Maharashtra Government has vide Notification No. No IPA. 2012/329/CR 59/Desk-1 Dated 25.09.2013 has doubled the fees for partnership related issues. Revised rates are as follows :-
I have been directed to inform you that in pursuance to the decision of Full Board and minutes of the meeting dated 21/08/2013, the CPC is allowed to issue refunds without adjustment of demand as an interim measure in cases where either the outstanding demand against the assessee was less than Rs. 5000/- or claim of refund was less than Rs 5000/-
I have been directed to inform that a number of e-Returns have been submitted for AY 2013-14 where unpaid self-assessment-tax existed on the date of submission of e-returns. As on 09-Oct-2013, total 1,46,495 e-Returns of AY 2013-14 were submitted with unpaid selfassessment-tax of Rs. 100/- or more on the date of filing.
Services provided in relation to serving of food or beverages by a canteen having the facility of air-conditioning or central air-heating at any time during the year maintained in a factory covered under the Factories Act, 1948 will be exempt from levy of service tax.
The CBDT has issued Notification No. 7 of 2013 dated 21.10.2013 appointing several Assistant Commissioners of Income-tax (Junior Scale) as Deputy Commissioners of Income-tax (Senior Scale) in the pay scale of Rs. 15,600 – 39,000
Presently, in terms of reporting requirements as laid down in para 23 of Master Circular DBOD No. BAPD.BC. 18/22.01.001/2013-14 dated July 01, 2013 on Branch Authorisation, banks should report details of opening of a new place of business including Mobile branch/Mobile ATMs, and call centres, and closure, merger, shifting or conversion of any existing place of business immediately and in any case not later than two weeks after opening/closure/merger/shifting/conversion to the Regional Office concerned of the Department of Banking Supervision (DBS), Reserve Bank of India, except in respect of branches in Maharashtra and Goa, which should be reported to DBOD, CO, Mumbai. This reporting requirement would continue.
Gold certificates issued by Banks in respect of investments made by Gold ETFs in GDS can be held by mutual funds in dematerialized or physical form.
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
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992) read with Para 1.3 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014 (as amended from time to time), the Central Government hereby amends with immediate effect serial no 4 of Notification No 22(RE-2012)/2009-14 dated 18th June 2013 relating to Sl. No. 92 of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) Classification of Export & Import Items.
It has been observed that some banks have introduced certain innovative Housing Loan Schemes in association with developers/builders, e.g. upfront disbursal of sanctioned individual housing loans to the builders without linking the disbursals to various stages of construction of housing project,
