Wage Limit increased from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 15,000 for coverage of an employee under the ESIC Act:- The Government of India through notification in the Official Gazette has amended the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950. Accordingly, as per rule 50, the wage limit for coverage of an employee under Employees State Insurance Act has been enhanced from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 15,000 with effect from 1st May 2010.
It has been observed by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs that certain companies have been registered under the Companies Act, 1956, but due to various reasons some of them are inoperative since incorporation or commenced business but became inoperative later on and are not filing their due documents timely with the Registrar of Companies. These companies may be defunct and are desirous of getting their names struck off from the Register of Companies.
It has been observed by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs that a large number of companies are not filing their due documents timely with the Registrar of Companies. Due to this, the records available in the electronic registry are not updated and thereby are not available to the stakeholders for inspection. Further, due to non-filing of the documents on time, companies are burdened with additional fee and facing the prosecutions also.
* Exemption threshold for both goods and services under Central Goods and Service Tax (“CGST”) and State Goods and Service Tax (“SGST”) to be INR 10 lakh. Threshold for small dealers under both CGST and SGST to be INR 50 lakh or INR 1 crore.
The procedure prescribed in Company Law Board regulations is not too technical like the provisions of Civil Procedure Code, and the procedure is based on the logic and reason. I did personally feel that even the Company Law Board normally do not rely on technicalities and I personally feel that substance is to be looked into over technicalities by the Company Law Board in a petition under section 397/398 of the Companies Act, 1956.
The results of the Chartered Accountants Professional Education – II, Professional Competence Examinations and Integrated Professional Competence Examination held in May, 2010 are likely to be declared tentatively on Wednesday, the 4th August, 2010 around 2 P.M. and the same as well as the merit list (candidates securing a minimum of 55% and above marks and upto the maximum of 50th Rank) on all India basis will be available on the following website:
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has constituted the Takeover Regulations Advisory Committee under the Chiarmanship of Mr. C. Achutan with the mandate to examine and review the Takeover Regulations of 1997 and to suggest the suitable amendments as deemed fit. The Committee has submitted its report on July 19, 2010 and structured its report into three parts
Committee for Capacity Building CA Firms and Small & Medium Practitioners, ICAI launches Audit Toolkit (KDOC-eSecretary) and made arrangement for access to Capitaline TP Database for transfer pricing.Audit Tool Kit & Document Management Software
Service tax on Banking and other financial services was imposed w.e.f.16-07-2001. After going through many changes, expansion in scope, clubbing of some services, modification to the definition of service providers etc. the present coverage of this service , with abatement, exemption, clarification etc.
In all the returns filed in ITR-1 and ITR-2, for the Asst. Year 2009-10, where the aggregate TDS claim does not exceed Rs. Three lakh (3 lacs) and where the refund computed does not exceed Rs. 25,000; the TDS claim of the tax payer shall be accepted at the time of processing of the return.
