The Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue has formed a Standing Committee on TDS. The Committee aims at exchanging ideas on enhancing voluntary compliance of TDS / TCS and at the same time strengthening partnership with tax practitioners and tax deductors / collectors and third party partners, promoting education and awareness of TDS/TCS provisions amongst the deductors / collectors & tax payers and minimizing scope for grievances.
SIT feels that for controlling and tracking illicit financial flows out of the country, use of RBI data by various Law enforcement agencies like Enforcement Directorate, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and CBDT is of critical importance.
The Direct Taxes Committee at its 53rd meeting held on 30th August, 2016, while considering an item `Constitution of a Committee by the Government of India to examine the desirability and feasibility of having a new Financial Year’, decided to request the President, ICAI to constitute a Study Group for examining the desirability and feasibility of having a new financial year
Dr. Urjit R. Patel assumed charge as the twenty-fourth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India effective September 4, 2016 after serving as Deputy Governor since January 2013. He was re-appointed as Deputy Governor on January 11, 2016 after completion of his first three-year term of office.
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The Minister said that the Government is taking several steps to promote the medical devices sector in the country. The inverted duty structure has been set right. Sh. Ananth Kumar said GST will further bring down the taxation in the sector by almost 12 per cent.
Attention of Importers/Exporters/Trade/CBs is invited to CBEC Board Circular No.037/2016-Cus dt.13th August 2016 on introduction of Special Advanced Authorisation Scheme in combination with AIR drawback under para 4.04A of FTP 2015-20
Readers may note that this Guidance Note supercedes the Guidance Note on Audit Reports and Certificates for Special Purposes, issued by the ICAI in 1984. Members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) are often called upon to issue reports/certificates for special purposes e.g. reports/ certificates required under the tax laws, Government welfare […]
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post-facto approval for the FDI policy amendments announced by the Government on 20th June, 2016. The FDI policy amendments are meant to liberalise and simplify the FDI policy so as to provide ease of doing business in the country leading to larger FDI inflows contributing to growth of investment, incomes and employment.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) entered into twenty (20) Unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) yesterday and today, i.e., 29th August, 2016 and 30th August, 2016, with Indian taxpayers. Many of these agreements also have a Rollback provision in them.
