The terms insolvency and bankruptcy are used with reference to the financial position of a person. They are often considered to mean the same. Actually, the terms mean differently. Individuals and corporates are both amenable to insolvency and bankruptcy.
This article summarizes Circular No 122/03/2010 -ST F. No. 137/71/2009 – CX.4 dated 30 April 2010 (Circular) providing clarification on issues arising in respect of the availment of CENVAT Credit in relation to book adjustments for Associated Enterprise transactions and invoices, for which payments have not been received in total.
The Core Group constituted by MCA for convergence of Indian Accounting Standards with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) had announced the approach and timelines for achieving convergence with IFRS on 22 January 2010 and a separate approach on 31 March 2010 for the convergence of Indian Accounting Standards by the Banking companies, Insurance companies and Non-Banking Finance Companies.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a Notification no. FEMA 205/2010-RB dated 7 April 2010 which has amended the pricing norms for issue of shares by an Indian company to a person resident outside India. This Notification comes into force from date of its publication in the Official Gazette i.e. 21 April 2010.
Indians planning to immigrate from India are normally worried as to how there affairs in India would be handled in there absence from India. They may appoint someone to act for and on there behalf, during there absence from India and ensure the smooth running of the day-to-day affairs in connection with there assets and liabilities in India. The obvious question, which comes to mind is as to the meaning and implications of a ‘power of attorney’ and the modalities for its execution.
Finance Bill 2010 inserted clause (zzzzq) in Section 65(105) of the Act so as to define taxable service as “ service provided or to be provided to any person, by any other person, through a business entity or otherwise, under a contract for promotion or marketing of a brand of goods, service, event or endorsement of name, including a trade name, logo or house mark of a business entity by appearing in advertisement and promotional event or carrying out any promotional activity for such goods, service or event.”
World over, business organizations maintain medical histories of their employees which are used not only for medical purposes but also for finding the suitability of a person for a particular job or for promotion etc. Increasingly, this activity is being outsourced for a consideration.
Large number of health insurance schemes are being offered by the insurance companies under which charges for hospitalization, surgery, post-surgical nursing etc. are generally paid by the insurance company. Such insurance policies, which fall under the category of general insurance service, are already taxable. Under general insurance service, an insurance company is a service provider to its clients.
It is proposed to insert clause (zzzzo) in Section 65(105) of the Act so as to define taxable service as “service provided or to be provided by any hospital, nursing home or multi-specialty clinic to an employee of any business entity, in relation to health check-up or preventive care, where the payment for such check-up or preventive care is made by such business entity directly to such hospital, nursing home or multi-specialty clinic”
It is proposed to insert clause (zzzzn)in Section 65(105) of the Finance Act,1994(as amended from time to time)[hereinafter referred to as “the Act”] so as to define taxable service as “any service provided or to be provided to any person, by any other person, for promotion, marketing, organizing or in any other manner assisting in organising games of chance, including lottery, Bingo or Lotto, in whatever form or by whatever name called , whether or not conducted through internet or electronic networks”
