Chartered Accountants, as a tribe, are workaholics. Whether one is in practice; or in employment. It is not unusual to see a Chartered Accountant put in twelve hours of work everyday. Six days in a week.Fifty two weeks in a year. Perhaps some of them put in even more.While many are effective, some are not. Being busy does not necessarily mean being effective. Some put in fewer hours and are effective. Others may put in long hours and are far from being effective. With today’s frenetic pace, it makes good sense to utilize a rare commodity – time – effectively.
The Foreign Exchange Regulations Appellate Board (FERAB) has pointed out that in most of the cases of foreign gifts, the recipients made cash payments to the account holders, their nominees or agents on receipt of the amount by cheque in India. In the Shanti Devi Jain vs Director of Enforcement (1996 89 Taxman 198) case, the FERAB observed: “It is also not unreasonable to take note of the common phenomenon that receiving gift cheques in this manner is a common mode of money laundering.”
Import of “Saffron” as “Flavour” shall be allowed for 100 Gms against export of 100 Kgs of “Assorted Confectionery” subject to the condition that the quantity of “Saffron” is actually used in the export product is mentioned in the Shipping Bills, subject to upper limit of 1 Gm of Saffron against 1 Kg of export product. This shall be applicable on the exports made w.e.f. 25.4.2007.
The principal notification No.20/2006-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2006 was published in the Gazette of India vide number G.S.R.92(E), dated the 1st March, 2006 and was last amended vide notification No.23/2007-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2007 which was published vide number G.S.R. 120(E), dated the 1st March, 2007.
Notification No. 217 – Income Tax In supercession of the Income-tax Welfare Fund Rules [published in the Gazette of India under the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), vide S.O. 627(E) dated the 24th July, 1998] made to govern the administration of Income-tax Welfare Fund which was established for the benefit of the officers and staff of the Income-tax
Notification No. 216 – Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by section 46 of the Wealth-tax Act, 1957 (27 of 1957) (hereinafter referred to as the Act), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Wealth-tax Rules, 1957, namely
Notification No. 215 – Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) (hereinafter referred to as the Act), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely
It is clarified that all the aforementioned requirements are in addition to the requirements specified under SEBI (Debenture Trustees) Regulations, 1993 and also in addition to the requirements mentioned under Listing Agreements for Debentures issued through Public/Rights Issue and for privately placed debentures.
The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide notification No. 23/2004-Central Excise (N.T.), dated the 10th September, 2004, vide G.S.R. 600 (E), dated the 10th September 2004, and were last amended vide notification No.27/2007-Central Excise (N.T.), dated the 12th May 2007, vide G.S.R.348 (E), dated the 12th May , 2007.
NOTIFICATION NO. 214/2007, DATED 3-8-2007- In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (v) of the Explanation to section 48 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government, having regard to seventy-five per cent of the average rise in the Consumer Price Index for the financial year commencing from the 1st day of April, 2006 and ending on the 31st day of March, 2007 for the urban non-manual employees, hereby specifies the Cost Inflation Index for the financial year commencing from the 1st day of April, 2007 and ending on the 31st day of March, 2008 and for that purpose further makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), Central Board of Direct Taxes, Number S.O. 709(E), dated the 20th August, 1998, namely
