Administrative Relief under the Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1959 (BST Act) on account of the delay in obtaining the Certificate of Registration was being granted by the Joint Commissioner of the respective Administrative Division. This relief was being granted in view of the Government Resolution Finance Department No.STA1082/244/RES-8 dated the 1st June 1983.
The Maharashtra State Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments Act, 1975 (Profession lax Act) is being implemented with effect from 1st April 1975. Under this Act, every self-employed person engaged in any profession, trade, callings and employment in the State of Maharashtra is required to obtain Enrolment Certificate and pay Profession Tax yearly as per provisions of the Act.
Every employer, who is registered under this Act is required to furnish an electronic return of Profession Tax (PT) in Form III-B on department’s web-site www.mahaahavat.gov.in before due date of such return {sec. 6 and rule 11]. Electronic returns (e-returns) have been made mandatory for the periods starting from 1st April 2006 onwards by the notification No. VAT/AMD. 1010/1B/ PT/Adni 6 dated 14th July 2011.
i) NRIs and PIOs are permitted to open these accounts in Indian Rupee with Authorized Dealers and authorized banks in any form e.g saving, current, recurring or fixed deposit subject to the conditions specified in Schedule 1 of the Deposit Regulations. ii) Inward remittances from outside India to the NRE account and remittances outside India from the NRE account are permitted.
SEBI notified Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) Regulations, 2012, (hereinafter referred to as ‘SECC’ Regulations, 2012) on June 20, 2012 to regulate recognition, ownership and governance in Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations.
Para 7 of the Circular provides for submission of a certificate from an independent peer reviewed practicing Chartered Accountant certifying compliance as prescribed in the circular. It has now been decided that the certification as provided in Para 7 of the Circular dated December 31, 2015 may also be provided by an independent peer reviewed practicing Company Secretary.
The applicant who desires to settle the arrears in dispute in respect of the statutory orders passed for any period ending on or before 31st March 2012 shall submit correct and complete application on or before 30th September 2016, in Form-I, as specified in the order dated by the Commissioner u/ s 12(2) of the Settlement Act.
Maharashtra Govt. notifies form I to VIII under Maharashtra Settlement of Arrears in Dispute Act, 2016 related to Application for settlement of Arrears in disputes, Form of Defect Notice, Appeal against the order of rejection under sub-section (1) of section (7) of the Maharashtra Settlement of Arrears in Disputes Act, 2016, Order Of Settlement, Notice for Rectification of Mistakes, Application for Rectification of Mistakes, Order of Revocation, Notice for Review under the section 11 of the Maharashtra Settlement of Arrears in Dispute Act, 2016.
Several complaints are being received regarding delay in disbursal of rewards to informers. The matter was discussed in the last Conference of Chief Commissioners of Customs/Directors General, held in January 2016 wherein, it was decided to inter-alia put in place a suitable mechanism in the field formations to monitor cases becoming ripe for disbursal of reward.
While filing the reports, the acquirers are required to report compliance under Chapter V of the regulations. However, there is no specific time period mentioned in the formats for reporting of such compliance. In order to bring it in line with the requirement under regulation 10(1)(a), it is necessary that the compliance should be reported for a period of 3 years. Accordingly, the aforesaid formats have been modified to this extent and are given in the Annexure to this circular.
