Drug firms outsourcing finished products for domestic as well as export markets are under the income-tax (I-T) scanner. The I-T department has dragged around half a dozen leading drug makers, including Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd, Elder Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd and Aristo Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd, to the Bombay high court for alleged tax law violations in making payments to their contract manufacturers.
Under the existing provisions of Section 44BB of the Act, which has non-obstante clause overriding the other provisions of the Act, non-resident service providers to oil & gas industry enjoy a tax regime wherein 10% of the gross receipts are deemed to be their income and tax is levied at the rate of 42.23% on […]
New version of Form 15, 1INV, 21, 23, 23AA, 23C, 24, 25B, 25C, 3, 32, 35A, 37, 39, 4C, CAR, DDB, 24AB, 23AAC, 65, 63, DD-C, 23AAA, Form I- Application for appointment of sole selling agent, Form of annual return of a foreign company having a share capital, 24A, Investor complaint form, 22B, 36, 4, […]
In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendments in HBPv1 (including Appendices and ANFs).
In exercise of powers conferred under section 5, read along with Section 3 (2) of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992, also read with paragraph 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items.
The specifications and conditions with respect to the above extension are as under The prospective exporters will submit their applications in the prescribed form within 30 days from the date of issue of Notification by the DGFT, containing therein the quantity applied for and the unit price of export to the concerned Chief Wildlife Warden for obtaining Legal Procurement Certificate.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 642 read with section 610B of the Companies Act, 1956, the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Companies (Central Government’s) General Rules and Forms, 1956, namely
A Mumbai-based social worker has threatened to press charges against the I-T department for placing ads in various newspapers, which allegedly disrespect the national flag. According to Sundeep Sharma , the advertisement, which urges people to pay advance tax, shows a child saluting the national flag with his left hand .
The government is considering a proposal to raise the tax exemption limit for transport allowance to Rs 3,200 a month from Rs 800 follows a similar hike for government servants under the Sixth Pay Commission award. It is likely to find adoption in the private sector too, triggering greater spending across the economy and boosting […]
THE new direct tax code, launched with much fanfare by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and his predecessor P Chidambaram recently, is up against a bureaucratic wall with the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) brigade complaining that it will reduce this elite service into a mere tax collection machinery.
