Under the present scenario of deregulated interest rate on the savings bank account, in order to avoid ambiguity and variation in compensation rates across different agency banks, these instructions have been reviewed. It has now been decided that with effect from the date of this circular, an agency bank shall compensate an investor in Relief/Savings bonds, for the financial loss due to late receipt/delayed credit of interest warrants/maturity value, at a fixed rate of 8% per annum.
Circular No.155/6/ 2012 – ST It has been brought to the attention of the Board that some airlines are collecting differential service tax on tickets issued before 1st April 2012 for journey after 1st April 2012, causing inconvenience to passengers. Representations have also been received in this regard. The position of law in the above respect is clear and is detailed below.
If the Indian company has extended a guarantee to a loan taken by non-resident entity (may be its subsidiary abroad), such guarantees are part of contingent foreign liabilities. In this case, under column1 of block 7, “Loan Guarantee” needs to be mentioned.
AD Category-I banks are advised that a further revision has taken place on March 7, 2012 and accordingly, the Rupee value of the Special Currency Basket has been fixed at Rs.70.965327 with effect from March 13, 2012.
Under the overall guidance of the Board for Payment and Settlement Systems, the Reserve Bank over the last few years, has been taking a number of steps to popularise the electronic payment systems in the country. In this connection, a reference is invited to circular DPSS.CO.OD.494/04.04.009/2011-2012 dated September 21, 2011, in terms of which, liberalised revised access criteria for centralised and decentralised payment systems were announced.
CBDT Circular No. 01/2012 All deductors (including government deductors who deposit TDS in the Central Government Account through book entry) shall issue TDS certificate in Form No. 16A generated through TIN central system and which is downloaded from the TIN website with a unique TDS certificate number in respect of all sums deducted on or after the 1st day of April, 2012 under any of the provisions of Chapter-XVII-B other than section 192. In other words, the issuance of duty verified TDS certificate in Form No. 16A, by the deductor of any category shall henceforth by only through TIN Central System. The deductor shall therefore, download such certificate from the TIN Central System, verify the correctness of the contents mentioned therein and authenticate the correctness of the contents before issue of the said certificate.
It is proposed to prescribe a common application format (as per Annexure 1) for seeking registration under Central Excise as well as Service Tax. It is also proposed to revisit the process of registration under both Central Excise and Service Tax to amend procedures prescribed in respect of registration. The changes proposed in respect of Registration processes are as follows:
To ensure greater flexibility in sending remittances, it has now also been decided to allow Authorised Dealers Category-II to open Nostro accounts subject to following terms and conditions: i) Only one Nostro account for each currency may be opened; ii) Balances in the account should be utilized only for the settlement of remittances sent for permissible purposes and not for the settlement in respect of forex prepaid cards; iii) No idle balance shall be maintained in the said account; and iv) They will be subject to reporting requirements as prescribed from time to time.
Notification No.31/2012-Customs (N.T.) Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary so to do for the purpose of the protection of human, animal, plant life and health, hereby prohibits import into India and export out of India of hazardous wastes specified in Scheduled VI to the Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008, issued under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), save as otherwise provided under the said Act and the rules made thereunder,
Notification No.20/2012-Customs (ADD) in the matter of continuation of anti-dumping duty on imports of ‘Peroxosulphates’ also known as ‘Persulphates’, originating in, or exported from, China PR and Japan imposed vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 96/2007-Customs, dated the 29th August, 2007, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 567(E), dated the 29th August, 2007, and had requested for extension of anti-dumping duty upto one more year, in terms of sub-section (5) of Section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act;
