“Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.”. -Abraham Lincoln Dear Professional Colleagues, First of all I take this opportunity to thank all the members who attended the International Professional Summit organized by the Institute at the Leela Kempinski Hotel, Gurgaon on 26th & 27th April […]
In the recent past, it has been noticed by the Institute that some of the students submit their registration/examination application forms along with requisite fee with private agencies for onward transmission to the Institute and the forms so submitted either did not reach the Institute in time or they did not reach at all causing avoidable hardships to such students.
Currently, sale in cash of bullion (excluding coin or any other article weighing 10 grams or less) in excess of Rs 2 lakh or jewellery in excess of Rs.5 lakh is subject to Tax Collection at Source (TCS) @ 1%. As coins were neither included in bullion nor in jewellery, therefore, coins, even when amounting to more than Rs. 2 lakh in value, were being sold in cash without TCS.
Under-Recovery on Diesel effective 1.5.2013 declines sharply to Rs 3.80 per litre OMCs incurring Daily Under-Recovery of Rs 256 Crore Under-recoveries on Domestic LPG and PDS Kerosene lower at Rs 378.38 per cylinder & Rs. 27.93 per litre respectively Total Under-Recoveries during 2012-13 significantly higher at Rs 1,61,029 crore Daily Crude Oil Price for Indian […]
In a bid to counter tax evasion, the Finance Ministry is contemplating making it mandatory for individuals and Hindu Undivided Families (HUFs) to report Indian assets and liabilities in income-tax (I-T) return forms. “The government is considering to introduce a new income tax return form that will require individuals to disclose all their assets and […]
New norms have been put in place for Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) filing with effect from 6th October, 2011 for select class of companies. For the financial years 2010-11 and 2011-12 a total of 2,90,39 and 2,57,86 companies respectively have filed their Balance Sheet using the revised XBRL norms. Giving this information in written […]
During last five years i.e. from 2008-09 to 2012-13 a total of 782 inspection reports in respect of companies were received in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Based on the findings in the inspection reports, penal actions have been taken against the companies and their directors/officers in default for violation of various provisions of the […]
The Finance Bill 2013 has been passed by the Lok Sabha today (30.04.2013) after incorporating 12 minor amendments. THE MINISTER OF FINANCE (SHRI P. CHIDAMBARAM) Moving the motion for consideration of the Bill said: Post the Budget presentation and post the Finance Bill introduction, we had discussions with stakeholders, Members of Parliaments, State Governments, industry, […]
Import of challan file (.csi file): Import of challan file downloaded from the TIN website (Challan Status Inquiry) has been made mandatory at the time of validating the quarterly TDS/TCS statement, if the TDS/TCS is deposited through challan. This will be applicable in case of regular statement and for correction statement in the scenarios as below:
Section 80CCG: Section 80CCG has been incorporated for Form no. 24Q Q4. Section code 80CCG is applicable for FY 2012-13 onwards. Section 80CCF: Quoting deduction under section 80CCF has been restricted to FY 2010-11 and 2011-12.
