In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 637 of the Companies Act, 1956, the Central Government hereby delegates its powers under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of Section 240, sub-section (1A) of Section 240, clause (b) of sub-section (2) of Section 240 and sub-section (3) of Section 240 of the Companies Act, 1956, to the Director, Serious Fraud Investigation Office only in respect of those cases wherein the Central Government appoints officers of Serious Fraud Investigation Office as inspectors, to investigate into the affairs of a company under section 235 or section 237 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Companies may have to provide detailed information including details of financial assets, the complete list of shareholders and directors to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) if the government accepts the amendments to Chartered Accountants (CA) Act 1949 suggested by the institute.
The Applicant sought from the CPIO, ITAT, inspection of records relating to appeals of Escorts Limited & another and information on how third parties can become interveners and inspection of records relating to s. 4 RTI compliance. Information on the procedure to make vigilance complaints was also sought.
Starting next month, there will be no service tax on construction of some low-cost housing, power distribution, foreign travelers in transit, those flying to and from the Northeast, services within ports and airports, and certain tournaments and championships.
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today published for public comment a draft standard to improve and align the financial reporting of revenue from contracts with customers and related costs.
The top brass of the Rs8 trillion Indian mutual fund industry will soon meet officials of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), seeking parity in tax treatment with life insurance products. The industry, facing outflow of funds and migration of agents to insurers following regulatory changes, is unhappy with proposals in the new draft of the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) that seeks to withdraw tax benefits.
Women fighting legal battles to re-enter the shared household can enforce their right to cohabit against estranged spouses and not against in-laws under the Domestic Violence Act, a court has said. If the interpretation (that the Act provides right to share house with husband’s relatives) is accepted, all houses of the husband’s relatives will be shared households and the wife can well insist in living in them merely because she had stayed there with her husband for some time in the past.
Finance ministry on Thursday ruled out any profit-linked tax benefit to special economic zones (SEZs) under the proposed Direct Taxes Code (DTC), aimed at reforming tax structure in the country. “There will be no profit-linked deductions for special economic zones under Direct Taxes Code. But SEZ developers and units may still get investment-linked tax deductions,” revenue secretary Sunil Mitra said in an interview.
Under the direct taxes code (DTC) regime, what happens if a salaried employee withdraws money from his/her approved Provident Fund (PF)/Superannuation fund (SF) /Gratuity and other retrial benefit schemes? How will the DTC affect pension plans?
Being ready with the required IT infrastructure to usher in goods and services tax (GST) is high on the government’s agenda. The Nandan Nilekani-led seven-member Technology Advisory Group for Unique Projects (TAGUP) will meet here for the first time on June 28 to review IT preparedness for the proposed indirect tax regime.
