Vide Order No. 17 of 2012 dated 19.01.2012 the CBDT has stated that three IRS officers have been selected as Accountant Members of the Tribunal and that their services are placed at the disposal of the Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice, with effect from the date of assumption of charge or until further orders.
The Company Law Board has revised the fees payable in terms of Regulations 29 and 30 of the Company Law Board Regulations, 1991 vide Notification No. GSR 32(E), dated 18th January, 2012. The fee for inspection of documents of a case has been revised from ten rupees to fifty rupees per day. The fee for supply of certified copies of order or any other document has been revised from five rupees to ten rupees per page.
ORDER NO. 14 OF 2012 -In continuation of this Department’s order No. 175/2011 dated 27.10.2011, on promotion to the grade of Joint Commissioner of Income Tax on ad hoc basis, following transfer/posting of officers are ordered with immediate effect and until further orders:
ORDER NO. 13 of 2012 – The following officers in the grade of Additional/Joint/Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax are hereby transferred and posted at the station indicated against each in the Directorate of International Taxation and Transfer Pricing with immediate effect and until further orders:
ORDER NO 1 /2012 – Service Tax -In exercise of the powers conferred by Rule 7(4) of the Service Tax Rules 1994 read with notification No. 48/2011-Service Tax dated 19th October 2011, Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby extends the date of submission of half yearly return for the period April 2011 to September 2011, from 6th January 2012 to 20th January 2012.
The IRDA had issued guidelines for pension products vide its circular dated November 8, 2011 and insurance companies were required to withdraw all insurance products which do not conform to the guidelines with effect from January 1, 2012. In accordance with this circular, insurance companies had filed 22 revised products as on date out of which 21 products were filed only in the month of December 2011 and of which the largest number were filed in the last week of December 2011. During examination of the products, certain insurers have sought clarifications and in that context, the IRDA issues clarification on clause (17) of the Circular dated November 8, 2011 as follows:
order No. IRDA/Nl/ORD/MPL/004/01/2012, dated 3-1-2012 In order to ensure that the setting up of declined risk insurance pool and matters connected to its operations, the Authority constitutes the Operational Committee with following members to oversee a smooth transition to the new system, operates in an efficient & effective manner, protect the interests of the policyholder address issues that may arise during the course of its functioning:
In accordance with the Order No Ref: IRDA/NL/ORD/MPL/046/03/2011, dated 12-03-2011, the Authority had appointed Government Actuary’s Department, UK to evaluate the liabilities of the Indian Motor Third Party Insurance Pool (IMTPIP) under the Insurance Act, 1938 in order to assess the adequacy of the reserves which are to be calculated as per the IRDA Regulations and in particular as per reference 2 cited.
ORDER NO 3/2011 – Service Tax, Dated: December 29, 2011 -In exercise of the powers conferred by Rule 7(4) of the Service Tax Rules 1994 read with notification No. 48/2011-Service Tax dated 19th October 2011, Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby extends the date of submission of half yearly return for the period April 2011 to September 2011, from 26th December 2011 to 6th January 2012.
ORDER NO. 203 OF 2011 The following postings and transfers of officers in the grade of Chief Commissioners/Director Generals of Income Tax are hereby ordered w.c.f. 01.01.2012 and until further orders: