Notification No. 65/2010-Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred in sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 120 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following amendments to the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Central Board of Direct Taxes number S.O. 732(E), dated 3rd July, 2001, namely:-
Notification No. G.S.R. 639(E)-Income Tax In case of death of a depositor before maturity, the account shall be closed and deposit refunded on an application in Form ‘F’ alongwith interest as applicable to the scheme till the date on which the depositor expired, to the nominee or legal heirs in case the nominee has also expired or nomination as provided in rule 6 was not made, as the case may be. For the period between the day following the date of death of the depositor and the date on which refund is made, simple interest shall be paid at the rate applicable from time to time to saving accounts as provided in Rule 6 of Post Office Savings Accounts Rules, 1981”.
India has become a member of elite global body Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a standard setting body to combat money laundering and terror financing. Membership of FATF has been granted to India in its Plenary held in Amsterdam, Netherlands from 23rd to 25th June, 2010.
Allaying RBI’s fears, the government on Tuesday proposed to elevate its governor’s post in the proposed joint mechanism to address the differences among financial regulators over hybrid products. The legislation, Securities and Insurance Laws (Amendment) and Validation, Bill 2010, presented in the Lok Sabha to replace the ULIP Ordinance, also seeks to have a joint committee to resolve the differences among the financial regulators – SEBI, IRDA, RBI and PFRDA. The committee will be headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
The Takeover Advisory Committee has proposed to replace the Securities Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) (Substantial acquisition of shares and takeovers) Regulations, 1997 (“Takeover Code”) in line with international standards and changing economic environment. The Committee constituted vide SEBI order dated 4 September, 2009, under the Chairmanship of Shri C. Achuthan (former Presiding Officer of Securities Appellate Tribunal) has comprehensively re-written the Takeover Code and submitted a report to SEBI.
The Supreme Court has stated that the Arbitration and Conciliation Act would apply to all civil disputes, and not merely to commercial disputes. It set aside the view of the Karnataka high court in the case, H Srinivas Pai vs H V Pai, in which the high court remarked that the law will apply only to “commercial agreement matters and international commercial matters.”
The assessee made payments to sub-contractors during the previous year and though s. 194C requires TDS at the stage of payment/credit, did not do so. The tax was, however, deducted on 31st March and paid over in Sept before the due date for filing the return. The AO took the view that while the payment made to the sub-contractor for March was allowable, the payments for the earlier months was disallowable u/s 40(a)(ia).
Students are hereby informed that the CA Final (Old) Course shall be discontinued with the holding of the November, 2010 examination. In other words, November, 2010 examination will be the last attempt available to Final (Old) students and no further extension shall be granted under any circumstances. Final (Old) syllabus students shall have to mandatorily switch over to the Final (New) syllabus after November, 2010 examination.
Here we go again! India’s Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal has “launched” a $35 computer, evidently a “dream project” of his. The touch-screen, Linux-based device looks iPad-inspired, but we know little about how it works.
While the government is lobbying hard with Opposition parties to implement Goods and Services Tax (GST) from April next year, a study carried out to assess the current tax base in states and the compliance level could upset its gameplan. The study revealed rampant evasion to the extent of 50% in half of the 23 states where tax audits were carried out.
