Chartered accountants, company secretaries and cost accountants facing disciplinary action from their professional regulators can now appeal to a specialised appellate tribunal instead of a high court. The appeals will be heard by professionals who have regulatory experience and can deliver speedy decisions, an official in the ministry of corporate affairs said. The delay at […]
The Supreme Court last week emphasised that circulars and instructions issued by the customs and excise boards are no doubt binding on the authorities but when the Supreme Court or a high court declares the law on a disputed question, the courts’ view shall prevail. The court reiterated the view last week in the case, […]
Local city development agencies, such as Delhi Development Authority and Noida Development Authority, which have been raking in the moolah for some time from their housing projects, have drawn the attention of taxmen. The Central Board of Direct Taxes has sounded an alert to its field forces asking them to keep a tab on tax payments by […]
Reserve Bank of India has allowed three more credit information companies to do business. The banking regulator has also permitted the only existing local credit bureau Cibil (Credit Information Bureau India Ltd) to maintain credit histories of insurance and telecom customers. The three new entities include Equifax Credit Information Services, Experian Credit Information Company, and […]
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) won a crucial judgment in the Supreme Court against the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT), which has many a time set aside its orders. The SC on Tuesday held that the tribunal cannot set aside orders passed by Sebi under section 12(1) of the Sebi Act. The section […]
Holding global auditors Price Waterhouse guilty of wrongdoings in the multi-crore Satyam scam, the Serious Fraud Investigation Office has informed the government that the bookkeepers were involved in falsification of accounts of the IT firm. Detailing the role of Price Waterhouse partners in the scam involving thousands of crores of rupees, the probing arm of the Corporate Affairs Ministry has concluded after a three month long investigation that the auditors kept silent despite knowing about the failure of the IT firm’s audit system in 2007.
The Andheri police on Friday arrested a ch a r t e re d accountant (CA) for cheating a leading private bank of Rs 12.15 lakh. The accused, Bipin Thakkar, fraudulently obtained eight credit cards from HDFC Bank and used them to withdraw the money. The police are now on the lookout for Thakkar’s accomplice, […]
NSDL has hiked the fees for E-Filing of TDS, TCS & AIR Return & TAN application. Revise fees structure is as follows:-
Applying for a loan? Check if you’ve paid your telephone bill or insurance premium first. Soon, your loan proposals will not depend only on your credit card and debt payment record with banks but also on whether you’ve paid your phone bill, insurance premium and stock broker dues on time.The Reserve Bank of India on […]
The new foreign trade policy, which is being prepared by the commerce ministry, will be aligned with the Goods and Services Tax (GST) only after implementation of this indirect tax mechanism. The new policy is likely to be announced by the next government at the Centre by mid-2009, while the GST is likely to be […]
