Notification No. 47/2013 – Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 94A read with section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely
To give effect to the Budget proposals, a Bill (Legislative Assembly Bill No XI of 2013) to amend the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 was introduced in both the houses of the Legislature. The said. Bill has been passed by both the houses of the Legislature and the Act No VIII of 2013 is now published in the Maharashtra Government Officiai Gazette dated the 20th April 2013.
Variant modes of business transactions between the producer and distributor, distributor and sub-distributor or area distributor or exhibitor (theater owner) are not sale of goods to fall under Entry 54 List II or Entry 92A List I.
I, Prashant Goyal, Commissioner, Value Added Tax, Delhi, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sub rule (1) of Rule 63 of the Delhi Value Added Tax Rules, 2005, in partial modification of Notification No.F.7(453)/ Policy/VAT/ 2012/298-308 dated 18/06/2013
On a review, it has been decided to increase the time limit and henceforth the exporter undertaking Project Exports and Service contracts abroad should submit form DPX1, PEX-1 and TCS-1 to the Approving Authority (AA) i. e. AD Bank / Exim Bank / Working Group, within 30 days of entering into contract for grant of post-award approval.
The above modifications to the ECB guidelines will come into force with immediate effect. All other aspects of the ECB policy, such as eligible borrower, recognized lender, end-use, all-in-cost ceiling, average maturity period, prepayment, refinancing of existing ECB and reporting arrangements etc. shall remain unchanged.
On invocation of such credit enhancement, if the guarantor meets the liability and if the same is permissible to be repaid in foreign currency to the eligible non-resident entity, the all-in-cost ceilings, as applicable to the relevant maturity period of the Trade Credit / ECBs as per extant guidelines, would apply to the novated loan.
Under the provisions of the said section, AD Category I banks are required to verify on a periodical basis that the forward cover outstanding is supported by underlying exposures. In this context, it is clarified that in case an FII intends to hedge the exposure of one of its sub-account holders, (cf paragraph 4 of schedule 2 to Notification No. FEMA 20/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000) it will be required to produce a clear mandate from the sub-account holder in respect of the latter’s intention to enter into the derivative transaction. Further, the AD Category I banks shall have to verify the mandate as well as the eligibility of the contract vis-a-vis the market value of the securities held in the concerned sub-account.
Income Tax Department has released Income Tax Return (ITR ) 5 as Applicable for Partnership Firms, AOPs, LLPs and BOIs for e-filing of Returns for A.Y. 2013-14 of Financial Year 2012-13. ITR form can be downloaded from the website https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/ .
The budget for the financial year 2013-14 took a hard hand by drastically amending the penal provisions relating to the offences under the Central Excise and Service Tax law. Though these provisions are harsh in the way making certain offences as cognizable and non-bailable, but, these amendments seems to restore the charm of Settlement Commission. How? To have an answer to this question, let’s have a close look on the relevant amendments and their implications.
