(i) Jarda scented Tobacco falling under Tariff item 2403 99 30 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986),manufactured with the aid of packing machine and packed in pouches as notified goods, on which there shall be levied and collected duty of excise in accordance with the provisions of the said section 3A.
Notification No. LAD-NRO/GN/2010-11/06/1097, dated 13-4-2010. In exercise of the powers conferred by section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992), the Board hereby makes the following Regulations to further amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Stock Brokers and Sub- Brokers) Regulations, 1992, namely :-
Mumbai bench of Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (the Tribunal) in the case of Alcatel USA International Marketing Inc (see note-1 below) (taxpayer) has held that the transfer of licensed software cannot be considered as ‘royalty’ within the meaning of article 12(3) of the India-US tax treaty (the tax treaty) in view of the decision of the Special Bench of the Delhi Tribunal in the case of Motorola Inc., Ericsson Radio Systems AB and Nokia Corporation Inc (see note-2 below).
Attention is invited to Para 3.16 of the FTP and Public Notice No. 54/2009-14 dated 8.4.2010 which announced the procedure and application form ANF3E for filing the claim under SHIS scheme. Foroperationalising the scheme, the following has been decided.
MSK Projects India Limited (‘MSK’ or ‘the Target Company’), issued and allotted fully paid-up equity shares to Subhkam Ventures (I) Private Limited (‘Subhkam’), erstwhile Subhkam Holding Private Limited, on preferential basis representing 17.90 percent of the post preferential issued share capital of MSK (out of total issue of 19.91 percent). A Share Subscription and Shareholders Agreement (‘the Agreement’) was executed between Subhkam, the existing promoters of MSK and MSK to govern the investment made by Subhkam in MSK.
Whereas, in the matter of import of Front Axle Beam and Steering Knuckles meant for heavy and medium commercial vehicles’ (hereinafter referred as the subject goods), falling under tariff items 73269099,73261910, 73261990, 87085000, or 87089900, of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) and originating in,
Whereas, in the matter of import of circular weaving machines having six or more shuttles for weaving PP/HDPE fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cms. (hereinafter referred as the subject goods), falling under Heading 8446 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) and originating in, or exported from the Peoples Republic of China (China PR),
Whereas, in the matter of import of Recordable Digital Versatile Disc [DVD] of all kinds (hereinafter referred as the subject goods), falling under Heading 8523 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) and originating in, or exported from the Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) into India,
Floating-rate home loan borrowers, who often felt they got a raw deal, will now have a reason to cheer. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) new rules will ensure that they get the full benefit of any reduction in interest rates. In its final guidelines on the base rate — the new benchmark that banks will use to price loans — the regulator has made it clear that any change in the base rate will apply to new as well as old customers. Banks often offered lower rates and even teaser-rate schemes to attract new customers.
Fiscal 2010 turned out to be a bad year for the tinsel town with the earnings of many a Bollywood superstar, including Akshay Kumar, Shahrukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan, taking a plunge as reflected in their advance tax payments. According to the data of advance tax paid by these cine stars, Akshay Kumar made a payment of only Rs 18 crore in FY10 as against Rs 31 crore for 2008-09, a fall of about 42 per cent. He, however, is still the highest tax payer.
