Mr Rajinder Hinduja, Executive Director (Finance), Gokaldas Exporters, expressed concern over the delay in the refund of taxes linked to levies like service tax and others. Mr Hinduja also pleaded for a clear stand on the 100 per cent export oriented units, which enjoyed tax exemptions. However, with the concession expected to expire in 2009, the exporters would be pushed to dire straits, he said. Mr Ravi Vshwanath, CFO of Sun Microsystems said though the bigger software companies had, to an extent managed the impact of the stronger rupee through costreduction, but smaller units that were reeling under the problem.
The Department of Sales Tax has issued 1 lakh notices to traders in the last two months for tax evasion. It has also filed 431 FIRs against them for not filing returns. Raids, surveys and business audits have been further intensified. Sources said that hundred of crores of bogus bills and hawala transactions have been unearthed by the department while spreading its dragnet for tax evaders.
The three services qualifying for service tax refund are courier services, goods transport agency services availed for transport of export goods from the ‘place of removal’ (mainly factory gate) to actual place of export i.e inland container depot (ICD)/airport/port and transportation services in containers by rail from the ‘place of removal’ to ICD/airport/port.
Pension plans offered by insurance companies have gained tremendous popularity in recent years, though whether they really help the person retiring remains debatable. Also, this is that time of the year when investors are looking to save on income tax by making investments to that effect. Here are things you should keep in mind before […]
Nicholas Applegate South East Asia Fund Limited Vs Assistant Director of Income Tax (ITAT Mumbai) – The question of application of section 292B cannot be prejudged by finding that return, notice, etc. is not as per the requirement of the statute and is/are invalid; the finding that the return or notice etc. is invalid or to what extent it is invalid is unnecessary and counter productive; if in substance and in effect return, notice or assessment is in conformity with or according to intent and purpose of the Act, the mistake defect or omission is to be ignored as per the underlining philosophy of section 292B.
The income-tax department has launched a campaign against those assessees who deduct tax from various payments they make but don’t remit the same into the government treasury, Pradeep Sharma, commissioner of income-tax for tax deducted at source (TDS) said on Monday. Sharma said the department has begun checking the records of assessees to find out […]
As per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s guidelines on lending to Priority Sector, the following types of home loans extended by the Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) are eligible to be classified as Priority Sector Advances :- i) Loans upto Rs. 20 lakhs, irrespective of location, to individuals for purchase/constructi on of a dwelling unit […]
Press Information Bureau , Government of India Thursday, February 19, 2009 Rajya Sabha The irregularities in the accounts of Satyam Computer Services Ltd. were brought out in the email sent on January 7, 2009 by Shri B. Ramalinga Raju, erstwhile Chairman of the company to certain stock exchanges and others disclosing information that the statements […]
9.1 From plain reading of sub-section (1) of section 263, it is clear that the power of suo motu revision can be exercised by the Commissioner only if, on examination of the records of any proceedings under this Act, he considers that any order passed therein by the Income-tax Officer is ` erroneous in so far as it is prejudicial to the interests of the Revenue’. It is not an arbitrary or unchartered power.
Good news for all those who had to travel in autos and also for those who had to bear all the nonsense’s of these autowallas. We have already informed the traffic police about the problems which we used to face as daily commuters and they promised to arrange one of their people to Interface building […]
