Transfers of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Members (April 2011) – In pursuance of the consultations of the collegium of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal consisting of the President and two senior-most Vice-Presidents, the following Members of the Tribunal are hereby transferred in public interest, in the same capacity, to the Bench/es of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal as shown against their names.
Driven by increase in prices of food and manufactured goods, inflation soared to 8.98 per cent in March raising fears of yet another hike in key policy rates by the Reserve Bank next month.Headline inflation, measured by movement in wholesale prices, at near 9 per cent in March was much above the RBI”s projection of 8 per cent. As a result, experts feel the central bank may take further steps to tame rate of price rise at its annual policy to be announced on May 3.
The Supreme Court today directed Mahindra Satyam to make its presentation before the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) relating to its tax dispute within two weeks, and also asked it to furnish a bank guarantee of Rs 617 crore by April 25. “Within two weeks the petitioner company (Mahindra Satyam) would file a comprehensive petition making its representation before CBDT giving all requisite information for re-assessment of income for year 2003-2004 to 2008-09,”, the bench said.
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India had put up during draft rules under section 43A and 79 of Information Technology Act, 2000. Section 43A provides for compensation for failure to protect senry sitive personal data by body corporates, who are expected to implement and maintain reasonable security practices and procedures as prescribed by Central Government. In this regard, the draft rules lay down for compulsory Privacy Policy by body corporates and also provide for restriction on disclosure of information to third party, which cannot be made except with prior permission of the information providers.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has recommended that telecom infrastructure be considered as general infrastructure and make tax benefits available to the sector. “In view of the growing importance of the telecom infrastructure in the development of the country, the need for creating a conducive environment for the development of the infrastructure in the country cannot be overemphasised,” Trai said in its Telecommunications Infrastructure Policy recommendations.
The Supreme Court today directed UK-based telecom major Vodafone to appear before the Income Tax Department which had instructed the company to pay penalty in the USD 2 billion tax case relating to the telecom major’s stake purchase in Hutchison-Essar. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia asked the company to file its representation before the IT department.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today fixed the reference rate for the US dollar at Rs 44.52 per dollar and the euro at Rs 64.41 per euro, as against Rs 44.48 per dollar and Rs 64.42 per euro on April 13. In a press release issued by the RBI, the exchange rates for the pound and yen against the rupee were quoted at Rs 72.7167 per pound and Rs 53.48 per 100 yen, based on reference rates for the US dollar and cross-currency quotes at noon.
The Centre on Friday declined before the Supreme Court to make public names of the people who have stashed black money in foreign banks. It informed that it is not possible to disclose information received from foreign governments under the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAT). The Centre, however, agreed to reveal the names of six persons who had deposited money with the Liechtenstein Bank in Germany and who are being prosecuted by the government authorities.
The Supreme Court would hear tomorrow a plea by Vodafone challenging the I-T Department initiating penalty proceedings in the $ 2 billion tax case relating to the company’s stake purchase in Hutchison-Essar. Voadfone’s application would be mentioned before a three judge bench headed by the Chief Justice S H Kapadia. Earlier, the I-T department had issued notice to Vodafone in March saying penal action would be initiated against the British telecom major in the tax case.
With an eye on the 2012 presidential elections, the US President Barack Obama has proposed significant reduction in budgetary deficits through a series of proposals including taxing the wealthy and seeking spending cuts. “In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans.
