An auditor is precluded from making inquiries and sending feelers to appoint him as the auditor. The proposal should come from the client and should not be initiated by the auditor. Several professional and legal requirements are to be considered while accepting a new audit. Code of conduct, auditing and assurance standards, the Indian Contract Act and the Companies Act contain legal provisions about the appointment and acceptance of an audit.
The Assessee is not entitled to deduction u/s 80IB on profit from DEPB Scheme and the cross objection filed by the Assessee was dismissed. In regard to Duty Draw Back Scheme, it has held by the division bench of the ITAT, Delhi that the receipt was in lieu of expenses earlier incurred by payment of excise and customs duty. Therefore, the receipt was in the course of the business of the industrial undertaking. Accordingly, it was entitled to exemption u/s 80IB.
the short question for determination is, Whether operating systems (software) which controls the working of the computer and which is preloaded in the laptop (notebook) is classifiable as a separate entity under CTH 85.24 at ‘nil’ rate of duty or as an integral part of the laptop under CTH 84.71 at the appropriate rate of duty.
The question before the Tribunal was whether Service Tax paid on outward transport of goods can be taken credit as input service. The issue is too well known for any detailed elaboration. Straight to what the Tribunal had to say; In a lucid and analytical dissection matching mathematical precision, the Tribunal observed.
As per Income-tax (Ninth Amendment) Rules, 2007 notified vide No.238/2007, Dated 30-08-2007, the following persons are mandatory required to file TDS / TCS returns electronically on quarterly basis: The deductor is an office of Government, or The deductor is a company; or The deductor is a person required to get his accounts audited under section 44AB in the immediately preceding financial year; or
Employees’ Stock Option Plan or Scheme (ESOP or ESOS, for short), was not liable to fringe benefit tax (FBT) upto the assessment year (AY) 2007-08, relevant to the financial year (FY) 2006-07. The reason for the same is that though under the provisions of section 115WB(1)(a) of the Income-Tax Act, 1961 (the Act), ESOP could be considered as a privilege and accordingly, chargeable to FBT, yet in the absence of specific valuation provisions in this regard in section 115WC,
As per the income tax laws, entities (both corporates and non-corporates – deductors) making payments to third parties (deductees) are required to deduct tax at source (Tax Deducted at SourceTDS) from these payments and deposit the same at any of the designated branches of authorised banks. They should also furnish TDS returns containing details of deductee(s) and bank where TDS amount is deposited with the Income Tax Department (ITD).
Indian tax laws As per the Income-tax Act, 1961, capital asset [as defined under section 2(14)] could be either short-term [as defined under section 2(42A) and 2(42B)] or long-term [as defined under section 2(29A) and 2(29B)]. The tax liability of long term capital gains in respect of shares, securities and units (holding period more than twelve months) is elaborated in section 112 and such gain if covered by securities transaction tax is exempt (i.e., nil) under section 10(38). The taxability of short-term capital gain as per section 111A is at a flat rate of 10 per cent in addition to surcharge and cess. Shares held as capital asset by the investor will be chargeable under the head Capital gain.
1. What Is PAN? Permanent Account Number (PAN) is a ten-digit alphanumeric number, issued in the form of a laminated card, by the Income Tax Department. Why Is It Necessary To Have PAN? It is mandatory to quote PAN on return of income, all correspondence with any income tax authority. From 1 January 2005 it will be mandatory to quote PAN on challans for any payments due to Income Tax Department.
An Indian company engaged in computer software business set up a trading office in Japan. The company’s Japan branch suffered loss, which it claimed as deduction from profits earned in India. The assessing officer, however, held that since the profits of the trading office are taxable in Japan only, any loss incurred by the firm in respect of its trading office is not allowable as deduction from the income which is taxable in India.
