In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (5) of section 41 of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 (Mah. IX of 2005), the Government of Maharashtra hereby amends the Government Notification, Finance Department, No. VAT 1511/ C.R.57/ Taxation-1, dated the 30th April 2011, namely
It is clarified that the subsidiaries of stock exchanges, acting as stock brokers, may rely upon the ‘in-person’ verification done by their sub-brokers (who are also registered with SEBI as stock brokers of the parent stock exchange) for their respective clients. However, the ultimate responsibility for ‘in-person’ verification would remain with the subsidiaries and they shall obtain the necessary IPV documents for their records.
ORDER NO, 174 OF 2011 The following transfers/postings in the grade of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax are hereby ordered with immediate effect and until further orders:
Circular No. 147/16/2011 – Service Tax , it apparent that in case the services provided by the sub-contractors to the main contractor are independently classifiable under Work Contract Service, then they too will get the benefit of exemption so long as they are in relation to the infrastructure projects mentioned above. Thus, it may happen that the main infrastructure projects of execution of works contract in respect of roads, airports, railways, transport terminals, bridges tunnels and dams, is sub-divided into several sub-projects and each such sub-project is assigned by the main contractor to the various sub-contractors. In such cases, if the sub-contractors are providing works contract service to the main contractor for completion of the main contract, then service tax is obviously not leviable on the works contract service provided by such sub-contractor.
The only change from the earlier notification no 64 of 4th August 2011 is that documents are to be submitted at HQ office of DGFT. Therefore hard copy of the application alongwith documents as prescribed in Notification number 64 of 4th August 2011 will need to be submitted to DGFT office at Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi by 1700 hours on 28th October 2011, before the allocation is made to eligible applicants. Hard copies of complete application not received by 1700 hours in DGFT office on 28th October 2011 will not be considered for allocation.
Notification No. 57/2011 – Income Tax Rules, 1962 were amended, vide notification No. S.O. 2429(E) dated 24th of October, 2011, for (i) extending the time limit of submission of TDS statements by the Government deductors in view of filing of Form No.24G by them; (ii) compulsory uploading of particulars of amount paid without deduction of tax in view of furnishing of declaration under section 197A; and (iii) enlarging the scope for grant of TDS credit to person other than the deductee.
Regulation 11 of MIMPS Regulations inter alia prescribes certain obligations on the recognised stock exchanges pertaining to their shareholding including submission of a report to SEBI within 15 days from the end of each quarter. In this regard, it has been observed that stock exchanges have been submitting the said report in different formats. Accordingly, it has been decided to standardize the format of reporting of shareholding pattern of the recognised stock exchange under MIMPS Regulations.
The housing finance regulator said Housing Finance Companies will no longer levy any fee on floating rate loans. In case of fixed rate loans, it has made a distinction and only those borrowers who pay from their “own sources”, such as savings or even loans from relatives, will be exempted from payment of penalty. In […]
The matter has been examined. It is decided that a technical textile is a textile product manufactured for non-aesthetic purposes, where function is the primary criterion. Technical textiles include textiles for automotive applications, medical textiles, geotextiles, agrotextiles and protective clothing like heat and radiation protection for fire fighter clothing, molten metal protection for welders, stab protection and bulletproof vests and spacesuits etc. Accordingly, only 33 items as listed in the Annexure are covered under technical textiles.
Circular No. 46/2011 – Customs While processing Drawback claims, whether under Section 74 or Section 75, wherever any deficiency is noticed in the claim, the same shall be communicated to the exporter in a clear unambiguous manner within a period of 10 days, from the date of filing of the claim. Further, the drawback claims shall be disbursed in accordance with the timelines as specified in the Citizen’s charter adopted by the department and the Sevottam standards prescribed in this regard. Commissioners of Customs shall undertake a periodic review and monitoring of the status of pending drawback claims.
