Based on representations received from stakeholders and to further ease the PAN verification process at the time of account opening of FPIs, it is decided that the intermediaries can verify the PAN of FPIs online from website authorised by Income Tax department at the time of account-opening for FPIs.
Rate of exchange of conversion of the foreign currency with effect from 18th November, 2016 as notified by CBEC vide Notification No.138/2016 – Customs (N.T.) dated 17.11.2016
As announced in the Union Budget 2016-17, it has now been decided to expand the investment basket of eligible instruments for investment by FPIs under the corporate bond route to include the following:
The list under Rule 114B as on date requiring PAN to be quoted includes the following banking transactions : a. Deposit with a banking company or a co-operative bank in cash exceeding fifty thousand rupees during any one day.
Rule 12E. Prescribed authority under sub-section (2) of section 143.—The prescribed authority under sub-section (2) of section 143 shall be an income-tax authority not below the rank of an Income-tax Officer who has been authorised by the Central Board of Direct Taxes to act as income-tax authority for the purposes of sub-section (2) of section 143
Henceforth powers for correction of spelling mistakes in names upto two letters and change of surname in case of female employees on account of marriage shall be delegated to APFC (Accounts) .
RBI advises banks to send daily report to RBI with details of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs). It has been observed that the banks are sending the reports with significant delay causing severe inconvenience in collation and consolidation of data at RBI.
With a view to ensure compliance with provisions of 114B of the Income Tax Rules, 1962, the banks are advised as under: Anybody depositing more than ₹ 50,000/- in cash in their bank account has to submit a copy of the PAN card in case the bank account is not seeded with PAN
While exchanging the SBNs, the concerned bank branch and post offices would put indelible ink mark on the right index finger of the customer so as to identify that he/she has exchanged the old currency notes only once.
S.O. 3453(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016), the Central Government hereby appoints the 15th November, 2016 as the date on which the provisions of the following sections of the said Code shall come into force
