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 […]
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Acquisition of unlisted foreign companies by Indian corporates has come under the scanner of income-tax (I-T) authorities who plan to scrutinise the deals to ensure they are not being structured to evade tax. Deals involving equity swaps are particularly in focus, as these could be used to transfer part-ownership of Indian companies to overseas jurisdictions.
1. Key Managerial Personnel (Clause 178) (a) Definition As per clause 178, every company belonging to such class or description of companies as may be prescribed shall have Whole-Time Key Managerial Personnel (KMP).
Having an effective management in India is not a sufficient ground to deny exemption from capital gains tax to a company that is based in Mauritius, ruled a Delhi bench of the Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT). The ITAT held that under the India-Mauritius double taxation avoidance agreement
A company incorporated outside India is entitled to become partner in LLP. The LLP Act also provides that a Foreign Limited Liability Partnership can also establish a place of business in India.A careful study of the LLP Act will reveal that an LLP enjoys the beneficial features of incorporated bodies without having the disadvantages of normal partnerships. It is easy and inexpensive to incorporate.
Opportunity to Newly Qualified CAs to participate in Campus Placement Programme Aug-Sep,2009 at Smaller Centre upto 13.09.2009 12:00 Midnight Campus Placement Programme- August-September 2009 For The Newly Qualified Chartered Accountants
With the abolition of FBT, a question arises as to the tax-treatment to be given to a number of perquisites / fringe benefits, which were earlier liable to FBT and therefore, not chargeable as perquisites in the hands of the employees, in view of the provisions of the erstwhile section 17(2)(vi) of the Act.
Whether profit from Duty Entitlement Passbook Scheme (DEPB) and Duty Drawback Scheme could be said to be profit derived from the business of the Industrial Undertaking eligible for deduction under Section 80-IB of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
The Exposure Draft (ED) of revised AS 16 Borrowing Costs, issued by the ICAI, retains the core principle that al borrowing costs incurred on borrowings undertaken to construct a ”qualifying asset” should be capitalized as part of the cost of constructing the asset. However, the ED proposes certain other changes vis-à-vis the existing AS 16. […]
