Electronic Clearing Service (ECS), introduced by Reserve Bank of India in 1994 is now being widely used across many centres in the country for making and receiving bulk payments. The ECS (Debit) system was introduced with the objective of providing an alternative method for effecting payment transactions electronically in respect of the utility bill payments, insurance premia, card payments, loan repayments, etc., which would obviate the need for issuing and handling paper instruments such as cheques. This would also facilitate improved customer service by banks / companies / corporations / government departments, etc. that are collecting / receiving the payments. The ECS (Debit) Procedural Guidelines prescribes the procedure to be followed by the different stake holders in the process.
Notification No. 27 /2012-Customs Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 9/2012-Customs, dated the 9th March, 2012 which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide G.S.R. 129 (E) dated the 9th March, 2012, namely:-
Notification No. 26/2012 – Customs Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 12/2012-Customs, dated the 17th March, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide G.S.R. 185(E) dated the 17th March, 2012, namely:-
These rules may be called the Central Excise (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2012. (2) They shall come into force on the 18th day of April, 2012. 2. In the Central Excise Rules, 2002, in rule 12 in sub-rule (1), for the fourth proviso the following shall be substituted;
The Damodaran Committee had observed that foreclosure charges levied by banks on prepayment of home loans were resented upon by home loan borrowers across the board, especially since banks were found to be hesitant in passing on the benefits of lower interest rates to the existing borrowers in a falling interest rate scenario. As such, foreclosure charges are seen as a restrictive practice deterring the borrowers from switching over to cheaper available source.
Authorised Dealer Category-II entities desirous of opening Nostro accounts may approach the Reserve Bank for a one time approval to open and operate Nostro accounts.
As per the Finance Act, 2011, income-tax is required to be deducted under Section 192 of the Income-tax Act 1961 from income chargeable under the head “Salaries” for the financial year 2011-2012 (i.e. Assessment Year 2012-2013) at the following rates:
he charging of interest is compensatory in nature. If a tax demand raised by the Assessing Officer is varied by an appellate or revisionary authority, it is the appellate and revisional order and not the assessment order, that would hold the field under the doctrine of merger and, hence, fresh notice of demand is to be issued accordingly. An increase in tax liability would correspondingly reduce the amount refundable and also the interest payable on such reduced refund. Provisions of section 244A(3) clearly cover such a situation. If the contention of the assessee is accepted, it would lead to irrational and absurd consequences, which would make the provisions of section 244A(3) inoperative and redundant. The Assessing Officer merely gave effect to these relevant and clear provisions of the Act.
NSDL has recently started a online facility by which deductee can verify the correctness of TDS Certificate (Form 16A) issued by the deductor. To know the correctness deductee must have the following details or should have a copy of TDS certificate issued by the deductor as information from the same need to be filled in online verification form to verify correctness of TDS Certificate (Form 16A) issued by the deductor.
Government of India has received a Credit from the International Development Association in various currencies towards the cost of Vocational Training Improvement Project (Credit 4319-IN) and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to payments under the contract for a special audit to be carried out in 87 ITIs located in different Districts of Maharashtra for which this request of expression of interest is issued.
