Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) which recognises and regulates Stock Exchanges, has decided to facilitate the setting up of separate stock exchanges or a platform in the existing stock exchanges dedicated to the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The objective is to make available equity capital at lower cost for small and medium […]
Income Tax Department is conducting investigations regarding frozen Demat Accounts which had balances of value in excess of approximately Rs. 10 lakhs as on December 2008. These accounts are 6385 in number with total approximate value of shares of Rs. 6,709.21 crores as in December 2008 and an approximate value of Rs. 16,230 crores when […]
While the Manmohan Singh government’s Left-free second innings is expected to usher in changes to India’s archaic labour laws, the labour ministry is working on a quick-fix solution to help drop the country’s notorious ‘inspector raj’ tag. If all goes to plan, India Inc would no longer have to deal with labour inspectors turning up at […]
Canara Bank invites applications from the eligible/interested audit firms for empanelment as concurrent auditors for conducting concurrent audit in the identified 500 branches for the period from 01.10.2009 to 30.9.2010. Terms and conditions for appointment, fee structure, methodology for application/ selection, methodology for conducting audit/reporting and the methodology for review of performance of the auditors […]
Capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has asked the finance ministry to revoke a rule that bars Sebi officials sitting as members at the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT), which hears appeals against Sebi orders, a Sebi official said.
The following Benches will not function during the period 10.08.2009 to 13.08.2009:-“A1”, “B1”, “E1”, “J” & “WT”The cases are adjourned to respective dates. Please see seprete NoticeSd/-(M.A. Bakshi)Vice President(M)Mumbai, Dated : 06.08.2009
Re: Hardships and Practical Difficulties being faced/likely to be faced by Assessees while filing the Return of Income for A.Y.2009-10, in view of directions contained in CBDT Circular No.03/2009 Dated 21.05.2009 We refer to the CBDT Circular No. 03/2009 dated 21.05.2009 in connection with the filing of the Income Tax Returns for A.Y. 2009-2010.
A mechanism may be on the anvil to help companies to reclaim the fringe benefit tax they had paid for the first quarter along with advance corporate tax, as the government goes about implementing the budget proposal to abolish the levy with retrospective effect from April 1, 2009. Companies may be able to seek a refund […]
The government’s decision to extend the time limit for claiming tax exemption on profit earned from projects may not give the desired benefits to real estate developers. Instead of giving benefits to ongoing projects, the government chose to extend a tax waiver to `affordable’ housing projects that were approved till March 31, 2008. The current provision […]
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has ruled that foreign companies can claim tax deduction on expenses incurred in setting up a project office in India even if the mandatory approval from the Reserve Bank of India comes subsequently. The ruling was issued in the case of Stork Engineers & Contractors of the Netherlands, which was […]
