Market regulator SEBI on Friday said it is not obliged to obtain information from stock exchanges for sharing it with the public under the Right to Information Act. “SEBI Act gives powers to SEBI to obtain information for certain purposes and not for obtaining such information from the exchange for the sole purpose of providing the same to the appellant,” […]
Search and seizure operations by the revenue authorities have forced tax evaders in the national capital to cave in and admit that they owe the government more than Rs 860 crore (Rs 8.6 billion) for the last fiscal. According to an official report of the department, taxmen carried out search, seizure and survey operations in nearly […]
Smaller countries with population of less than 30 million are better placed to face the economic slowdown and benefit quicker from any recovery, indicates a ‘stress test’ conducted by the international business school IMD to supplement its annual IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2009. The stress test finding, favouring small countries, goes against generally prevalent economic […]
ICAI expect its fraud detection cell to come into operation by July 2009, to handle cases like the `Satyam case’, said Uttam Prakash Agarwal, ICAI President. The cell would crack large financial fraud cases and help agencies like Securities and Exchange Board of India and Reserve Bank of India. The cell’s objective would be to […]
Mumbai: Being an I-T official, Ajaykumar Singh (38)—who rummages through documents to detect tax evasion—should have smelt a rat when he received an SMS saying he had won three lakh pounds in a lottery. However, the Powai resident not only fell for the Nigerian scam but also followed instructions regarding payment towards processing charges till the […]
A month after the government allowed registration of Limited Liability Partnerships, only 10 firms have availed this new form of doing business that provides advantages of a partnership firm and also a corporation. This is because the government is yet to notify key sections (Sections 55 to 58) of the law that would enable conversion of […]
Mumbai: Investigations into the seizure of Rs 90 lakh during nakabandi by the MRA Marg police last week have revealed that the money was sent by commission agents who ran a courier service. The money was sent from Latur and Nanded to Mumbai. The seized cash belonged to small-time businessmen who had given the money to […]
Expression of interest from firms of Chartered Accountants for inclusion of their names to the existing panel of Statutory Auditors / Additional Auditor/ Concurrent Auditor for BOT/BOT (Annuity) Projects of NHAI (based upon new MCA) in various States of India. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) awards concessions for Highways construction to the selected bidders. […]
Markets have stopped trading for the day as the benchmarks hit another upper circuit Monday as soon as the trade resumed after 2 hour break. Investors are euphoric after the United Progressive Alliance emerged victorious in the 2009 general elections. Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex was locked at 14272.62 up 2099.21 points or 17.24 per cent. National Stock Exchange’s […]
Accounting regulator ICAI today issued a clarification saying that internal auditors appointed as tax auditors can continue to do their work if their selection for the job took place before December 12 last year. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India decided that with effect from December 12 last year internal auditors cannot be appointed […]
