India invites application for Stock Auditors / Valuers, those having their place of business in the State of Delhi, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and the following districts of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana may send their offers:
It was alleged that Fazulullah the Dy. Commissioner, Tirupathi Division, Tirupathi had demanded a bribe of Rs.5 Lakhs from Pengaluri Musaliah, A Chartered Accountant of Cuddappah with regard to Income Tax assessment of C.A.’s client & to give a favourable assessment in the scrutiny pertaining to the account of HUF which was pending with Dy. Commissioner.
SC held that decision or the Fatwa issued by whatever body being not emanating from any judicial system recognised by law, it is not binding on anyone including the person, who had asked for it. Further, such an adjudication or Fatwa does not have a force of law
