More than Rs. 20000 crore of tax demand is stayed by the courts/ITAT. Our counsels should be advised to get the stays vacated or ensure early hearings by brining the direction of the Supreme Court in the Vodafone case to the taxpayer to pay 25% of the disputed taxes and provide bank guarantee for the remaining, thereby endorsing the principle that stay of recovery in litigated matters should not be the norm, to the notice of the concerned court/ITAT.
Notification No.37/2011 -Central Excise Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 3/2006-Central Excise dated the 1st March,2006, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 93 (E), dated the 1st March, 2006, namely: – In the said notification, in the Table,- (i) after S.No.12 and the entries relating thereto, the following S. No and the entries shall be inserted, namely:-
Notification No.36 /2011-Central Excise – Nothing contained in this notification shall apply to food preparations including food preparations containing meat, falling under chapters 16 or 19 (except chapter heading 1905) which are prepared or served in a hotel, restaurant or retail outlet whether or not such food is consumed in such hotel, restaurant or retail outlet.
Dishonour / Return of Cheques – Need to Sign / Initial the Cheque Return Memo – Please refer to our circular DPSS. CO. CHD. No. 485 / 03.06.01 / 2010-11 dated September 1, 2010 on Dishonour / Return of Cheques – Need to Mention the ‘Date of Return’ in the Cheque Return Memo, wherein citing the criticality of the document in case of recourse to legal action, it has been indicated that instruments returned unpaid should have a signed / initialed objection slip on which a definite and valid reason for refusing
Detection of Counterfeit Banknotes – Revised Procedure- For cases of detection of counterfeit notes upto 4 pieces, in a single transaction, a consolidated report as per the format prescribed in the annex should be sent to the police authorities at the end of the month. For cases of detection of counterfeit notes of 5 or more pieces, in a single transaction, FIRs should be lodged with the Nodal Police Station / Police Authorities as per jurisdiction, in terms of our Master Circular ibid.
We advise that the names of 5 amalgamated Regional Rural Banks have been included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 by notification RPCD.CO.RRB.No.11377/ 03.05.100/ 2010-11 March 31, 2011 published in the Extraordinary Gazette of India (Part III- Sec.4) dated June 13, 2011.
In pursuance of the powers conferred by entry (iv) of sub-clause (i), entry (vi) of para (A) and entry (iv) of para (B) of sub-clause (ii) of clause (f) of sub-rule (1) of rule 2 of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Rules, 2005, the Government of Maharashtra, after consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, hereby notifies all the branches of Oriental Bank of Commerce, Vijaya Bank and Andhra Bank in the State to be the Government treasury, for the purposes of clause (f) of sub-rule (1) of rule 2 of the said rules, with effect from 22nd July 2011.
Notification No. 80/2011 – Income Tax [F.NO. 279/115/1999-NC]/S.O. 1682(E), DATED 21-7-2011 – In the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) number S.O.1390 (E), dated the 14th June, 2011 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (ii), relating to the trust Srinivasan Services Trust, Chennai, in paragraph 5 “Development Projects at 30 Villages of Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra” may be read as “Development Projects at 70 Panchayats of Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra”.
Notification No. 77 /2011-Customs , Dated: August 17, 2011 G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 21/2002-Customs, dated the 1st March, 2002 which was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide G.S.R. 118 (E) dated the 1st march, 2002, namely: –
Notification No. 35/2011-Central Excise G.S.R. (E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 6/2006-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2006, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 96(E), dated 1st March, 2006, namely:-
