An infrastructure finance company can issue only 25 percent of its incremental investment as tax-free infra bonds in a year, says the finance ministry. “The volume of issuance (of tax free bonds) during this financial year will be restricted to 25 percent of the incremental infrastructure investments made by the issuer during the fiscal 2009-10,” a senior finance ministry official said.
A high-level team of CBI sleuths, led by director Ashwini Kumar, will reveal how it successfully investigated India’s biggest corporate fraud, involving the Hyderabad-based Satyam Computers. The disclosure will be made during the three-day conference of senior CBI officials that begins on Saturday.
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The manufacturers of bottled beverages will no more be able to retain the Cenvat credit or the tax set-off paid on inputs, claimed on broken bottles if they have already claimed the excise duty exemption on them. After finding some instances of this sort, the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has formally nullified its 1975 instruction, which was being used as the loophole for this malpractice.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has directed mutual funds (MFs) to have a uniform exit load — a fee charged for early redemptions — for investments through the lumpsum route as well as systematic investment plans (SIPs). The securities market regulator communicated this to mutual funds in a briefly-worded letter without providing any reason, according to two officials at two different fund houses.
The transition to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), from the Indian Accounting Standards, effective April 1, 2011, would require companies to incur direct and indirect costs in areas such as training employees, hiring consultants and trainers and adding new features to revamp IT systems.
Direct tax collections in the country are likely to double after the proposed Direct Tax Code (DTC) and the Goods and Service Tax (GST) regime come into effect, a top government official has said. “We are moving towards a scenario where I think there will be a substantial increase in collection of taxes when DTC and GST will be in place. GST will help us in direct tax collection,” Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman S S N Moorthy said.
Accounting regulator ICAI has asked the government to stop giving assignments to tainted audit firms, a move that would discourage wrong doings and promote entities with honest track records. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has mooted this suggestion in its final high powered committee report on Satyam submitted to the corporate affairs ministry.
The Finance Ministry has decided to arm its tax authorities with exhaustive financial and personal data of Indian residents who use the exemption clauses under the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) and escape paying taxes in one of the countries. The ministry will request countries, including the US and Switzerland to supplement their data on Indian residents with PAN card information and other vital details.
The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is expected to retain the interest rate for its six crore account holders at 8.5 per cent in 2010-11, with a formal announcement likely to be made in August.”I hope that the recommendation of 8.5 per cent by the Finance and Investment Committee of the EPFO will be retained,” Central Provident Fund Commissioner S Chatterjee told PTI.
