Circular No. 2/2013-Income Tax SECTION 92C OF THE INCOME-TAX ACT, 1961, READ WITH RULE 10B OF THE INCOME-TAX RULES, 1962 – TRANSFER PRICING – COMPUTATION OF ARM’S LENGTH PRICE – APPLICATION OF PROFIT SPLIT METHOD CIRCULAR NO. 2/2013 [F. NO. 500/139/2012], DATED 26-3-2013 It has been brought to the notice of CBDT that clarification is needed for selection of profit split method (PSM) as most appropriate method. The issue has been examined in CBDT. It is hereby clarified that while selecting PSM as the most appropriate method, the following points may be kept in mind :
Circular No. 3/2013-Income Tax It has been brought to the notice of CBDT that there is divergence of views amongst the field officers and taxpayers regarding the functional profile of development centres engaged in contract R&D services for the purposes of transfer pricing audit.
The Authority felt that there is a need for reducing the timeline for giving approvals in order to expedite the product approval process, the Authority shall require certain information from the insurers to plan for resources available, to support planned filings and to ensure fairness across all the insurers while approving the products.
Service Tax will be levied for transportation of all description of parcel traffic (leased or non-leased parcel traffic) and merchandise items (for commercial use) booked as Luggage with effect from 1st October, 2012. Luggage traffic i.e., personal baggage belonging to the travelling passengers, (excluding merchandise items for commercial use), shall be exempted from service tax. Commodities exempted from payment of service tax as per Ministry of Finance’s Notification No. 25 of 2012, dated 20th June 2012 are:
Please refer to SEBI circular no. DCC/FITTCIR-3//2001 dated October 15, 2001 and circular no D&CC/FITTC/CIR-04/2001 dated November 13, 2001 on usage of ECS (Electronic Clearing Services) facility and warrants for distribution of dividends or other cash benefits to the investors.
As per Hon’ble Delhi High Court’s Order dated 14-3-2013, the Department requires to follow the procedure prescribed u/s 245 before making any adjustment of refund payable by the CFC, Bengaluru. Accordingly, the assessee must be given an opportunity to file response or reply and the reply will be considered and examined by the Assessing Officer before any direction for adjustment is made.
It is. therefore, requested that all the officers in your jurisdiction may be directed to seek information under DTAAs/TIEAs/Multilatcral Convention, as per guidelines provided in the Manual on Exchange of Information, for carrying out the necessary enquiries and for taking the investigation to its logical end.
Please refer to SEBI circular Nos. SEBI/DNPD/Cir- 32/2007 dated September 11, 2007 and CIR/MRD/DP/15/2010 dated April 28, 2010 permitting FIIs to offer, as collateral, cash and foreign sovereign securities with AAA rating in F&O segment and cash, foreign sovereign securities with AAA rating and government securities in cash segment.
Further it is clarified that fee payable for forms on/till 16-01-2013 will remain payable along with additional fee and relaxation of any additional fee will be considered for forms on or after 17-01-2013
In order to address the issue of mis-selling, a Committee was set up to examine the system of Product Labeling that would provide investors an easy understanding of the kind of product/scheme they are investing in and its suitability to them.
