It is proposed to release new version of NSDL Return Preparation Utility (RPU) and File Validation Utility (FVU) incorporating the below features: Features of NSDL RPU Allow update in field in Form no. 27Q ‘Whether TDS rate of TDS is IT act (a) and DTAA (b)’ where the tax has been deducted at higher rate. […]
Download Constitution (122nd Amendment) Act, 2014 and its Salient features Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley Intoduces the Constitution Amendment Bill on Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Lok Sabha; New Article 246a Proposed to Confer Simultaneous Power to Union and State Legislatures to Legislate on GST ; Centre To Compensate States for Loss of […]
When we invite the rest of the world to come to India, form a company, do business and invest in India, are we trying to say that in case you commit any of these offences you will never get bail or you will indefinitely never get bail?
CA Sandeep Kanoi After introduction of self-assessment, the return filed by a taxpayer is the only instrument to check the correctness of central excise duty paid to the government. Graph below indicates that more than fifty per cent of registered taxpayers are not filing returns. Government need to build a strong mechanism to ensure filing […]
Growth in the number of taxpayers Over the past few years, the CBDT in its Central Action Plan has been targeting a 15 per cent increase in new taxpayers vis-à-vis taxpayers added during the previous year. The taxpayer base increased from 319.03 lakh taxpayers in FY 2006-07 to 337.38 lakh taxpayers in FY2010-11, registering an […]
Download format of Engagement Letter for Audit of Financial Statements under the Companies Act 2013 and the Rules Thereunder (When Reporting u/s 143(3)(i) is Applicable)
The Companies Act, 2013 (Act) was notified on 29thAugust, 2013. Out of 470 sections in the Act, 283 sections and 22 sets of Rules corresponding to such sections have so far been brought into force. The Act and the related Rules contain a large number of provisions requiring approval of shareholders by way of special resolution.
CA Sandeep Kanoi In the period from Financial year 2006-2007 to Financial Year 2011-12, Total Income Tax Returns filed by Corporate Taxpayers was 25.55 Lakh against the Required 46.24 Lakh Returns. During the period in financial year 2006-07, 56.19% of Corporate Assessees has not filed Income tax Return required to be filed by them, while […]
CA Sandeep Kanoi As per Information available with us only 33 per cent of registered persons filed Service Tax returns in 2013. Table below depicts data on the number of persons registered with the Service Tax Department for the period FY 2008-09 to 2012-13. The number of registered persons increased by about 50 per cent […]
Hon’ble Supreme Court has delivered a landmark verdict in the matter of STATE OF PUNJAB & ORS. v. NOKIA INDIA PVT. LTD. & pronounced that the mobile/cell phone charger is an accessory to cell phone and is not a part of the cell phone.
