Prohibition on import of milk and milk products (including chocolates and chocolate products and candies/ confectionary/ food preparations with milk or milk solids as an ingredient) from China is further extended till 23.6.2013 or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
Notification No. 43/2012-St Govt. exempts the taxable services of the description mentioned in the Table below, provided by the Indian Railways from the whole of service tax leviable thereon under section 66B of the said Act, with effect from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, upto and including the 30th day of September, 2012.
As you are aware, in order to have all current instructions on the subject at one place, the Reserve Bank of India issues updated Circulars / notifications. The instructions contained in the Notification No.DNBC.39/DG(H)-77 dated 20th June 1977 updated as on June 30, 2012 is enclosed. The updated notification has also been placed on the RBI web-site (http://www.rbi.org.in).
As you are aware, in order to have all current instructions on the subject at one place, the Reserve Bank of India issues updated circulars / notifications. The instructions contained in the Notification No. DNBS. 193 DG(VL)-2007 dated February 22 , 2007 updated as on June 30, 2012 are reproduced below. The updated notification has also been placed on the RBI web-site (http://www.rbi.org.in).
As per extant guidelines in order to determine the rupee equivalent liability under FCNR (B) Scheme for the purpose of Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR), Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) may use the FEDAI indicative rate for all the four major currencies (viz. US dollar, GBP, Japanese Yen, and DM/Euro) on relevant reporting Friday which is available at 12.00 noon on any working day.
Notification No. 25/2012-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 (7th Amendment) Rules, 2012. (2) They shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
(1) The exporter shall declare the amount of commission paid or payable to the commission agent in the shipping bill or bill of export, as the case may be. (2) The exemption shall be limited to the service tax calculated on a value of ten per cent of the free on board value of export goods for which the said service has been used. (3) The exemption shall not be available on the export of canalised item, project export, or export financed under lines of credit extended by the Government of India or EXIM Bank, or export made by Indian partner in a company with equity participation in an overseas joint venture or wholly owned subsidiary.
Notification [F. No.334/1/2012 -TRU], dated 29-6-2012 In the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 30/2012- Service Tax, dated the 20th June, 2012 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 472 (E), dated the 20th June, 2012, in para I, in clause (A), in sub-clause (iv), in item (B),-
In the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 31/2012-Service Tax, dated the 20th June, 2012 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 473 (E), dated the 20th June, 2012, in the proviso, in clause (d),-
Notification No. 41/2012-ST, the rebate shall be granted by way of refund of service tax paid on the specified services. specified services means- (i) in the case of excisable goods, taxable services that have been used beyond the place of removal, for the export of said goods; (ii) in the case of goods other than (i) above, taxable services used for the export of said goods;
