n exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 read with Para 1.3 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2009-14.
1. In exercise of powers conferred under section 138(1)(a) of Income-tax Act, 1961, the Central Board of Direct T00axes hereby directs that Director General of Income-tax (Systems) shall be the specified authority for the purpose of providing following information for purposes of implementation of National Food Security Act, 2013. Information about (i) Name; (ii) Father’s name; and (iii) Address of Resident individual Income-tax Payees of a particular State/Union Territory.
On a review, it has been decided that, for the purpose of ECB, ‘Maintenance, Repairs and Overhaul’ (MRO) will also be treated as a part of airport infrastructure. Accordingly, MRO, as distinct from the related services which are other than infrastructure, will be considered as part of the sub-sector of Airport in the Transport Sector of Infrastructure.
Notification No.1/2014-Income Tax Whereas the Central Government is of the opinion that it is necessary to do so in the public interest and, therefore, in pursuance of sub-clause (ii) of clause (a) of subsection (1) of Section 138 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, the Central Government hereby specifies the officer of the rank of Secretary in various States(s) /Union territories in India who is responsible for implementation of the National
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has set a deadline of the 24th November 2015 for globally phasing out all non-Machine Readable Passports (MRPs). From 25th November 2015 onwards, foreign Governments may deny visa or entry to any person travelling with a non-MRP passport.
High Court placed reliance on same bench ruling in CIT vs. Rajinder Kumar (ITA No. 65/2013) wherein it was held that “the amended Section 40(a)(ia) expands and further liberalises the statute when it stipulates that deductions made in the first eleven months of the previous year
Rule 8(3A) of Central Excise Rules, 2002 stipulats that if an assessee defaults in payment of duty beyond thirty days from due date, the assessee shall not eligible to utilize cenvat credit for payment of duty and have to pay the duty consignment wise.
Pending demands & increasing litigation are mainly arising due to the certain administrative lapses. An attempt has been made to list a few such issues which need to be looked into.
ection 55 (2)(b) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 provides the option to the assesse to consider the fair market value of capital assets as on the 1st day of April , 1981 as the cost of acquisition where the same were acquired before April 1, 1981. This base year has been in use since the last amendment made under the Finance Act, 1992.
TAS are now meant to be the basis of computation of taxable income by a mere notification. As a result there would be amendments in the law without requiring amendments in the Act. One of the purpose of TAS is to harmonize the accounting standards issued by ICAI with the direct tax laws in India.
