It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.Amendment of section 4 of Act 39 of 1972.2. In section 4 of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, in sub-section (3), for the words “three lakhs and fifty thousand rupees”, the words “ten lakh rupees” shall be substituted.
Since I was a student of law, I was hearing from many legal professionals and the people in the society that it is very difficult to make money in legal profession and survival would be really difficult. I have started my little journey in legal profession without any reference and the legacy. I have seen many and observed many advocates before lower courts, High Court and various other forums.
The Companies Act, 1956, though it requires some reforms as mooted through Companies Bill, 2009, is one of the finest legislations. Each provision or the section under the Companies Act, 1956 has a sound logic though there exist very few sections which are to be deleted or modified suitably.
Recently, the real estate sector in India is becoming an attractive investment ground for the diasporas who have evinced a keen interest in owning residential and commercial properties in India. Ganesh is a non resident Indian residing in London, UK. He wants to buy property in India and seeks advice on the regulatory framework for investing in real estate in India.
While people tend to invest a lot of time and effort in evaluating investment avenues, the same cannot be said about the caution exercised during execution of the transaction. Even minor errors, many of them merely clerical in nature, could result in needless hassles or delays.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has relaxed share-listing norms for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by allowing them to disclose their financial results every six months instead of three months, as is the norm for bigger companies.
Centralized processing centres for improving tax payer services in two more places. Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee has said that the government intends to introduce the Direct Taxes Code in the forthcoming Monsoon Session of the Parliament. He was addressing the Central Direct Tax Advisory Committee.
Who is required to get registered as a VAT Dealer under Punjab VAT Act 2005? Every person, except a casual trader and one dealing exclusively in goods declared tax free, whose gross turnover during the year exceeded the taxable quantum, as provided below, is liable to pay tax under the Punjab VAT Act by way of VAT on the taxable turnover.
Intellectual property (IP) is the innovative creation by individuals out of his own ingenuity. IP pertains to literary, artistic performance of performing artistes, phonograms, and broadcasts, inventions in all fields of human endeavor, scientific discoveries, industrial design, and protection against unfair competition and all other activities in the industrial, scientific or artistic field.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (‘CBDT’) on 23 March 2010 issued instructions on the matter whether losses on account of foreign exchange derivative transactions can be allowed against the taxable income of an assessee under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (‘the Act’). These instructions have been issued in wake of recent growth in the volume of foreign exchange derivative transactions entered into by the corporate sector in India combined with the volatility in the foreign exchange market in the last financial year.
