Government has no plans to bring a new amnesty scheme for tax evaders and wants to amend the Indo-Mauritius tax treaty to curb its abuse by companies, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday. VDS schemes in the past offered amnesty to people declaring black money and paying tax. But VDS schemes cannot be hugely successful […]
The Finance Bill proposes introduction of Section 26A in the Customs Act, 1962, so as to comply with the standards under the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonisation of Customs Procedure (Revised Kyoto Convention). It seeks to provide for refund of import duty paid at the time of clearance of imported goods, capable of […]
The proposal for retrospective amendment of the DFIA notification (no. 40/2006-Cus. dated 1.5.2006) intends to recover duty and interest from exporters who had stayed within the law and obtained certain benefits, which the government very well knew to be legitimate but later on claimed to be unintended. The DFIA scheme drafted by the commerce ministry […]
However, the said goods would be exempt from excise duty subject to non availment of Cenvat credit on input. [Notification No 30/2004-CE refers]. Thus, the exemption will be optional. Those opting to pay duty @ 4% will be eligible to avail Cenvat credit. The applicable rates for CVD purposes will be 4%.
The I-T department has lost the opportunity to recover revenues running into thousands of crores after failing to file its appeals before the Bombay High Court within the stipulated period of 120 days. The Bombay High Court has dismissed about 400 appeals recently. Section 260 A of the Income-Tax Act stipulates that an appeal against the Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT)
Result of the Common Proficiency Test (Online) held in March, April and May 2009 and Common Proficiency Test (Paper Pencil Mode) held in June, 2009 is expected to be declared on Friday, the 17th July, 2009 around 2 P.M. The results of the Common Proficiency Test (Paper Pencil mode) held in June, 2009 and Common […]
Applications for admission to Professional Competence Examination (PCE), Integrated Professional Competence Examination (IPCE) and Final Examination are required to be made in the prescribed forms. The application forms are priced at Rs. 100/- per application form and will be available for sale from 17th August, 2009. The candidates requiring forms by post may please send their […]
Applications for admission to Common Proficiency Test (Paper-Pencil Mode) is required to be made on the relevant prescribed form as contained in the Information Brochure, which may be obtained from the Additional Secretary (Examinations),
The tender bids must reach the Managing Director, National Informatics Centre Services Incorporated, 6th Floor, Hall No.2 & 3, 15, NBCC Tower, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi-66, complete in all respect, latest by 1500 Hours. on 16.07.2009, otherwise it will be rejected. The Basic Bids will be opened on 1530 hours on Same Day at […]
PAN is the basic ‘penetrating needle’ for the Income tax Department to rope in every income earning person. It is a fact that our taxbase continues to be a major concern for policy makers. And in order to widen the taxpayers’ base the I-T Department intends to ride the vehicle of PAN in a big […]