In exercise of powers conferred under section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 read with section 6 and section 84 of the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015 (‘Act’), the Central Board of Direct Taxes, with effect from 18th December, 2015 and until further orders, hereby directs that for the purposes of making declaration of undisclosed foreign assets under section 59 of the said Act and matters related thereto, Shri Rahul Navin, CIT(TP)-1, New Delhi shall be the designated Income-tax authority.
SEBI has initiated the second tranche of distribution of amount to 4.63 lakh investors from the disgorged amount in the matter of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) irregularities. An amount of Rs.18.06 crore, which includes Rs.7.35 crore recovered by SEBI in exercise of the newly conferred recovery powers under the Securities Laws (Amendment) Act, 2014, would […]
Office Order No. 24/2015 Instances have been noticed wherein the Principal Commissioners a-e acting as Chief Commissioner of their respective Zones as well as the members of the Committee of the Commissioners formed for the purpose of reviewing the orders of the Commissioner (Appeals) within their jurisdiction under Section 35B(2) of the Central Excise Act, 1944, Section 85(2A) of the Finance Act, 1994 and Section 129A(2) of the Customs Act, 1962.
Director General of Foreign Trade hereby rescinds the Public Notice No. 30 (RE-2012)/2009-2014 dated 16th November, 2012 vide which a list of 62 tradable items had been notified for the Indo – Myanmar Border Trade. Along with the Public Notice No. 30 (RE-2012)/2009-2014 dated 16th November, 2012, the Public Notice No.289/92-97 dated 10th April, 1995 and Public Notice No.106 (RE-2008)/2004-2009 dated 7th November, 2008 are also rescinded.
Public Notice No. 49/2015-2020 Quantity of import item at S. No. 10 of SION A1663 has been specified in addition to the value-wise limit already prescribed in S.No. 8 of General Notes for all export product groups.
NOTIFICATION No. FEMA.360/2015-RB-In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of sub-section (3) of Section 6 and Section 47 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), the Reserve Bank of India hereby makes the following amendments in the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2000 (Notification No. FEMA. 20/2000-RB, dated 3rd May, 2000) namely:-
the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currencies specified in column (2) of each of Schedule I and Schedule II annexed hereto, into Indian currency or vice versa, shall, with effect from 18th December, 2015, be the rate mentioned against it in the corresponding entry in column (3) thereof, for the purpose of the said section, relating to imported and export goods.
F. No. 394/193/2015-Cus (AS) In terms of para 8 (h) of the guidelines, a person can be intercepted / interrogated/ baggage examined/ searched even in the case of non –cognizable offence. The only restriction is that the person can not be detained/ arrested/ prevented from leaving the country.
Notification No. 46/2015-Central Excise prescribes the Basic Excise Duty (BED), with effect from 17.12.2015, on the following products at the rates indicated below: (i) Unbranded petrol from Rs. 7.06 per litre to Rs. 7.36 per litre; (ii) Branded petrol from Rs. 8.24 per litre to Rs. 8.54 per litre; (iii) Unbranded diesel from Rs. 4.66 per litre to Rs. 5.83 per litre; and (iv) Branded diesel from Rs. 7.02 per litre to Rs. 8.19 per litre.
F.No. 238/15/2015-CX.7 With regard to non-detection of lapse during the internal audit, Ministry had issued instructions vide letter No.232/3D/CE/2015-CX.7 dated 7th December, 2015. It is once again reiterated that officers involved in the audit of the units should be clearly directed to follow the instructions scrupulously given in the Audit Manual 2015. This Audit Manual has already be circulated by the Directorate General of Audit to all field formations.
