A unique identification number , or Aadhaar, may soon be enough for a person to get a new mobile connection or to open a bank account. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the apex agency managing the UID project, which aims to give
One of the main reasons for poor growth is apparently the slow processing of returns, especially in the initial quarters. Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Mumbai circle, P P Srivastava, had in a meeting held with senior officials on August 5, pointe
Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee has asked all the banks to over perform to achieve their targets so that by 2011, all habitations of 2000 population and above get the facility of a bank and related financial services. Earlier this target
It may kindly be recalled that while communicating the clean energy cess notifications, it has been stated that the office of Chief Controller of Accounts has already been requested to assign a minor head for the payment of this cess both on domestic and imported coal & relevant communication conveying this to the field formations would be issued in due course. In this regard, the Office of the Principle Chief Controller of Accounts has informed that pending opening of new Head of Account,
The Standing Committee of Parliament, which thoroughly examined The Companies Bill, 2009, has observed that as the institution of Independent Directors is a critical instrument for ensuring good corporate governance, it is necessary that the function
New Delhi, the 8th September, 2010 Notification No. 07/2010-Clean Energy Cess G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 84 of the Finance Act, 2010 (14 of 2010), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to amend the Clean Energy Cess Rules, 2010, namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Clean […]
SELECTION CRITERIA APPLICABLE TO ALL RETURNS AT ALL STATIONS: a) Value of international transaction as defined u/s 92b exceeds Rs. 15 crores. b) Cases involving addition in an earlier assessment year in excess of Rs.10 lacs on a substantial and recurring question of law or fact which is confirmed in appeal or is pending before an appellate authority. c) Cases involving addition in an earlier assessment year on the issue of transfer pricing in excess of Rs.10 Lakhs or more. d) Assessments in survey cases for the financial year in which survey was carried out This criteria will not apply if all of the following conditions are fulfilled:
Banks could be excluded from class-action suits, which have been proposed under the new Companies Bill, 2009. The move will help to ensure that the interests of depositors remain paramount. Class action is a new clause that would allow members, shareholders or creditors of a company to file complaints against the organisation in case of serious instances of mismanagement.
As ‘spot-fixing’ charges haunt Pakistani cricketers, Indian sleuths probing alleged tax evasion in the multi-million IPL are now tracking trail of crores of rupees being pumped into betting syndicates in the country. The Income Tax department has no
The government may lose over Rs 500 crore in service tax this year, as its decision to impose tax on eight new services and amend some existing ones has been challenged in three cases — copyright, immovable property and health check-up services provi
