The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has relaxed share-listing norms for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by allowing them to disclose their financial results every six months instead of three months, as is the norm for bigger companies.
The market regulator Sebi today penalised two companies–BTW Industries and GR Magnet–for delaying dematerialisation of securities for several years. While it imposed a penalty of Rs 40 lakh on BTW Industries, GR Magnet was fined Rs 12 lakh for failing to dematerialise its securities. Dematerialising securities means keeping them in electronic form.
Industry players today asked the Finance Ministry to extend the last date for e-filing of returns by a month, to October 31, as listed firms would find it difficult to comply with the existing September 30 deadline.
THE finance ministry will soon put out a small list of essential services that will not be taxed at airports or ports, as it kicks off experimental enclaves of a comprehensive service tax regime that could be extended nation-wide later.
Engineering and construction major Larsen &Toubro (L&T) is not happy with Mahindra Satyam (erstwhile Satyam Computer Services) for keeping its investors in the dark over details of its performance. Pune-based Tech Mahindra, the information technology arm of the Mahindra & Mahindra group, owns 42.67 per cent in the company.
ICAI is working to find out the possibility to have mandatory classroom teaching plan for CPT, IPCC & Finals at various locations across the country with an objective to impart CA education. It is proposed to give classroom environment through audio visual technology with mandatory percentage of attendence.Phase -1 ma…y cover the 5 Metros Followed by 20 locations in 4×5 Reg. and thereafter other locations.
The e – filing facility for the assessment year 2010 – 11 has been restored. The taxpayers can now e – file their income tax returns without any difficulty.
India has settled a dispute over taxing profits of captive IT services units and research arms of US firms, bolstering New Delhi’s position as a preferred destination of such investments. The negotiated settlement between the tax authorities of the countries allows India to tax 17.5% of the profits earned by Indian subsidiaries of the US companies in 2004-05. India had sought to tax 25-30% of the profits.
A committee of market regulator SEBI will consider the issue of restricting mutual funds from selling an equity product that involves betting on future prices. The SEBI Mutual Fund Advisory Committee is concerned that this is not mutual funds’ core activity and may take a decision on May 31.
A budgetary estimate of Rs. 96 crore has been approved by the Central Board of Trustees, Employees’ Provident Fund (CBT, EPF) for the implementation of the first phase of the ‘Modernization Project’ of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) being implemented in collaboration with National Informatics Centre (NIC).
