With regard to Statutory Audit, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has informed that it has issued Guidelines for appointment of Statutory Central Auditors (SCAs) and Statutory Branch Auditors in Public Sector Banks (PSBs), which covers the norms on eligibility, empanelment and selection as well as the procedure for appointment of such auditors. In case of […]
The Gross Advances of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) increased from Rs.25,03,431 crore as on 31.3.2008 to Rs. 68,75,748 crore as on 31.3.2014, as per the Global Operations Data of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). As per RBI inputs, the primary reasons for spurt in stressed assets have been observed to be, inter-alia, aggressive lending […]
Appropriate action by the Income-tax Department (ITD) and other Law Enforcement Agencies has been taken against those involved in the misuse of the Scheme of Demonetization. Such actions by the Income-tax Department included among others, conducting search and survey actions in relevant cases. During the period November 2016 to March, 2017, ITD conducted searches in […]
In respect of Income Tax department, the persons are liable for taxation on income/transaction originated/attributed to India irrespective of their addresses. Giving-up of Indian addresses may not result in escaping scrutiny by the Department. Specific cases of NRIs giving-up Indian addresses solely for this purpose have not been noticed.
Government has established Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) to look into serious corporate frauds including Multi-National Companies (MNCs). The details of investigations assigned to SFIO are:
The group of state finance ministers headed by MoS Finance Mr. Shiv Pratap Shukla will help provide speedy solutions to the problems faced by the MSMEs: Rashesh Shah, President, FICCI NEW DELHI, 6 August 2018: FICCI welcomes the initiative taken by the GST council to specifically discuss the issues and concerns being faced by MSMEs.
The ICAI takes a strong exception to the headline of the news item, as it is misleading / incorrect. It is quite unfortunate that the headline of the article appearing in a reputed publication is not in tandem with the news covered in the article.
GST Council approves 20% GST cashback on BHIM, Rupay transactions GST Council in its 29th meeting on Saturday (4th July 2018) decided to start a pilot project to give 20 per cent cashback of the GST paid subject to cap of Rs 100 on all UPI and USSD transactions as well as transactions made using […]
ICAI vide its representation suggested CBDT to that changes made in Form No. 3CD be implemented from AY 2019-20 for smooth implementation and compliance. It is further suggested that the new clauses may be reconsidered and appropriately modified preferably after due consultation with the stakeholders.
Finance Ministry is actively considering FICCI’s recommendation to reduce the GST rate on private security agencies from the current level of 18% to minimise the impact of the levy on the industry and capitalise on its job-creation potential.
