The Reserve Bank today said it will come out with a discussion paper on deregulation of interest rates on savings account.”There is a view that we should deregulate the interest rate on savings bank accounts too. We are examining the pros and cons of doing that and will shortly put out a Discussion Paper for eliciting feedback,” RBI Governor D Subbarao said at the Convocation function of Sambalpur University.
Soiled notes may soon be a thing of past as the Reserve Bank has asked all bank branches handling large amounts of currency to put in place note-sorting machines by the end of next month with a view to halting re-circulation of unfit currency notes.
No hike in passenger fare and freight rates No hike in the passenger fare and freight rate has been proposed in the Railway Budget 2011-12. The Budget with highest ever plan outlay of Rs. 57,630 crore will have Rs. 9,583 crore for new railway lines and significant funds for passenger amenities.
The Income Tax Department has slapped a tax demand of over Rs 450 crore on software giant Infosys Technologies for wrongfully claiming tax exemption on onshore services by declaring them as software exports, Parliament was informed today.
When an explanation is offered, the onus stands shifted on to the Revenue whereby it has to be shown that the explanation offered by the assessee is false or assessee has not been able to substantiate his explanation and failed to prove that such explanation is bona fide and all the facts relating to the same and material to the computation of his total income have not been disclosed.
Where there was no separate maintenance/repair contract between the parties, the Commissioner had rightly held that in the absence of any maintenance & repair contract, the demand based on rate or value contract work was not sustainable.
In case the TPO/AO proposes to make adjustments to the income of the assessee by revising the arm’s length price computed by him, he needs to give a notice to the assessee, conveying the grounds on which the adjustment is proposed to be made, followed by an opportunity to reply to that notice and produce evidence to controvert the grounds, on which the adjustment is proposed.
Where the investment made by the assessee while constructing the commercial complex seems to be a business investment, the rental income earned from the building as a natural consequence shall be business income.
The condition precedent to avail the benefit of section 57(iii) is that the investment must be proper and justified; proper investment means correct investment with intention to earn profit.
Before invoking provisions of section 153A it would be necessary to comply with provisions contained under section 132(1) The purpose of section 132 for issue of warrant of authorization is to unearth, detect and to take possession of the unaccounted/ undisclosed income or property.
