Home minister P Chidambaram clarified in Parliament on Thursday that government agencies were fully authorised to tap the phones of suspected tax evaders. Chidambaram said the Central Board for Direct Taxes (CBDT) and other enforcement agencies were empowered to intercept phones to detect cases of tax evasion. However, he admitted that the present regime of phone-tapping needed more safeguards to prevent misuse.
Government on 28.04.2010 introduced in the Rajya Sabha three bills to enable CAs, Company Secretaries and Cost Accountants to form limited liability partnership firms in line with global practices.
The Central Government have notified the “Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China” as ‘specified territory’ for the purpose of Explanation 2 to Section 90 of the Income Tax Act 1961 vide Notification No. 25 of 2010 (F.No.500/124/9-FTD-II). The notification enables the Central Government to enter into a double taxation avoidance agreement with SAR of Hong Kong.
Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, asks ICAI to make affordable the training being imparted to professionals for converging Indian Accounting Standards with IFRS
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said service tax on air travel will not have any adverse impact as it is not linked to fare and has been capped at Rs 100 for domestic travel and Rs 500 for international travel.
Over 3.7 lakh companies have not filed annual returns and balance sheets, which is mandatory under the Companies Act, for the fiscal year 2008-09, Parliament was informed on Friday.
In a relief to realty sector and home buyers, Finance Miniser Pranab Mukherjee on Thusday announced tax concessions to the construction sector, which was brought under the ambit of service tax in this year’s Budget.
Queries are being received from various quarters as to whether in today’s context, Accounting Standard(AS)-30, Accounting Standard(AS)-31 and Accounting Standard(AS)-32 are required to be studied thoroughly for the examinations of the Institute, as they are included in the respective syllabus.
Notification No. 35/2010 – Customs (N. T.), New Delhi, 30th April, 2010- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Board, being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient so to do, hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 36/2001-Cus (N. T.), dated, the 3rd August 2001, namely: –
Direct Taxes (Income Tax) – Relaxation announced by the Finance Minister in the Lok Sabha while replying to the debate on Finance Bill, 2010 onApril 29, 2010. While introducing the Finance Bill, 2010 in respect of Direct Taxes, emphasis has been on relief to individual taxpayers, encouraging research and development in the country, providing some relief measures in view of the recessionary impact and rationalization of procedure and steps to mitigate compliance cost.
