Representations have been received for clarifying the issue of availability of exemption from the additional duty of customs leviable under Section 3 of Customs Tariff Act, 1975 under notification no. 94/96-Customs dated 16.12.1996 on the re-import of jewellery which had been earlier exported either for participation in exhibition or on consignment basis.
C&AG had carried out a Performance Audit regarding ‘Assessment of Firms’ under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (‘Act) and in its Report No. 7 of 2014, has made certain suggestions so that in future, assessments in these cases are handled in a more effective manner by the Assessing Officers (AOs).
Clarification regarding non-allowability of set-off of losses against deemed income under section 115BBE of Income-tax Act, 1961 prior to assessment-year 2017-18-reg.
A person who may have committed a violation of securities laws, other than those detailed in Tables VII to IX of Schedule II of the SEBI (Settlement Proceedings) Regulations, 2018, may make full disclosure of such violation and also provide substantial assistance in examination/investigation/inspection/inquiry/audit/any other proceedings that is initiated/is ongoing/yet to be initiated by the Board, against any person in respect of violation of the securities laws for the purpose of seeking grant of confidentiality and reduced settlement charges.
In the Union Budget Speech for the year 2016-17, the Hon’ble Finance Minister had announced that “new derivatives products will be developed by SEBI in the Commodity Derivatives Market”. Introduction of new commodity derivatives products has been a subject of deliberation as it is considered to be conducive for the overall development of the commodity derivatives market, attracting broad based participation, enhancing liquidity, facilitating hedging and bringing in more depth to the commodity derivatives market.
The procedure for claiming IGST refunds is fully automated as provided under Instruction 15/2017-Cus dated 09.10.2017. It has come to the notice of the Board that instances of availment of IGST refund using fraudulent ITC claims by some exporters have been observed by various authorities
I. Computation of Cumulative Default Rates (CDR) A. With a view to aligning the methodology of calculation of default rates with that followed globally and in partial modification of SEBI Circular CIR/MIRSD/CRA/6/2010 dated May 3, 2010, the default rates shall be computed in the following manner:
In the Section A – Directions on Governance of domestic CCPs authorised to operate in India by the RBI, the upper age limit for appointment of Managing Director, Director, Nominee Director, Independent Director and Chairperson was stipulated as 65 years.
The banks are advised to pass on the benefits to their customers for undertaking transactions using the RTGS and NEFT systems with effect from July 1, 2019.
The Revenue Laboratories have now acquired testing facilities for some of the samples listed in the said Annexure following the up-gradation and induction of more sophisticated equipment. These items are listed in Annexure I annexed with this Circular.
