On a review, it has been decided that the cooperative banks may also use the historical spot gold price data of the preceding 30 days publicly disseminated by a Commodity Exchange regulated by the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
Circular No. 24/2015- Customs Duty As part of Government’s initiatives for improving Ease of Doing Business, several facilitation measures are being taken by the Central Board of Excise & Customs. After consultation with stakeholders, it has emerged that introduction of electronic messaging for issue of Delivery Order instead of a paper based Delivery Order will result in considerable simplification in the Customs Clearance process, and can demonstrably reduce transaction costs and time taken in the clearance of Cargo.
A listed entity which has previously entered into agreement(s) with a recognised Stock Exchange(s) to list its securities shall execute a fresh listing agreement with such Stock Exchange within six months of the date of notification of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (Listing Regulations) i.e. September 2, 2015.
Kind attention is invited to Circular No. 890/10/2009 dated 3.6.2009 by which Board (CBEC) issued Order under Section 37B on classification of Coconut Oil packed in containers of the sizes up to 200ml. References have been received on the subject from field formations on need to review the Circular due to judicial pronouncements on the subject.
A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 20 As announced in the Fourth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement (para. no. 39) on September 29, 2015, with a view to further liberalising the existing hedging facilities, it has been decided to allow all resident individuals, firms and companies, who have actual or anticipated foreign exchange exposures, to book foreign exchange forward and FCY-INR options contracts up to USD 1,000,000 (USD one million) without any requirement of documentation on the basis of a simple declaration.
take necessary steps and put in place necessary systems for implementation of the circular, including necessary amendments to the relevant bye-laws, rules and regulations, within three months from the date of this circular.
CIRCULAR NO. 16/2015 it is clarified that Rule 9A does not apply to abandoned feature films and that the expenditure incurred on such abandoned feature films is not to be treated as a capital expenditure. The cost of production of an abandoned feature film, is to be treated as revenue expenditure and allowed as per the provisions of Section 37 of the Income-tax Act.
CIRCULAR No. 07/2015 The CBDT, vide circular No. 17/2015 dated 6th October 2015 has clarified that amendment regarding measurement of distance aerially u/s 2(14)(iii) would be prospective and therefore not apply to cases prior to amendment. The department is also directed to withdraw appeals pending before the courts/tribunal. CBDT has issued the Circular in compliance of decision of Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court in the case of CIT Vs. Nitish Rameshchandra Chordia or CIT Vs. Smt. Maltibai R. Kadu.
Limit for FPIs in Central Government securities would be increased to INR 129,900 cr and INR 135,400 cr on October 12, 2015 and January 01, 2016 respectively from the existing limit of INR 124,432 cr.
Circular No.186/5/2015-ST If ancillary services are provided in the course of transportation of goods by road and the charges for such services are included in the invoice issued by the GTA, and not by any other person, such services would form part of GTA service and, therefore, the abatement of 70%, presently applicable to GTA service, would be available on it.
