Notification No. 38/2013 – Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by section 295 read with sub-section (1) of section 35CCC of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2013. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
All the Scheduled Banks, whether registered or not under the Act, having their branches in Delhi and engaged in the business of Silver, Gold, repossessed vehicles, shall furnish the return on quarterly basis, in the enclosed Form Bank-1 prescribed for the purpose.
All the dealers registered under the DVAT Act, as on 31-03-2013, shall furnish the name of manager of business, permanent account number and Importer Exporter Code (IEC) and any amendment in respect of their business activities etc. online on or before 30.06.2013, using their login ID and password. For this purpose, Form DP-1 annexed with this Notification shall be used.
In this context, we have also been receiving references from certain banks asking whether advance against units of gold Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) and gold Mutual Funds is permitted. As these products are backed by bullion/primary gold, it is clarified that the restriction on grant of loan against gold bullion stipulated in terms of our circular dated July 22, 1978 referred to at para 2 above, will also be applicable to grant of advance against units of gold ETFs and units of gold Mutual Funds.
It has been decided to widen the interest subvention scheme to the following sectors for the period April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014, on the same terms and conditions: ITC(HS) and Textiles good to 6 tariff lines as per the list given in the Annex –I. Additional 101 tariff lines in engineering good sector in addition to the existing 134 lines as per the list given in Annex- II.
NOTIFICATION NO 19/2013-CX, Dated: May 23, 2013 Seeks to allow duty free sale of goods manufactured in India to the International passengers or members of crew at the DFSs located at the arrival / departure hall of International Airports and specify the procedures relating thereto.
Changes made to India’s Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme, 1952 (EPFS) and Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 (EPS) in 2008 added ‘international workers’ within the Indian social security regime. Recently, India’s Employees’ Provident Funds Organisation issued a circular directing its field officers to determine full compliance in respect of all international workers.
NOTIFICATION NO. 18/2013-CX, Dated: May 23, 2013 Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby rescinds the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 145/1989-Central Excise , dated the 19th May, 1989, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this rule, where an order, notice or any communication is made electronically and addressed to the dealer by e-mail which is provided to the department by the dealer, then such order, notice or communication, shall be deemed to have been served on the addressee. For the purpose of this sub-rule, the provisions of section 13 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000) shall be applicable.
– In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do
