CBDT Chairman M C Joshi leaves for Macau today to ink a double taxation avoidance agreement , a move to facilitate the exchange of tax-related and banking information between the two and prevent tax evasion. Macau is one of the most well-known offshore financial centres and tax havens worldwide.
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Maharashtra Value Added Tax – Last date for filing Refund Application in Form 501 and Due date for submission of Monthly Return for the month of November 2011 extended till 7th January 2012
In a major policy decision, the Central Government has decided to allow Qualified Foreign Investors (QFIs) to directly invest in Indian equity market in order to widen the class of investors, attract more foreign funds, and reduce market volatility and to deepen the Indian capital market. QFIs have been already permitted to have direct access to Indian Mutual Funds schemes pursuant to the Budget announcement 2011-12. Today’s decision is a next logical step in the direction.
State Bank of India: Interest Rates on 1st April, 2011- For the purpose of computing perquisite valuation Interest rates as on 1st April, 2011 on various loans in Personal Segment advances are as under –
CA Amendment Bill Passed by Both Houses of Parliament -The Chartered Accountants Amendment Bill has been passed by both the Lok Sabha as well as the Rajya Sabha, thus, paving the way for limited liability partnerships (LLPs) and multidisciplinary partnerships subject to notification of the relevant provisions, after the assent of the President of India and issue of guidelines for multidisciplinary partnerships by the Council. The Bill, moved by the Hon’ble Corporate Affairs Minister Dr. M. Veerappa Moily, will allow chartered accountants to have a choice to form a business model of LLPs to offer their services. This legislation will expectedly help them achieve a leadership position in the services sector. Our members’ practice through LLPs and Partnership firm and their entry to MDPs has been allowed. LLPs can also be called firms within the meaning of the CA Act, 1949 and the CA Regulations, 1988.
Sufficient evidence exists to conclude that art and practice of accounting existed even in Vedic times. There are references to kraya (sale), Vanij (merchant), sulka (price) in Rigveda. Kautilya’s Arthashastra contains details on business of keeping up accounts in the office of accountants .It provides details of matters which should be recorded, registers to be maintained, system of examination of accounts and even details of punishments for default.
To curb instances of black money use during the polls in five states, 204 Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) officials have been deployed as ‘expenditure observers’ by the Election Commission. A total of 204 IRS officers, in the ranks of Additional Commissioners of Income Tax, largely drawn from various investigation wings of the department from across the country will head specially created ‘flying squads’ to check and take action against illegal movement of cash and transactions in the poll-bound states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.
We are happy to inform that ICAI has recently constituted a new Committee for Members in Entrepreneurship & Public Services to encourage and enhance the participation of CA members who are into Entrepreneurship or Public Services in the Institute’s activities. The objective of the Committee is to associate members in Entrepreneurship or Public Service, to have a constant interface with ICAI and to request their association for enhancing the efficacy of ICAI work program by factoring their perspective and vision with the Institute.
The Income Tax department today said cash confiscated by surveillance teams on the directions of Election Commission will be returned only after the completion of assessment of I-T returns for 2011-12 fiscal which may take up to two years.
