Over the last five years, a word became very popular around the world. It dominated discourses amongst policy makers. It consumed innumerable hours of prime time on television. It spanned across meetings in offices, dinner table conversations, and informal chit chat between friends. The word is ‘crisis’. It has become almost a norm for speeches and addresses such as this to start with a reference to the crisis. This address, and indeed the subject of this seminar, is no different. Yet the subject remains as topical today as it was five years back when the global financial crisis first came to light.
It has now been decided to permit all AD Category-I banks to grant permission to companies to hedge the price risk in respect of any commodity (except gold, silver, platinum) in the international commodity exchanges/ markets as specified under the delegated route. 3. Further, AD Category-I banks can also grant permission to unlisted companies to hedge price risk on import/ export in respect of any commodity (except gold, silver, platinum) in the international commodity exchanges/ markets subject to guidelines as specified in the Annex.
On the basis of specific intelligence that, public buses plying between Siliguri & Debiganj are carrying contraband goods intended for illegal export to Nepal, the officers of Headquarter Preventive & Intelligence Branch on 11.01.2012 at the time of checking Public transport buses coming from Siliguri and heading towards Naxalbari and Debiganj recovered 5 gunny bags which on preliminary verification were found to contain idols of black stones.
Notification No. 4/2012-Customs (N.T.) entral Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance has issued a Notification No.4/2012-Customs (N.T.) dated January 17, 2012 and thereby notifying tariff values of Gold and Silver as shown in the table below.
issue of Long Term Infrastructure Bonds by Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited – Issue of first tranche of infrastructure bonds (Bonds) by the Company under Section 80CCF of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Resident individuals and HUFs eligible for deduction of up to Rs 20,000 in computation of taxable income for the current financial year. CARE AA Credit Rating by CARE indicating high degree of safety with regards to timely servicing of financial obligations. The Bonds Issue opened on December 31, 2011 and closes on January 31, 2012 The Bonds are proposed to be listed on BSE Limited
ORDER NO. 14 OF 2012 -In continuation of this Department’s order No. 175/2011 dated 27.10.2011, on promotion to the grade of Joint Commissioner of Income Tax on ad hoc basis, following transfer/posting of officers are ordered with immediate effect and until further orders:
ORDER NO. 13 of 2012 – The following officers in the grade of Additional/Joint/Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax are hereby transferred and posted at the station indicated against each in the Directorate of International Taxation and Transfer Pricing with immediate effect and until further orders:
A suitable reward upto 5% of the amount recovered can be given to any informer who gives information regarding the whereabouts, assets, movable and immovable properties of persons or companies from whom arrears of duty, tax, fine, penalty etc. are recoverable under the Customs Act, 1962, the Central Excise Act, 1944 or Service Tax Act, 1994. The quantum of reward will be decided by the Chief Commissioner concerned.
CIT Vs. Radhe Developers (HC of Gujrat at Ahemdabad)- In the present case, we find that the assessee had, in part performance of the agreement to sell the land in question, was given possession thereof and had also carried out the construction work for development of the housing project. Combined reading of Section 2(47)(v) and Section 53A of the Transfer of Property Act would lead to a situation where the land would be for the purpose of Income Tax Act deemed to have been transferred to the assessee. In that view of the matter, for the purpose of income derived from such property, the assessee would be the owner of the land for the purpose of the said Act. It is true that the title in the land had not yet passed on to the assessee. It is equally true that such title would pass only upon execution of a duly registered sale deed. However, we are, for the limited purpose of these proceedings, not concerned with the question of passing of the title of the property, but are only examining whether for the purpose of benefit under Section 80IB (10) of the Act, the assessee could be considered as the owner of the land in question. As held by the Apex Court in the case of Mysore Minerals Ltd. vs. Commissioner of Income Tax (supra), and in the case of Commissioner of Income-Tax vs. Podar Cement Pvt. Ltd. and others (supra), the ownership has been understood differently in different context. For the limited purpose of deduction under Section 80IB(10) of the Act, the assessee had satisfied the condition of ownership also; even if it was necessary.
This is an appeal at the behest of the Assessee which has emanated from the order of Learned CIT(Appeals)-VI, Ahmedabad dated 26/02/2009 passed for A.Y. 2003-04. The assessee has challenged the levy of penalty u/s.271(1)(c) of the I.T.Act of Rs. 16,50,000/- which was confirmed by the Learned CIT(Appeals).
