A host of companies from Mumbai, said to be 367 in number and mostly multinational in nature, have moved the recently set up dispute resolution panel (DRP) to resolve issues related to cross-border taxation. An official in the I-T department said except two, all of the companies have chosen DRP instead of the conventional channel of appeal — that of approaching the commissioner (appeal).
The expert group constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has specifically highlighted the need to develop cost accounting standards on the basis of generally accepted cost accounting principles. The cost accounting standards board is working to address the issue.
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The Ministry of Company Affairs (MCA) has sent notices to all IPL franchisees, both old and new, asking them to furnish detailed company-related information. “We have sent notices to all the IPL franchisees to gather all corporate details and we are waiting for them to reply,” MCA secretary R Bandyopadhyay said here today on the sidelines of an interactive session with members of Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
In an order highly critical of the Income-Tax department, the Bombay High Court has pulled up the department for its “cavalier” approach and on the way tax issues are decided by the department “without application of mind”. The order was pronounced last week by Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice JP Devadhar.
For the second year in a row, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has refused to take responsibility for the Union finance accounts as it has stated in its latest audit findings that government expenditure during 2008-09 is overstated and lacks transparency.
A PIL has been filed in the Bombay high court seeking a CBI probe into alleged tax evasion to the tune of Rs 5,000 crore by companies conducting online lotteries. Maharashtra has enacted the Lottery Tax, which seeks to tax online gambling. As per the law, lottery companies have to pay the tax in advance.
The government plans to tweak laws to facilitate seizure of assets from defaulting borrowers to help banks reduce non-performing assets, which are on the rise after the recent economic downturn.The finance ministry is expected to move a proposal before the cabinet suggesting changes in the Securitisation and Reconstruction Of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act.
As a measure to develop employment opportunities for Chartered Accountants, Committee for Members in Industry (CMII) of ICAI has been successfully organizing placement programmes twice a year for Newly Qualified Chartered Accountants, wherein prospective employers and new members interact and explore the possibility of taking up employment careers in various organisations.
The Centre is finally set to overhaul the over 100-year-old Indian Stamps Act to bring in more consistency among the states in the way the stamps and registration duties are charged by them, besides rationalising rates and curbing evasion. By the move, the Centre intends to re-assert its constitutional right to determine the nature of the levy which is in the concurrent list, but the proceeds of which have conventionally been devolved almost entirely to states.
