There is no definition of the term Shell Company in the Companies Act and it normally refers to a company without active business operation or significant assets, which in some cases are used for illegal purpose such as tax evasion, money laundering, obscuring ownership, benami properties etc
A total of 320 foreign companies registered in the country during the last three years. This was stated by Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Shri Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Finance Comprehensive measures taken to curb incidence of frauds in Banks Posted On: 27 JUL 2021 As per the information received from RBI, the number of cases of frauds of Rs 500 crore and above reported by Public Sector Banks/ Indian Banks (Except Foreign Banks) / Select Financial Institutions are 79 cases in […]
Nearly 72% of financial transactions of PSBs are now done through digital channels, with doubling of customers active on digital channels from 3.4 crore in FY2019-20 to 7.6 crore in FY2020-21, and the share of financial transactions undertaken through home and mobile channels has increased from 29% in FY2018-19 to 76% in FY2020-21.
Direct tax collection for the first quarter of the current fiscal has doubled. This was stated by Union Minister of State for Finance Shri Pankaj Chaudhary in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Easing out the process of tax filing is an ongoing process and a number of measures have been taken in the past, as well as continue to be taken, to make the process of filing tax returns for all taxpayers, including corporates, faster, easier and more efficient.
As on 31.05.2021, assessment orders under section 10(3)/10(4) of the Black Money Act, 2015 have been passed in 166 cases, wherein demand of 8,216 crore has been raised. Undisclosed income of 8,465 crore (approx.) has been brought to tax and penalty of Rs. 1,294 crore has been levied in HSBC cases.
The Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued a Public Notice Number 14/2015-20 dated 13 July 2021 to extend time limit for filing of claims under the Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) scheme. The “Transport and Marketing Assistance” (TMA) for specified agriculture products Scheme aims to provide assistance for the international component of freight […]
INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY BOARD OF INDIA New Delhi, the 26th July, 2021 AMENDMENT TO THE GUIDELINES FOR TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF CORE SERVICES AND OTHER SERVICES UNDER THE INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY BOARD OF INDIA (INFORMATION UTILITIES) REGULATIONS, 2017 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 196 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, […]
This issue incorporates very interesting articles on a variety of topics. The articles briefly stated are: i. ‘Sports in Section 2(15) of Income-tax Act, 1961’ highlights the need of including sports, a field of eminent importance, in the definition of ‘charitable purpose’ bringing sports at par with yoga.
