Changes in MVAT RETURN FILING – TL in Previous Year TR in previous Year Periodicity Form & Due Date Tax Liability (TL) Tax Refund (TR) 1) upto Rs. 1 lakh upto Rs. 10 Lacs Half Yearly 231/21 days 2) upto Rs. 10 lacs upto Rs. 1 crore Quarterly 231/21 days 3) More than 10 Lacs More Than Rs. 1 Crore Monthly 231/21 days
Small-and medium-sized companies (SMCs) may soon have a `SARAL’ format for disclosing their financial statements. For ensuring better compliance by all categories of companies with disclosure norms prescribed under the company law, the Ministry for Corporate Affairs (MCA) had asked the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) to suggest a simpler format of financial statements especially for SMCs.
Government has issued Notification No. 17/2008-ST dated 1-4-2008, extending refund of service tax paid by exporters on three more taxable services in addition to existing 13 taxable services, which are not in the nature of “input services” but could be related to exports. · Custom House Agent service [section 65(105)(h) of the Finance Act, 1994], · Banking and other financial services [section 65(105)(zm)] in relation to collection of export bills and export letters of credit, Commission agent service under business auxiliary service [section 65(105)(zzb) ] provided by a commission agent, located outside India subject to the conditions prescribed.
In order to provide more opportunities to eligible audit firms, the existing cycle of four years of continuous statutory central audit in PSBs with compulsory rest of two years will be reduced with prospective effect to a cycle of three years of continuous statutory central audit with compulsory rest of two years. This will be effective from 2006-07 in respect of SCAs appointed in 2006-07 and onwards. The existing continuing auditors will be allowed to complete their four years’ cycle after which they will be rested for a period of two years. The appointment of SCAs will be made on an annual basis, subject to their fulfilling the eligibility norms prescribed by RBI from time to time and also subject to their suitability.
Information relating to allocation of auditors/audit firms to various public sector banks for the year 2007-08 is hosted on the web-site of RBI. While forwarding names of audit firms, banks are advised that not more than three branches may be allotted per audit firm and that they should endeavor to give assignments to all the auditors to the extent possible. It may be noted that it may not be necessary that all the audit firms whose names are forwarded/ recommended by RBI to various banks are allotted branch audit by the respective banks, as sufficiently higher number of audit firms are forwarded to banks in order to enable them to allot audit assignments as per their logistic requirements
In what could be a significant deterrent to corporate frauds, the concept of rotation of partners received a green signal from the apex body for chartered accountants, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), and mandates change of partners after seven consecutive years with a listed company. The step, cleared by ICAI, will be operational from April 2009 and is expected to significantly reduce complexity between individual partners in audit firms and their assigned companies, something that has been a cause behind many of the big corporate frauds to have hit the financial world.
Allahabad Bank Syndicate Bank United Bank of India Vijaya Bank, Bangalore State Bank of India State Bank Of Bikaner & Jaipur State Bank of Hyderabad State Bank of Indore 1. M/s N Chaudhuri & Co, Kolkata 2. M/s Rasool Singal & Co., New Delhi 3. M/s Dass Gupta & Associates, New Delhi 4. M/s K.S. Bothra & Co., Kolkata 5. M/s Venkat & Rangaa, Chennai 6. M/s Anand Rungta & Co., Patna
Income generated from the business of stock-lending and sale-repurchase of shares by a borrower will be taxable. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has exempted stock lending/borrowing from the purview of securities transaction tax (STT) and capital gains tax Borrowers will make some payment to lenders of shares by way of interest or fees that will be income in the hands of the lender While selling the shares, borrower will not be paying any tax as the gain from such sale is not known.
Following are the highlights of Railway Budget 2008-09 presented by the Railways Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad, in Parliament on Tuesday.· Second-class Sleeper fares cut by 5%. · AC-1 fare cut by 7%. · AC-2 fare cut by 4%. ·AC-3 fare cut by 3%.
According to income tax officials, Section 55(2) of the I-T Act estimates the cost of right to carry on any business as nil. However, non-compete compensation received by a person carrying on a reputed business is not explicitly covered in the clause right to carry on any business and is claimed as capital receipt. The department has favoured an amendment to Section 28 of the I-T Act to exclude such compensation from the list of capital transactions. The non-compete fee is shown as capital receipt and thus gets exemption.
