For students appearing in November 2010 examination, the amendments made by the Finance (No.2) Act, 2009, as applicable for assessment year 2010-11 are relevant. Therefore, the amendments made by the Finance (No.2) Act, 2009 which are not applicable for A.Y.2010-11 would not be relevant for students appearing for November 2010 examination.
Mumbai: A 40-year-old man was nabbed by the suburban crime branch for robbing a chartered accountant (CA) at Goregaon (W) recently.Mehul Vora (47) was at work when Rafiq Shaikh and his three aides barged into his office at Jawahar Nagar on June 1. They gagged Vora and threatened him with choppers and revolvers. When his employees tried to intervene, they were beaten up. The accused made away with three mobiles and Rs 1,000. A case was registered at the Goregaon police station.
The guidelines issued on 26 April 2010 are measures taken by the Government to counter the adverse effects of the employment visa notification of December 2009. In terms of the new guidelines, E-visa applications sponsored by qualifying Indian IT companies will be processed by the Indian missions abroad and will not be subjected to any quota restrictions.
The draft Direct Taxes Code (DTC) along with a Discussion Paper was released on 12 August 2009 for public comments with the intention to simplify direct tax legislation in India. Subsequently, comments were solicited from the public and examined by the Government. A Revised Discussion Paper which is meant to respond to the major concerns and comments of stakeholders has now been released on 15 June 2010.
Long-term capital gains :-If shares are held by the tax payer for more than 12 months, then gains arising from their sale/transfer are treated as long term capital gains. If the period of holding is lower, then such gain is treated as short term capital gains.
The issue of the imposition of service tax on construction and sale of residential property has long been a matter of concern for the real estate and construction industry as well as for buyers of such residential property. It has gained much prominence after Budget 2010 because of significant amendment made therein towards taxability of sale of flats under service tax.
In partial modification of the announcement dated 30th June 2009 regarding transfer / termination of articles the Council in its recent meeting has decided that the transfer/termination of articleship in terms of Regulation 56(1) of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988 shall be permissible on the grounds as stated below: –
The Central Government has issued notifications relating to advance receipts and exemptions in respect of Port, Other Port and Airport Services. 1. No service tax on advances received before July 1, 2010 in respect of new services and amendments made in existing services by the Finance Act, 2010
Exemption from Cess {Notification No. 28/2010-Central Excise and 29/ 2010-Central Excise dated June 22, 2010.}Central Government has exempted goods subjected to Clean Energy Cess from levy of Education Cess and Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Cess.
The Central Government has issued various notifications regarding levy of Service Tax and exemptions therefrom, to be effective from July 1, 2010 (except as specified herein below). The details of the same are as under:
