The Institute of Cost Accountants of India intends to draw a panel for acting as Observer at the examination centre’s in various cities during the Cost accountants examinations to be held from June 11 ‐ 18, 2012. Examination will be conducted in two sessions – (i) Morning session (9.30 A.M to 12.30 P.M.) and (ii) Afternoon session (2 P.M to 5 P.M)
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said, We are not going to reopen cases from 1962. Please remember this is the legal requirement — when we interpret something and if legislation says this is my intention, it goes back to the date it was originally enacted. But, there is also another provision in the Income Tax Act that says we cannot reopen cases beyond six years. We are not going to reopen cases from 1962.
On the changes suggested by the panel in the DTC, Mukherjee said two recommendations, General Anti Avoidance Rule (GAAR) and Advance Pricing Agreement (APA), have already been proposed in the Budget 2012.
The Committee is compiling a database of ICAI Members who have established themselves as successful Entrepreneurs or are engaged in Public Services such as Public Servants i.e. MP/MLA, those associated with Constitutional Authority i.e. Judiciary/Appellate Tribunal, working with Regulatory bodies i.e. SEBI, RBI, IRDA etc, are Civil Servants/serving Central or State Government, Members of Local Bodies, etc.
The establishment of NCLT and NCLAT as specialized Quasi Judicial Bodies with professional approach will have the following beneficial effects: (i) reduce pendency of winding up cases and shorten the period of winding-up process; (ii) avoid multiplicity and levels of litigation before High Courts and quasi-judicia Authorities like Company Law Board (CLB), Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) and Appellate Authority for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (AAIFR) as all such matters will then be heard and decided by NCLT;
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Applicability of SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 SEBI vide its Notification No. LAD-NRO/GN/2011-12/24/30181 dated September 23, 2011 notified the New SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 replacing the Takeover Regulations namely SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997.
As per the budget proposal, metered taxis, entry to amusement facilities, second-class rail travel, and betting, gambling and lottery will not attract the 12 per cent Service Tax. The negative list of services, on which the increased Service Tax of 12 per cent will not be levied, include admission to entertainment events, access to amusement facilities and travel by radio taxis and auto rickshaws. Other important services which will not attract the tax include funeral, burial, mutate services and transport of deceased.
The government today maintained it has not come out with any kind of Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme (VDIS) by proposing changes in the Income Tax Act, which experts believe are some sort of concessions to tap black money.
There is something to cheer about for the film industry in the Union Budget 2012-13. While presenting the Union Budget 2012-13 in Lok Sabha today, the Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee said that the year 2012 marked the beginning of the Centenary year of Indian Cinema.
