A master circular on housing finance issued by the RBI on July 1 has once again reiterated that builders publicly disclose names of the banks they have mortgaged their land and apartments to. However, despite this directive, none of the developers have done this so far, said market sources.
Notification No. 48/2010-Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by section 80CCF of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby specifies bonds, subject to the following conditions, as long-term infrastructure bonds for the purposes of the said section namely :-
Notification No. 47/2010-Income Tax Whereas the Central Government in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (iii) of sub-section (4) of section 80-IA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), has framed and notified a scheme for industrial park vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue, Central Board of Direct Taxes ) number S.O. 51(E), dated the 8th January, 2008;
PVR Pictures, Balaji Telefilms, Yash Raj Films and UTV Motion Pictures have moved the Delhi High Court against the government’s recent decision to levy service tax on copyright services. In a writ petition filed before the court on Wednesday, PVR Pictures said, by levying service tax on copyright services, the government was going beyond its powers entrusted under the Constitution.
Whether the liability has been deferred or not has to be considered not from the simplistic point of the term ‘defer’ but in context of the incentive scheme for deferral, as is evident from the circular issued by Central Board of Direct Taxes. The subject matter of Circular no.496 dated 25th September, 1987 is Sales Tax Deferral Scheme and applicability of provisions of section 43B of the Act.
The likelihood of new units in Special Economic Zones losing Income-Tax exemptions in the Direct Taxes Code regime has stepped up representations to the Centre. According to the DTC revised draft, units coming up in SEZs after the implementation of the Code from April 1, 2011, would not get I-T holiday.
The season to file income tax returns is on and most taxpayers will try to quickly wrap up the process. But most people ignore the importance of filing annual wealth tax returns. Govind Pathak, a certified financial planner, explains, “If you start paying wealth tax all of a sudden, officials can seek records of how you acquired this wealth. Filing wealth tax returns regularly helps you create evidence of ownership of assets and also how they have increased year-on-year.”
This is the latest twist to the two-year dispute between tax authorities and third party administrators, or TPAs. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal against the Bombay High Court order which held that TPAs — which are typically companies that liaise between insurers and hospitals to facilitate cashless treatment for policyholders — should deduct taxes while making payment to hospitals.
Meaning:- Section 65(105)(r) of Finance Act, 1994 defines taxable service as any service provided or to be provided to any person by a management or business consultant1 in connection with the management of any organization or business, in any manner. INTRODUCTION – Limits of management consultancy services
The provisions of Section 15 of FEMA permit compounding of contraventions and empowers Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) to compound any contravention, except under section 3 (a) of FEMA on an application made by the person committing such contravention. In order to simplify the procedures for compounding, the Government of India notified Foreign Exchange (Compounding Proceedings) Rules, 2000 (“Rules”).
