Apprehensions that the term person in the DTAA does not specifically include partnerships have been brought to the notice of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (the Board), and further clarity has been sought on whether the provisions of the treaty are applicable to a partnership.
The unclaimed redemption and dividend amounts, that are currently allowed to be deployed only in call money market or money market instruments, shall also be allowed to be invested in a separate plan of Liquid scheme / Money Market Mutual Fund scheme floated by Mutual Funds specifically for deployment of the unclaimed amounts. AMCs shall not be permitted to charge any exit load in this plan and TER (Total Expense Ratio) of such plan shall be capped at 50 bps.
This circular cannot be made use of for legal interpretation of provisions of law as it is clarificatory in nature. If any member of the trade has any doubt, the same may be referred to this office for further clarification. You are requested to bring contents of this circular to the notice of the members of your association.
Registered dealers who have made inter-state sales at concessional rates against ‘C’ forms or made stock transfers against ‘F’ Forms or made penultimate sale made against ‘H’ forms are required to file details of such forms in a reconciliation return (Form 9).
As regard reporting of frauds and submission of quarterly progress reports on frauds below the revised threshold, NBFCs will have to furnish the same to the Regional Office of Reserve Bank of India, Department of Non-Banking Supervision under whose jurisdiction the Registered Office of the NBFC falls.
Circular No. 1/2016 Section 801A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (`Act’), as substituted by the Finance Act, 1999 with effect from 01.04.2000, provides for deduction of an amount equal to 100 % of the profits and gains derived by an undertaking or enterprise from an eligible business (as referred to in sub-section (4) of that section) in accordance with the prescribed provisions.
On the commencement of OFS on T day only non-retail investors shall be permitted to place their bids. Cut off price shall be determined based on the bids received on T day as per the extant guidelines.
In order to provide investors with enhanced diversification benefits and put mutual funds in a better position to handle adverse credit events, it has been decided to revise prudential limits for sectoral exposure and to introduce prudential limits for group level exposure.
These amendments relate to restrictions on investments in debt instruments issued by a single issuer wherein the limit is reduced to 10% of NAV which may be extended to 12% of NAV with the prior approval of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Asset Management Company.
In order to enhance the security-level in data submission and further improve data quality, the following modifications shall be effected in the guidelines for submission of data under the FETERS from 1st fortnight of April 2016 (i.e., reporting of those transactions which take place from April 1, 2016):
