Extension of time for filing of Notice of appointment of the Cost Auditor for the F.Y. 2015-16 in Form CRA-2 and filing of cost audit report to the Central Government for the F.Y. 2014-15 in form CRA-4. General Circular No. 08/2015 Dated: 12th June, 2015
References have been received in this Directorate enquiring whether or not import consignments which started by ship during validity of the Nominated Agency Certificate (NAC) in March, 2015 can be allowed clearance, irrespective of the fact that the consignments arrived in India after 1.04.2015, when the NAC was no longer valid.
In consultation with RBI, after taking into account feedback from market participants and Stock Exchanges, it has been decided to permit stock exchanges to introduce cash settled Interest Rate Futures on 6-Year and 13 year GoI Security.
The investment conditions and restrictions for an entity registered as FVCI under FVCI Regulations are different as compared to the investment conditions and restrictions as prescribed for an entity registered as FPI under the FPI Regulations. Thus, such an entity would be required to have a clear segregation of funds/ securities which are proposed to be invested / held under the respective registrations.
CIRCULAR NO. 11/2015 Prior to amendment by Finance Act 2013, sub clause (b) of Explanation 1 to clause (ea) of section 2 of the Wealth-tax Act 1957 (Act) provided that an urban land shall be chargeable to wealth-tax. This inter alia included land situated in any area which is comprised within the jurisdiction of a municipality or a cantonment board and which has population of not less than ten thousand according to the last preceding census CIRCULAR NO. 11/2015, Dated: June 11, 2015
Therefore it is clarified that regardless of the amendment notified vide Notification No. 08/2015-2020 dated 04.06.2015 (through which export turnover relating to services of units operating under SEZ Scheme or supplies of services made to such units has been deleted from the list of ineligible categories under SEIS thereby making supply of a ‘service’ from SEZ to other countries eligible for SEIS benefits), supply of a ‘service’ by units located in DTA to SEZ units was and shall continue to remain ineligible for rewards under SEIS as explained in para 3 above.
The extant guidelines for subscription to the chit funds have been reviewed in consultation with the Government of India and accordingly, it has been decided to permit Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) to subscribe to the chit funds, without limit, on non-repatriation basis subject to the following conditions:
CIRCULAR NO. 10/2015 The Advance Pricing Agreement provisions were introduced in 2012 through insertion of sections 92CC and 92CD in the Income-tax Act, 1961 by the Finance Act, 2012. Subsequently, the Advance Pricing Agreement Scheme was notified vide S.O. 2005 (E), dated 30/8/2012, thereby inserting Rules 10F to 10T and Rule 44GA in the Income-tax Rules, 1962. CIRCULAR NO. 10/2015, Dated: June 10, 2015
The refund is a vital activity in VAT regime. The claim for the refund is made by the dealer in the return filed by the dealer and hence the return itself becomes the application for refund. As per the DVAT Act and DVAT Rules, refund has to be given to the applicant within a period of 60 days from the date of application.
Circular No. 19/2015-Custom Duty Dated- 9th June, 2015 New Handbook of Procedures (HBP) 2015-2020 has been notified by DGFT vide Public Notice No. 01/2015-2020 dated 01.04.2015. In this regard, attention is invited to CBEC Circular No. 17/2006-Cus dated 1st June, 2006 and Circular No. 19/2007-Cus dated 3rd June, 2007 as amended by Circular No.16/2014-Cus dated 18th December 2014 regarding units set up under EOU/ EHTP/ STP/ BTP scheme.
