4th March, 2011- S.O. 479(E) .- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Competition Act, 2002 (12 of 2003), the Central Government hereby appoints the 1st day of June, 2011 as the date on which sections 5, 6,20,29, 30 and section 31 of the said Act shall come into force.
ITAT Practice Note on Change of Address of assessee-In Jagjivandas Nandlal vs. ITAT 236 CTR 274, the Bombay High Court requested the President of the Tribunal to consider make it compulsory for assessees to amend Form 36 for change of address instead of merely intimating vide letter. The Tribunal has now issued the following practice note:
It has now been decided that a company shall not require approval of the Central Government for making payment of remuneration by way of commission to its Non- Whole Time Director(s) in addition to the sitting fee if the total commission to be paid to all those Non-Whole Time Directors does not exceed 1% of the net profit of the company if it has a Whole Time Director(s) or 3% of the net profit of the company if does not have a Managing Director or Whole Time Director(s).
In view of the ensuing closing of Government Accounts for the financial year 2010-11, you may please reiterate the instructions to your branches regarding introduction of special messenger arrangements at your receiving branches (situated locally) from the second fortnight of March 2011. Receiving branches not situated locally should also adopt special arrangements such as courier service etc. from the second fortnight of March 2011 for passing on challans/scrolls etc. to the Nodal/Focal Point branches so that all payments and collections made on behalf of Government towards the end of March are accounted for in the same financial year. The branches may also be instructed to take all necessary steps to ensure that the arrears, if any, are cleared before March 15, 2011.
Notification No. 12/2011 – Income Tax Income-tax : Section 43(5), clause (ii) of Explanation to clause (d) of proviso of the Income-tax Act, 1961 – Speculative transaction – Recognized Stock Exchange – Notified Recognized Stock Exchange. NOTIFICATION NO. 12/2011 [F.NO. 142/20/2010-SO (TPL)], DATED 25-2-2011. In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (ii) in the Explanation to clause (d) of the proviso to clause (5) of section 43 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), read with rule 6DDB of the Income-tax Rules, 1962, the Central Government hereby notifies the United Stock Exchange of India Limited as a recognized stock exchange for the purpose of the said clause with effect from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette.
ereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 4/2006-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2006, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide G.S.R. 94 (E) dated the 1st March, 2006 , namely: In the said notification, in the Table, after S.No.62A and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely:- Vaccines specified under the National Immunisation Program
Besides the legislative changes, a number of other changes have been made in rules and will become effective on the dates mentioned in the respective notifications. Point of Taxation Rules, 2011 have also been introduced by notification 18/2011-ST and made effective from 1-4-2011. Fresh exemptions have been granted while a few existing exemptions have been modified. These changes are contained in Notification Nos. 1/2011-ST to 17/2011-ST and will take effect on the dates mentioned in the respective notifications.
These rules may be called the Companies (Accounting Standards) (Amendment) Rules, 2011. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different classes of companies. 2. In the Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2006, (hereinafter called as principal rules), in the Definition for clause ‘C, the following shall be substituted, namely,
NOTIFICATION NO. 18/2011 – SERVICE TAX, DATED 1-3-2011- For the purposes of these rules, unless otherwise stated, ‘point of taxation’ shall be determined in the following manner, namely:-(a) a provision of service shall be treated as having taken place at the time when service is provided or to be provided; and
NOTIFICATION NO. 17/2011-SERVICE TAX, DATED 1-3-2011. In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the Finance Act) read with sub-section (3) of section 95 of Finance (No. 2), Act, 2004 (23 of 2004) and sub-section (3) of section 140 of the Finance Act, 2007 (22 of 2007) and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 9/2009-Service Tax, dated the 3rd March, 2009,
