Diesel car buyers may have to shell out more with the Finance Ministry considering the imposition of higher excise duty on such vehicles in the upcoming Budget likely to be unveiled sometime in March. In order to discourage consumption of subsidised diesel by personal vehicle owners, the Petroleum Ministry had suggested the imposition of higher duty on the purchase of diesel cars to the Finance Ministry.
Chennai- An Income Tax official was today convicted for bribery charges in a case filed by the CBI. P K Chandrasekaran, Income Tax officer in the Office of Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, Tambaram range, was trapped in 2008 while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1500 from one V Manikandan for releasing a refund of Rs 20,346. Upon completion of trial, a special judge convicted him and sentenced him to three years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1000, a release said.
India has signed a Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters. The Convention was signed by Shri Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Joint Secretary, Foreign Tax & Tax Research Division, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India in the presence of Deputy Secretary-General of OECD, Mr. Rintaro Tamaki. This instrument hitherto available for the members of OECD and Council of Europe was amended in 2010 and open for all countries in June 2011. The Convention was amended to respond to the 2009 G20 Summit call for developing a broader multilateral approach to improve the effectiveness of exchange of information, co-operation between the countries in the assessment and collection of taxes, with a view to combating tax avoidance and evasion.
Supporting the capital market regulator Sebi’s proposal for an independent auditing regulator in India, global auditing and consultancy major PwC has said there is an urgent need to have a strong and powerful watchdog for this business.
Dear Professional Colleague, The mode of filing of the Financial Statements have undergone a sea change. Earlier from the physical filing of the records to e-filing and now to a totally new language of reporting called, XBRL. In the first phase of implementation, the scope of XBRL filing has been restricted to a limited number of […]
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CA Club, Thrissur, has filed a writ petition in Kerala High Court against the notification issued by Kerala State Government imposing minimum wages in Offices of Chartered Accountants in Kerala State. The writ petition was filed in Kerala HC by CA Club, Thrissur, on Tuesday, 24.01.2012 and was taken for hearing today ( Wednesday, 25.01.2012).
Candidates of November 2011 CA examinations Final, IPCE and PCE can submit their application for verification of answer books and also make payment of verification fees, on-line at http://icaiexam.icai.org. This facility will be in addition to the existing option for submission of application for verification of answer books, physically by Speed/Registered Post, along with a demand draft.
For the purposes of Empanelment in the panel prepared by Office of C&AG and Bank Branch Auditors’ Panel prepared by ICAI (for which Constitution Certificates as on 1st January are issued every year); no condonation of delay in submission of Form No. 18 beyond 31st January preceding the financial year under audit (e.g. 31st January, 2012 for empanelment for the year 2012-13) will be done by the Institute
A key aspect of rate regulation is that the regulator is empowered to determine prices that bind the entity’s customers under a statute or otherwise. Regulatory authorities are usually set up under a legislation which stipulates their constitution, functions, powers etc. While such legislation may provide the general guidelines and considerations for determination of tariffs, the regulatory authority decides the particular methodology to be adopted for tariff setting which is notified through regulations or rules. The regulator from time to time issues orders for tariff setting in individual cases which provide further guidance on the implementation of the notified regulations a
