As per the amended Rule 7, with effect from 1st October 2011, every service tax assessee is required to file half yearly return only electronically. A service tax assessee can file return electronically by accessing ACES Web Portal www.aces.gov.in. The said website has hosted LMS (Learning Management System) on the home page. The broad features are given below:-
Any importer or exporter, who contravenes any provision of these regulations or abets such contravention or fails to comply with any provision of these regulations with which it was his duty to comply, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.
In continuation of General Circular No. 32/2011 dated 31.05.2011 on the subject cited matter, I am directed to say that the time for filing DIN-4 by DIN holders for furnishing the PAN and to update PAN details has been extended till 15.12.2011.
All the terms and conditions of the General Circulars No. 59/2011 dated 05.08.2011 and No. 60/2011 dated 10.08.2011 will remain the same.
I am directed to bring it to your kind notice that the Board has decided to remit the sum of Rs. 5000/- and any other sum to the Ministry of Law, for filing SLP/Counter Affidavits in the honorable Supreme Court through the Directorate of Income-tax (Legal & Research), New Delhi on its own instead of through respective field offices.
Reserve Bank of India vide its circular DBS.ARS.BC. No. 4/ 08.91.020/ 2010-11 dated November 10, 2010 has issued instructions to Indian public and private sector banks regarding a comprehensive calendar of reviews to be placed before the Audit Committee of their Board. While all the reviews prescribed vide our above circular are not applicable to foreign banks operating in India, we request you to be guided by the instructions contained therein. In order to do so you may
Notification No. 54/2011 – Income Tax Whereas, an Agreement between the Government of the Republic of India and Government of the British Virgin Islands for the exchange of information relating to taxes was signed at London. UK on the 9th day of February, 2011; And whereas, the date of entry into force of the said Agreement is the 22nd day of August, 2011, being the date of later of the notifications of completion of the procedures as required by the respective laws for entry into force of the said Agreement, in accordance with Article 14 of the said Agreement;
NC Notification No.104/2011 – Income Tax [F.No.V.27015/4/2011-SO(NAT.COM)]/S.O. 2302(E), dated 3-10-2011 -In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clause (b) of the Explanation to section 35AC of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the National Committee for Promotion of Social and Economic Welfare, hereby notifies the institutions approved by the said “National Committee, mentioned in column (2) of the Table below, and approves the eligible projects or schemes specified to be carried on by the said institutions and the estimated cost thereof as mentioned in column (3) of the said Table, and also specifies in the column (4) of the Table the maximum amount of such cost which may be allowed as deduction under the said section 35AC for the period of approval, namely:—
Attention of Authorised Persons is invited to the paragraph C of the Annex I the Memorandum of Instructions governing money changing activities, issued vide A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 57 [A.P. (FL/RL Series) Circular No. 04], dated 9-3-2009 in terms of which the Guidelines for appointment of Agents/Franchisees by Authorized Dealers Category – I, Authorized Dealers Category – II and FFMCs have been prescribed.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with sub-section (5) of section 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act, 1975 read with rules 18 and 20 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995.
