Stock market regulator Securities & Exchange Board of India has imposed a penalty of Rs 40 lakh on HSBC InvestDirect Securities for misusing client’s funds and securities.The regulator, during its inspection, had found HSBC InvestDirect (formerly known as IL&FS Investmart Securities) guilty on several accounts—failure to segregate its own fund from that of its client’s, not delivering securities as well as payments to its investors and for misuse of its clients funds and securities.
ICAI has recently conducted examination for CA students in May 2010. In examination in the paper of Corporate law and Accountancy ICAI has asked questions on topics which were excluded by ICAI by various announcement from the syllabus. Students were asked 18 Marks questions from the subjects which were not part of the syllabus. Considering the fact that CA students fail to pass the CA examination by just one mark, It seems to be injustice with them if they don’t be given credit for the questions which were not part of the syllabus.
The ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) has started a round of consultations with the law ministry on the feasibility of setting up a National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in the next one year.
Over 40% of foreign investment inflows to India is routed through Mauritius, a significant portion of which is believed to be third country funds and Indian money routed through the island nation to avoid taxes. India loses over $600 million in revenues annually due to the tax treaty with Mauritius.
The Income Tax (I-T) department seems to have mastered the art of getting more for less. No strong-arm tactics here; it is just that the department has improved what it calls the effectiveness of its search operations through better targeting.
The Income Tax Department needs to immediately add 30,000 more employees to carry out its existing operations, a senior Finance Ministry official said.“To avoid affecting the overall revenue collection and delivery of tax payer services, the department immediately requires 22,000 additional employees apart from filling up the 8,000-odd vacant positions,” the official said.
Life insurance companies anticipate a fall in premium collected through unit-linked pension products. This is due to the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) making life cover compulsory with pension plans.
The director of income tax has sought the interference of the Supreme Court in deciding whether the payments made by Indian hotels, including ITC, to hospitality major Sheraton International Inc would fall under business profits or royalties and fees under the double taxation avoidance agreement between India and the US.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, which is examining the Companies Bill, has had 16 meetings so far and understood to have reached an advance stage in finalising its report. Mr R. Bandhyopadhyay, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, told reporters here on Saturday that the Ministry was awaiting Parliamentary debate after the committee placed it report to the Houses.
A special CBI court on Thursday rejected the anticipatory bail of income tax commissioner Anirudh Rai, who had come under the scanner in a corruption case involving his two juniors.CBI joint director Rishi Raj Singh said the CBI was yet to decide whether to arrest Rai, an Indian Revenue Service officer. “We have not yet questioned him as he had moved the court. We will decide on the arrest after questioning him,” Singh said.
