The Punjab Govt has imposed entry tax on some new items and rate of entry tax on certain items has been revised. These revised rates of entry tax and imposition of entry tax on new items will come into force w.e.f 18/08/2010. The new items and revised rate of entry tax is given here below in the public notice issued by the Punjab Government.
The investment in Unit Link Insurance Plans (ULIPs) is now all set to be governed by new set rules from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), to be incorporated in all ULIPs offered from next month. Accordingly, the three-year lock-in period for all unit-linked products will be increased to five years.
All companies, other than PSC, may issue at least 10 % of the shares or convertible debentures to the public in terms of offer document, if the post issue capital of the company, calculated at the offer price, is more than INR 4,000 Cr. Such companies shall bring the public shareholding to the level of at least 25% by increasing its public shareholding within a period of 3 years from the date of listing of securities.
Students, suffering from permanent disability of 50% or above are exempted from attending Orientation Programme. These students are also exempted from payment of fee related to Orientation Programme i.e. Orientation Programme registration fee of Rs. 1,000/- and course fee of Rs. 3,000/- for undergoing course.
Students who have initially registered for Professional Education (Course II) and passed one of the groups in Professional Education (Examination II) can commence their articled training on successful completion of Information Technology Training (ITT)
Availability of Physical Application Forms for Chartered Accountants November-2010 Examinations Due to unavoidable difficulties in dispatching, there have been instances of shortage at certain decentralized offices and / or branches of ICAI in the availability of the physical application forms for the Chartered Accountants November-2010 Examinations.
Currently, under the provisions of the Wealth Tax Act, 1957 (WT Act), a tax payer, including an individual, a Hindu undivided family (HUF) or a company is liable to pay wealth tax at the rate of 1% on the amount exceeding a net wealth of Rs 30 lakh.
Serial No 12 (b) of Form A (OMR Sheet) of the Professional Competence Examination – November 2010 Application Form requires CPT passing details and the students are required to fill up their roll number in that column. The relevant portion of the form contains 5 boxes whereas there is a possibility that some of the students’ roll numbers may contain more than 5 digits, such students are requested to fill up only the last 5 digits of their roll numbers in that column (Serial No 12 (b) of Form A).
Availability of Physical Application Forms for Chartered Accountants November-2010 Examinations. Due to unavoidable difficulties in dispatching, there have been instances of shortage at certain decentralized offices and / or branches of ICAI in the availability of the physical application forms for the Chartered Accountants November-2010 Examinations.
In terms of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Master Circular dated July 1, 2010 on Customer Service, banks have been advised that they should exercise due care and necessary precautions for the protection of the lockers provided to the customer.
