The RBI Committee has recommended increasing the deposit limit under PPF Scheme from existing Rs. 70,000 to Rs. 1 lakh per annum and fixing of rate of interest on advances against deposits in PPF scheme at 2 percentage points as against the prevailing interest rate on such advances at 1%.
As we all know This year MCA has issued around 60 General Circulars, 38 Notifications, One Master Circular and three New Rules. Which relates to Easy Exit Scheme, Prosecution of Directors, DIN issue Simplification, Company Law Settlement Scheme, new name Availability Rules, Online Payment of MCA Fees, Filing of Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) mode, Green Initiative in the Corporate Governance , Guidelines for Fast Track Exit mode, Online Incorporation of Companies Within 24 Hours and various other issues. Author has made an effort to summaries all the Circulars issued by MCA from 01st January 2011 to 31st August 2011.
At the outset. I would like to inform you categorically that for the present the scheme will not be applied to exporters. OSPCA will be implemented in a phased manner beginning only with importers who avail the Accredited Clients Programme (ACP). Other categories of importers would be covered in subsequent phases but even then, taking into account administrative costs of conducting OSPCA and the nature and size of the business It is not intended to cover all importers and the present Custom House Audit shall continue side-by-side with OSPCA I may add that OSPCA would require an effective Risk Management System (RMS) as an essential prerequisite, which is so far not even introduced on the export side.
Correction Returns of TDS statements filed may in certain cases be rejected by the department. There are a number of common reasons of rejection of Correction returns. In some cases persons are unable to find the exact cause of rejection even after having tried all possible methods. Below is a list of most common errors or rejection of ETDS revised return given as under for your ready reference along with remedial action. We hope that after implementing the suggestions given below you may not have to file any more correction statements in respect of TDS returns file by you.
To a lay person, not initiated into the rigors of tax policy, a negative list of services implies two things: firstly, a list of services which will not be subject to service tax; secondly, other than the services mentioned in the negative list, all other services will become taxable which fall within the definition of the ‘supply of services’. This can be contrasted from the present method of taxation that has detailed description for each taxable service and all other unspecified services are not liable to tax. The latter method of taxation is also referred to as taxation by way of a positive list.
An individual, whose total income for the relevant assessment year (AY) does not exceed Rs. 5,00,000 and consists of only income chargeable under Salary Income from other sources, by way of interest from a savings account in a bank, not exceeding Rs. 10,000
Circular NO. 2/2011 [F.NO. 385/25/2010-IT(B)], DATED 27-4-2011 of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on refund procedure for excess tax deducted at source (TDS) on payments to residents.The new Circular is applicable for refunds pertaining to the period up to 31 March 2010. The procedure for refunds for the period from 1 April 2010 is governed by a specific provision in the Indian Tax Laws dealing with centralized processing of quarterly TDS statements. The refund for the period after 1 April 2010 will be granted based on data furnished in the statements, subject to rectification of apparent inconsistencies, without the requirement of a separate claim for refund.
Heeding to Anna Hazare’s demands, Parliament today adopted a ‘Sense of the House’ on three key issues raised by him with regard to the Lokpal Bill with an aim of persuading him to end his 12-day hunger strike. The ‘Sense of the House’ was adopted with thumping of desks without any voting after an extraordinary debate in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on the statement made by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on issues related to the Lokpal Bill.
Notification No. 43/2011 – Service Tax In the Service Tax Rules, 1994, in rule 7, – (a) in sub-rule (2), the proviso shall be omitted; (b) after sub-rule (2) as so amended, the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:- (3) Every assessee shall submit the half-yearly return electronically.
Cine max India Limited Vs Union Of India & Anr. (Gujarat High Court)- While upholding Sec.65[105][zzzz] of Finance Act, 1994 as amended by Sec.75[5][h] and Sec.76 of the Finance Act, 2010, we hold that the provision of Sec. 65[105][zzzz] introducing service tax is not attracted if
