No. VAT 1512/ CR 84/ Taxation-1. The Government of Maharashtra has issued Notification dated 30.7.2012 amending MVAT Rules. The short gist of such amendments is as under: (1) In rules 17, 25, 41, 45, 45A, 46 and 83 reference is added to late fees, which is required to be paid in case of late filing of returns. The amendment is in technical nature.
Notification No. 29/2012-Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by section 295 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 (8th Amendment) Rules, 2012.
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992, as amended, read with paragraph 1.3 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, the Central Government hereby amends with immediate effect para 5.2A, 9.12, 5.3 and 5.11of Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014 (RE 2012).
Companies (Central Government’s) General Rules and Forms (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2012 – (Form 21 & 23) – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 642 read with section 610B of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Companies (Central Government’s) General Rules and Forms, 1956, namely: – 1. (1) These rules may be called the Companies (Central Government’s) General Rules and Forms (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2012. (2) These rules shall come into force with effect from the 12th August, 2012. 2. In the Companies (Central Government’s) General Rules and Forms, 1956, in Annexure ‘A’,-
Notification No. 28/2012-Income Tax Whereas an Agreement and the Protocol between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Republic of Lithuania for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital (DTAA) was signed at New Delhi on 26th July, 2011;
Notification No. 27/2012-Income Tax Whereas an Agreement and the Protocol between the Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the Republic of Estonia for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income was signed at Tallinn, Estonia, on 19th day of September, 2011;
There may be situations where the clients of banks may like to reduce the notional exposure of the hedging derivative contract. In such cases, banks may partially or fully terminate the contract before maturity, at their discretion, thereby reducing the notional exposure of the contract. This reduction in notional exposure would not be treated as re-structuring of the derivative contract provided all other parameters of the original contract remain unchanged.
The Central Government has notified the Factoring Regulation Act, 2011 on January 22, 2012. The Act aims to regulate Factors and assignment of receivables in favour of Factors, as also delineate the rights and obligations of parties to assignment of receivables. Under the Act, factoring companies other than banks, Government companies etc. (as provided in Section 5 of the Act) would be registered with the Reserve Bank as NBFCs and would be subject to prudential regulations by the Reserve Bank. In accordance with the above, it has been decided to introduce a new category of NBFCs viz; Non-Banking Financial Company–Factors and issue separate Directions to them.
.O. (E) In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5, read along with Section 3(2) of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992, read with paragraph 2.1 of Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment in the Schedule 1 – Import Policy of the ITC (HS), 2012.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 642 read with section 610B of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Companies (Central Government’s) General Rules and Forms, 1956, namely: – 1. (1) These rules may be called the Companies (Central Government’s) General Rules and Forms (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2012.
