Representations have been received from the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council for setting up a Special Notified Zone at Surat in lines with the Special Notified Zone at Bharat Diamond Bourse, Mumbai permitted vide Circular No. 17/2015 dated 26.05.2015. It has been submitted that Surat is the hub for diamond cutting and polishing industry dealing mostly in small gem stones.
Exposure Draft of IRDAI (Insurance Surveyors and Loss assessors) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 is prepared for carrying out amendment of the existing Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Insurance Surveyors and Loss Assessors) Regulations, 2015 in the following indicative areas:
In consultation with RBI, it has been decided that the listed banks shall make disclosures of divergences and provisioning beyond specified threshold, as mentioned in aforesaid RBI notifications, as soon as reasonably possible and not later than 24 hours upon receipt of the Reserve Bank’s Final Risk Assessment Report (‘RAR’), rather than waiting to publish them as part of annual financial statements. The disclosures are to be made in either or both of the following cases:
To simplify the process and procedure of filing Of return across various categories of taxpayers, the GST Council in its 31st meeting has decided that a New Return System under GST would be introduced for taxpayers. The important salient features of new returns are as under:
As you are aware, the Sovereign Gold Bonds may be used as collateral by both banks and non-bank institutions and the creation of pledge, hypothecation or lien on the bonds shall be governed by Section 28 of the Government Securities Act, 2006 and Chapter VII of the Government Securities Regulations, 2007.
MCA extends the due date for filing of financial statements for the financial year ended 31.03.2019 in e-forms AOC-4, AOC (CFS) AOC-4 XBRL upto 30.11.2019 and e-form MGT-7 upto 31.12.2019, by companies without levy of additional fee vide General Circular No. 13/2019 Dated: 29.10.2019. General Circular No. 13/2019 F.No. 01/34/2013 CL-V Government of India Ministry […]
Representations have also been received that the cases where appeals were filed after 30.06.2019 should also be allowed relief under the Scheme. It is stated that such cases are not covered per se. However, if a taxpayer withdraws the appeal and furnishes the undertaking to the department in terms of Para 2(viii) of Circular No. 1072/05/2019-CX dated 25.09.2019, they can file a declaration under the Scheme.
MCA waives the additional fee payable by companies on filing form IEPF-1A upto 31.12.2019 and form IEPF-2 (for the purpose of filing Statement of unclaimed and unpaid amounts) upto 30.11.2019 vide General Circular No. 11/2019 Dated: 25.10.2019.
MCA extends the last date for filing of CRA-4 (cost audit report) for all eligible companies for the FY 2018-19, without payment of additional fee till 31st December, 2019 vide General Circular No. 12/2019 Dated:- 24th October, 2019.
The issuers of Commercial Papers (CPs) have shown interest to list CPs for trading on Stock Exchange(s) with a view to broadening investor participation in CPs. Accordingly, to enable listing of CPs and to ensure investor protection, it is important that issuers make appropriate disclosures at the time of listing and on a continuous basis.
