The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has advised banks to exercise due caution and to be extra vigilant while opening or allowing transactions in remittances.“It is clarified that any person resident in India collecting and effecting or remitting such payments directly or indirectly outside India
A clutch of banks in both public and private sector have sought deferral of the Reserve Bank of India’s exit from quantitative expansion on mounting liquidity concerns.
In a landmark decision, the UPA government has resolved to amend the Constitution to enable states to have the same powers as the Centre in administering the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST).
Income Tax department on Friday releases the online return filing software utility in respect of ITR-3 for A.Y. 2010-11 which can be downloaded from the link given below:-Download ITR-3 E-filing Return Preparation Software For A.Y. 2010-11
Intimations of refunds and demands undelivered by the postal authorities, thanks to incomplete address, and those unclaimed for were returned to the income tax department’s centralized processing centre. The undelivered intimations are available with the public relations office at CR Buildings, ground floor, Queen’s Roa. They can be obtained by producing identity proof on any working day between 2.30 pm and 6 pm. The list of such relevant PANs is available on www.incometaxbangalore.org.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has decided to relax the norms for companies to maintain minimum paid-up capital. According to the Companies Act 1956, the minimum paid-up capital for a private company is Rs 1 lakh and for a listed company Rs 5 lakh. According to official sources, while a company can be set up with any amount, but within a time-frame of two years it should raise the capital to Rs 1 lakh and Rs 5 lakh for unlisted and listed companies, respectively.
Sweeping changes to tax laws not only cause problems but also complicate business matters. Senior citizens or foreign entities that do not have a fixed place of business in India must be exempt from the requirement of having a PAN. All countries want a share of the tax pie, but the law should not be complex.
FOREIGN investors will be required to give a commitment that they will not do anything detrimental to India’s interest as the government looks to tighten scrutiny of foreign direct investment, but experts say the regulation is not so innocuous. The department of industrial policy and promotion or DIPP, the key government body for policy on foreign direct investments, has initiated discussions with concerned ministries including finance, law, home, and the RBI.
Under the new model of RML launched last year, banks will pay a lump-sum amount to a life insurance company, which in turn makes annuity-based payment to the borrower. The catch, however, is that the interest payable by the borrower is treated as accrued interest and liable to income tax in the hands of the bank.
Large Indian companies could report a sharp fall in the valuation of their assets as new accounting norms prompt these firms to reassess the fair value of their units, a mandatory condition under globalised reporting standards. Adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), a modern accounting system that Indian companies have to migrate to from next year,
