New accounting rules have brought down the capital of the country’s second-largest lender, ICICI Bank. The bank’s tier-I capital, which comprises equity and free reserves, is down by Rs 1,130 crore for the year ended March 31, 2010, due to changes announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on treatment of securitisation exposures and special reserves.
In a landmark judgment, a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the legality of the Companies (Second Amendment) Act, 2002, providing for the establishment of the National Company Law Tribunal and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal to deal exclusively with the company cases for their speedy disposal.
The five-judge Constitution Bench ruled that the National Company Law Tribunal can be set up only after amending the law. But, it did not decide on the fate of the National Tax Tribunal, another important body envisaged as a fast-track alternative disputes resolution mechanism.
The Income Tax department which is probing all financial transactions of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has advised all foreign players to obtain PAN cards, failing which they will have to pay penal tax on their cricket related earnings in India.
CLOSE on the heels of the voluntary retirements of a dozen officers two months ago, another set of officers from the Indian Revenue Service (IRS), the finance ministry’s arm for collecting direct taxes, have put in their papers. Many of the officers, it is learnt, are likely to take up more lucrative posts with the private sector, sooner or later.
The capital market regulator is going ahead with enforcement proceedings against audit firm Price Waterhouse, even as the firm moved a second consent application to reach an early settlement over the investigation into its role in the accounting fraud at Satyam Computer Services.
The income-tax department that faced flak from many quarters for late payment or non-payment of tax refunds, has been now asked to beef up its automation that does not seem to have helped much for the pending refund claims that could take even four years to be processed.
Form 11 is made available at http://llp.gov.in. All LLPs whose financial year closes on 31st March of every year has to file Form 11 within 60 days from the date of financial year closure without any late fee and later it attracts additional fees @ of Rs. 100/- per day of delay. This financial year (closed on 31/03/2010), the due date falls on 30/05/2010.
The government’s key body on foreign investments has rejected Jaipur IPL’s proposal to induct foreign equity into the company. The decision by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) creates problems for the shareholders of the Indian Premier League franchisee that owns the Rajasthan Royals team, but experts say it will not affect the functioning of the company.
“The Finance Bill, 2010 was earlier passed by the Lok Sabha followed by its passage by the Rajya Sabha. The Finance Bill, 2010 has been assented to by the Hon’ble President on 8-5-2010 as Act No. 14 of 2010. With this, the Budgetary exercise is over for the F.Y. 2010-2011.”
