The CBI on Saturday arrested S S Keshkamat, additional commissioner of Income Tax (I-T) in connection with the alleged bribe paid to his ITO, T V Mohan. Keshkamat’s three flats in Thane and a shop in his wife’s name are under the CBI scanner. The CBI said Mohan had named Keshkamat during interrogation. CBI sources […]
This could be one the biggest admission of tax evasion by an individual in recent times. Munir Khan, who describes himself as a`scientist’ and has a medicine for all incurable diseases, on Friday paid Rs 22 crore as tax on his income for the current financial year. According to sources, the assessment wing of the […]
Kaun Banega Crorepati – 3 which ran on Star Plus TV from January 2007 to April 2007 under the anchor of Shah Rukh Khan, was running a contest called “Har Seat Hot Seat” in which TV viewers were invited to participate. The contest consisted of answering an objective type question with four possible answers. TV […]
India has partially lifted the six months ban imposed on import of toys from China earlier this year. The government, on Monday, decided to allow import of Chinese toys which have been given quality certificates by internationally recognised laboratories and agencies. The move follows threats issued by China of complaining against India’s ban at the […]
In a move that has implications for infrastructure firms such as L&T, Reliance Infrastructure, Simplex Infrastructure and Soma Enterprises, the government has clarified that construction of roads is not a taxable service, though repair, management and maintenance of roads will attract service tax. A Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) circular has cleared the […]
As many as 100,000 Indians and an equal number of Chinese will return to their native countries in the next three to five years, a move that will greatly boost their economies and undermine technological innovation in America, a new US study warns. The study on immigration by a team at Duke, Harvard and Berkeley […]
ICAI – Constitution of a Special Group ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL Madam/Dear Sir, I wish to inform you that the President, in terms of the authority given to him by the Council at its 285th meeting held from 2nd to 5th February, 2009, has constituted a Special Group for suggesting improvements in financial reporting […]
The recent notification of the Central Government to reduce service tax and excise duty by two per cent is not expected to come to the rescue of the hospitality industry in the current time of despair. The Government directive will only be applicable to the hotel rooms and the banquet and convention facilities.
With the service tax rate being reversed from 12 to 10 per cent, a question which the service providers face is to determine the day on which the new service tax rate is effective. Even after 15 years of introduction of service tax in India, this very crucial legal issue is still unresolved. Controversies are […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation has stumbled upon propertiesworth crores of rupees, which is suspected to have been illegitimately amassed by a senior Income Tax officer. Additional IT Commissioner, S M Keshkamat was held on Friday for accepting a bribe of Rs 4.5 lakh from an assessee. Keshkamat had purchased the properties in the names […]
