Even as America’s new Border Security Act raises hackles in India, government officials said the country will renew efforts to push for exemption of social security tax paid by top tech firms including TCS, Infosys and Wipro in the US. India’s $50-billion software outsourcing industry pays around $1 billion every year towards social security taxes to the US government, according to Nasscom.
The former President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Mr T.N. Manoharan, has sought the need for equitable treatment of tax payers and revenue authorities in the Direct Taxes Code (DTC). In his discussion paper on ‘DTC’ at the national conference on Direct Taxes and Allied Laws, organised by the Direct Taxes Committee of the ICAI, Mr Manoharan said the certain provisions in DTC are tilted in favour of revenue.
Taxpayers may get relief in terms of tax rates in the proposed Direct Taxes Code, which is likely to replace the 50-year-old Income Tax Act from the next fiscal, a key official indicated today. “We are in the process of reducing the rate of tax and DTC will be a good example in that direction,” Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman S S N Moorthy said at an Assocham tax conference.
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Market regulator Sebi and mutual fund houses have asked the finance ministry to continue with the tax benefits on equity linked schemes in the Direct Taxes Code, which will replace the existing Income Tax Act. The revised DTC draft, based on which the government is finalising the bill, has proposed to do away with the tax benefits available to people investing in the equity-linked savings schemes (ELSS).
The government is streamlining the process of appointment of independent directors in Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), a senior government official said on Friday. “We are in the process of shaping a note that actually gives timelines to each part of the process (for appointment of independent directors),” Department of Public Enterprises Secretary Bhaskar Chatterjee told reporters on the sidelines of an All-India Management Association (AIMA) function here.
The Senior Citizens Savings Scheme, 2004 (SCSS), was designed to meet the need of a regular flow of income for the senior citizens and retired persons with security of investment, liquidity of funds and operation convenience. Keeping in view of the above, higher rate of interest at 9 percent per annum is offered to all senior citizens under this scheme.
The Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD) has circulated Interest Subsidy Scheme on Educational Loan for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) to banks on 25th May, 2010. In terms of the Scheme, full interest subsidy would be provided by Government during the period of moratorium/study period and would be applicable to students from EWS with a parental upper income limit of Rs.4.50 lakhs.
Central Government appoints/engages counsel to conduct its litigation in different courts of law. Informing this in Lok Sabha in a written reply Dr. M. Veerappa Moily said that at present, the total number of counsel appointed by the Ministry of Law and Justice is 2463.
The Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja has said that in order to promote planned and healthy real estate development of colonies and apartments with a view to protecting consumer interest and to facilitate smooth and speedy urban construction, the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation in consultation with various stakeholders had prepared a draft Model Real Estate (Regulation of Development) Act 200___ and the same was put on the website of the Ministry ( http://mhupa.gov.in ).
