It has the powers to suspend an auditor, but now ICAI, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India wants the power to suspend entire firms. This proposal is part of ICAI’s recommendations for better regulation of the audit profession.
In a relief to insurance companies, the finance ministry has revoked its demand asking insurers to pay service tax on commission they receive from reinsurance companies. The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has clarified that service tax cannot be levied on the reinsurance commission because an insurance company does not provide any service to a reinsurance company.
The business of the erstwhile company will be continued to be carried by the amalgamated company; if the amalgamated company is deprived of the said benefit, it will frustrate the very purpose of amalgamation and defeat the order of amalgamation passed by the High Court exercising jurisdiction under the Companies Act.
The steps of registering a company in India are as under: Step 1 – Acquire director identification number (DIN) by filling Form DIN-1. The temporary DIN is immediately issued which must then be printed, signed and sent to RoC for its consent along with the identity and address proofs.
The United Progressive Alliance government has initiated a move to revive a 20-year-old controversial bill which seeks to give representation to workers on company boards. As a first step, Union Labour Secretary Prabhat Chaturvedi met human resource directors and other senior officials of 12 ‘Navratna’ PSUs in Delhi .
Notification No. 39/2010 – Customs (N.T.) the words, brackets, letters, and figures “ for the purpose of adjudicating the matters relating to Show Cause Notices pertaining to Shri Sachin Dhanraj Jain (Proprietor), M/s. Shree Vikran Overseas, 3, Govind Building, Opposite Heritage Hotel, Aary Road, Goregaon (East), Mumbai – 400063 and others issued vide, F.No. DRI / MZU/G/INV-07/05-06, dated the 13th May, 2008 and Shri Kamlesh J. Sharma (Proprietor), M/s Dev Texpro, No. 110, 1st Floor, Latifabad No. 3, Lucky Star, Jiravbai Sadia Road, Parel (E), Mumbai – 400012 and others issued vide, F.No. DRI / MZU/G/INV-08/05-06”, shall be substituted.
Notification No. 41 / 2010 – Customs (N.T.)- Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), number 72/2009-Customs (N.T.), dated the 30th June, 2009, namely:- In the said notification, for the words and brackets “Commissioner of Customs (Adjudication), Delhi”, the words and brackets, “Commissioner of Customs, Inland Container Depot, Tughlakabad, New Delhi” shall be substituted.
Notification No. 40/ 2010 – Customs (N.T.) Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) number 93/2008-Customs (N.T.), dated the 25th July, 2008, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 1852 (E), dated the 25th July, 2008, namely:- In the said notification, for the words and brackets, ‘Commissioner of Central Excise (Adjudication), Chennai’, the words and brackets, ‘Commissioner of Customs (Seaport-Import), Chennai’ shall be substituted.
Jaipur to act as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on the Commissioner of Customs (Export), Nhava Sheva for the purpose of adjudicating the matters relating to show cause notice pertaining to M/s P.P.Exports, M.I.Road, Bata Lane, Jaipur and others, issued vide, F.No. 840/JPR/19-LVI/2008/119-147, dated the 25th January, 2010, by the Additional Director, Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence, Delhi Zonal Unit, New Delhi.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes plans to set up two more central processing centres (CPC) — one each in Ahmedabad and Faridabad (National Capital Region) — to improve taxpayer service, the CBDT Chairman, Mr S. S. N. Moorthy, said here today.
