On the basis of prima facie involvement in irregularities relating to demonetisation, Public Sector Banks (PSBs) are so far reported to have placed 156 officials under suspension and to have transferred 41 officials.
The matter to demonetise currency was under discussion and consultation with RBI for several months preceding 8th November, 2016. The Government in a letter dated 7th November, 2016 requested RBI to consider cancellation of legal tender character of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 denomination with the objective to eliminate black money
It has been noticed that some of the sick companies, in whose cases the BIFR had sanctioned Rehabilitation Schemes envisaging reliefs/concessions for consideration of the Department, have claimed the reliefs in their returns.
The four APAs signed pertain to the Manufacturing, Financial and Information Technology sectors of the economy. The international transactions covered in these agreements include Contract Manufacturing, IT Enabled Services and Software Development Services.
Amendment in Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme (PMGKDS), 2016; Government decides to allow declarants to make deposits on one or more occasions in the PMGKDS, 2016
The Government is not thinking to hike service tax if GST roll out is delayed. The Government is taking steps to expedite the GST and to take the concerns of the States on board.
The details of show cause notices issued to various firms by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) for evading taxes are as under.
Following demonetization of specified bank notes on 8th November 2016, the Income Tax Department (ITD) has collected information of cash deposits in bank accounts, including Jan Dhan accounts. Such information has been compared with the profile of the persons based upon the information available in the data base of ITD.
In the last financial year (2015-16) 648 disclosures involving undisclosed foreign assets worth Rs.4164 crore were made in the one-time three months’ compliance window ending 30th September 2015, under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015.
Article 254 gives power to States to prevail their own Law in respective states with the consent of President even if the parallel Central Law is in existence, thus for the purpose of this Act, the said article has been overruled by using words notwithstanding (overruling/disregarding) in the opening line of the Article 246A.
