In order to give an opportunity to the defaulting companies to enable them to make their default good by filing such belated documents and to become a regular compliant in future, the Ministry, in exercise of the powers under Section 611(2) and 637B (b) of the Companies Act, 1956 has decided to introduce a Scheme namely, ‘Company Law Settlement Scheme, 2011,’ condoning the delay in filing documents with the Registrar, granting immunity from prosecution and charging additional fee of 25 percent of actual additional fee payable for filing belated documents under the Companies Act, 1956 and the rules made there under. The scheme shall come into force on the 12th Aug, 2011 and shall remain in force up to 31st Oct, 2011. General Circular No.59 /2011
All the members of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), who are in practice, are hereby informed that the Council has formulated the following Know Your Client Norms (KYC norms) at it’s 307th Meeting held on 13th July, 2011, which shall be recommendatory in nature, and apply only in case of attest function.
1. Last date for submission of applications on the website www.meficai.org is 27th August, 2011.(5.30 PM.) 2. Members are advised to fill MEF well in advance to avoid last minute rush and technical problems. 3. The information filled in by the applicant in MEF can be edited/modified any number of times before online submission of MEF. 4. All correspondence, acknowledgement, discrepancy letters, etc. will preferably be through e-mail only. Please fill up e-mail id correctly and ensure that it is active.
Direct Taxes Committee of ICAI by providing a handbook on the PROCESS OF E-FILING OF INCOME TAX RETURNS. This handbook would act as a ready referencer for our members for e-filing the income tax returns. The same can be downloaded from the link given below:-
The finance ministry has been working on a negative list of services even as it prepares for a transition to the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST). The list is now ready and the ministry plans to post the details on its website for seeking public comments. Officials said that all other services, except those specified in the negative list, will be taxed at the normal service tax rate. The Centre has short-listed about 19 services, including interest paid on deposits by banks, dividend paid by companies on shares, transport of passengers in public transport, and funeral and burial agencies, which will be exempt from paying tax. At present, the Centre imposes a 10 per cent tax on 119 services.
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for introducing a Legislative Amendment Bill to amend Section 28 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) to retrospectively recognize specified Customs officers as ‘proper officers’ for assessment of Customs duty thereby validating large number of Show Cause Notices involving substantial Customs revenue that are otherwise rendered invalid as a consequence of a judgement of the Hon’ble Supreme Court.
General Circular No. 49 /2011, In order to give ease to the corporate world to carry business in India, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has been simplifying the procedures under the Companies Act, 1956. As another step in this direction, the Ministry is modifying the incorporation procedures to enable promoters to get their companies incorporated online within 24 hours.
The toppers of Chartered Accountants Final Examinations held in May, 2011 are from Bikaner, Mumbai and Pune. The details of the top three rank holders on all India basis for Chartered Accountants Final along with the marks secured by them are mentioned at Annexure-A. The result analysis of the Final examination in terms of gender wise and region wise pass percentage is mentioned at Annexure-B. The toppers of Common Proficiency Test (Paper-Pencil Mode) held on 19th June, 2011 are from Tirupathi, Pune, Hyderabad, Guntur (Andhra Pradesh), Mumbai & Amritsar (Punjab).
Retirement fund manager EPFO will seek the legal opinion on implementation of the order of the MP High Court throughout the country under which employers and employees will be required to increase their contributions to the provident fund. ‘We will seek legal opinion and also the opinion of Ministry of Law and Justice Ministry, through Labour Ministry, on the MP High Court order throughout the country,’ Central Provident Fund Commissioner Samirendra Chatterjee said.
The Concluding Ceremony for 150 years of Income Tax in India was celebrated on 15-07-2011 at a solemn function graced by H.E. Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil, President of India at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The first copy of a book titled ‘A Celebration through Art: 150 Years of Income Tax in India’ comprising of artworks on the theme of ‘Income Tax in Nation Building’, executed by some of India’s top artists and the artistically gifted personnel of the Income Tax Department in the course of celebration of 150 years, was presented to Mahamahim Pratibha Devisingh Patilji, President of India by Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Union Finance Minister after it was released in the presence of Honourable Shri S.S. Palanimanickam, Minister of State for Finance (Revenue), Honourable Shri Namo Narain Meena, Minister of State for Finance (Expenditure), Shri R.S. Gujral, Revenue Secretary, Shri Prakash Chandra, Chairman, CBDT, other Members of the CBDT and a distinguished audience. The preview of the film titled ‘150 years of Income Tax- A Journey Across Three Centuries’ was screened and an informative brochure, ‘A Journey across Three Centuries’, depicting the evolving role of Income Tax since 1860, was also released.
