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.
A. Overseas Investment by Venture Capital Funds (VCFs) registered under SEBI (Venture Capital Funds) Regulations, 1996 (now repealed)- a. VCFs registered under erstwhile SEBI (Venture Capital Funds) Regulations, 1996 are permitted to invest in Offshore Venture Capital Undertakings which have an Indian connection upto 10% of the investible funds of a VCF in terms of the SEBI circular no. SEBI/VCF/Cir no.1/98645/2007 dated August 09, 2007.
Pursuant to Section 131 of the Finance Act, 2015 and Central Government notification No. 1/9/SM/201 5 dated August 28, 2015, all recognized associations under the Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1952 are deemed to be recognized stock exchanges under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 with effect from September 28, 2015.
CIRCULAR NO. 26 of 2015-16 Commissioner, Value Added Tax, do hereby extend the last date of filing of online return in Form 9 for the year 2014-15, prescribed under Rule 4 of Central Sales Tax (Delhi) Rules, 2005 to 31/10/2015.
A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.18 The Government of India has enacted The Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015 (Black Money Act) on May 26, 2015 to address the issue of undisclosed assets held abroad. It provides for separate taxation of income and assets acquired abroad from income not disclosed but chargeable to tax in India.
The application for registration shall be made in the manner prescribed in the Stock Broker Regulations, through the commodity derivatives exchange, of which it holds membership,
Circular No. 23/2015- Customs Duty Where imported goods subject to Safeguard Duties are exported out of the country as such, then the Drawback payable under Section 74 of the Customs Act would also include the incidence of Safeguard Duties as part of total duties paid, subject to fulfilment of other conditions.
A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.17 In order to facilitate Rupee denominated borrowing from overseas, it has been decided to put in place a framework for issuance of Rupee denominated bonds overseas within the overarching ECB policy. The broad contours of the framework are as follows:
