The Mutual Fund may charge the load within the stipulated limit of 7% and without any discrimination to any specific group of unit holders. However, any change at a later stage shall not affect the existing unit holders adversely
Re: Hardships and Practical Difficulties being faced/likely to be faced by Assessees while filing the Return of Income for A.Y.2009-10, in view of directions contained in CBDT Circular No.03/2009 Dated 21.05.2009 We refer to the CBDT Circular No. 03/2009 dated 21.05.2009 in connection with the filing of the Income Tax Returns for A.Y. 2009-2010.
A mechanism may be on the anvil to help companies to reclaim the fringe benefit tax they had paid for the first quarter along with advance corporate tax, as the government goes about implementing the budget proposal to abolish the levy with retrospective effect from April 1, 2009. Companies may be able to seek a refund […]
The government’s decision to extend the time limit for claiming tax exemption on profit earned from projects may not give the desired benefits to real estate developers. Instead of giving benefits to ongoing projects, the government chose to extend a tax waiver to `affordable’ housing projects that were approved till March 31, 2008. The current provision […]
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has ruled that foreign companies can claim tax deduction on expenses incurred in setting up a project office in India even if the mandatory approval from the Reserve Bank of India comes subsequently. The ruling was issued in the case of Stork Engineers & Contractors of the Netherlands, which was […]
The Authority for Advanced Ruling has ruled that if an Indian company pays a commission to an overseas company to promote its business in that country, such payment will not be taxable in India. The AAR, a quasi judicial body on matters of taxation
In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5, read along with Section 3(2) of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992, also read along with paragraph 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy – 2004-09, the Central Government hereby amends Schedule-I of the ITC (HS) Classification of Export and Import Items, 2004-09.
Stud farm owner Hassan Ali Khan tops the list of direct tax defaulters in the country. The outstanding demand against Khan as on March 31, 2009, is a whopping Rs 50,345 crore. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, minister of state for finance S S Palanimanickam gave the names of Top 100 defaulters of direct taxes worth Rs 1.41 lakh crore.
The salient features of the MVAT Act amendments are briefly explained below: 2. Revised Returns-Section 20 (4) is substituted:- Earlier the revised returns could be filed anytime before the notice for assessment was served or within nine months from the end of the year, to which the return relates, whichever is earlier. Certain contingencies were not covered under aforesaid provision. Due to this many dealers could not file the revised returns in certain situations. Now section 20(4) is substituted and its scope is expanded to cover the following situations also:
No acquirer, who together with persons acting in concert with him holds, fifty five per cent (55%) or more but less than seventy five per cent (75%) of the shares or voting rights in a target company, shall acquire either by himself or through persons acting in concert with him any additional shares entitling him to exercise voting rights or voting rights therein, unless he makes a public announcement to acquire shares in accordance with these Regulations
