Securities and Exchange Board of India Press Release No. 70/2014 Jul 21, 2014 The fourth meeting of the International Advisory Board (IAB) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was held on July 18 & 19, 2014. Major issues discussed during the meeting were: i) Corporate Governance Norms in India In the context […]
Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of revenue, Tax Research Unit D.O.F. No. 334/15/2014-TRU, Dated July 10, 2014. Sub.: Union Budget, 2014-15: Changes in Service Tax – reg. The hon‟ble Finance Minister has, while presenting the Union Budget 2014-15, introduced the Finance (No.2) Bill, 2014 [hereinafter, the Bill] in the Lok Sabha on the […]
The centralized KYC system introduced by SEBI has evolved and stabilized with data of about 1.95 crore KYCs of investors. The client who has already done the KYC with any SEBI registered intermediary need not undergo the same process again when he approaches another intermediary. The system has benefited the investors.
At present, only Indian residents are allowed to take Indian currency notes up to Rs. 10,000 out of the country. Non-residents visiting India are not permitted to take out any Indian currency notes while leaving the country. With a view to facilitating travel requirements of non-residents visiting India, it has been decided to allow all residents and non-residents except citizens of Pakistan and Bangladesh to take out Indian currency notes up to Rs. 25,000 while leaving the country. Operating guidelines in this regard are being issued separately.
With a view to rationalize / harmonize different routes for foreign portfolio investments, SEBI had decided to create an unified and simplified regulatory framework. In order to adopt a consultative approach, SEBI had constituted a Committee on Rationalization of Investment Routes and Monitoring of Foreign Portfolio Investments comprising of various stakeholders.
The CBDT has further noted that many taxpayers are committing mistakes while furnishing their tax credit claims in the return of income. Such mistakes include quoting of invalid/incorrect TAN; quoting of only one TAN against more than one TAN tax credit; furnishing information in wrong TDS Schedules in the Return Form; furnishing wrong challan particulars in respect of Advance tax, Self-assessment tax payments etc. As a result of these mistakes, the tax credit cannot be allowed to the taxpayers while processing returns despite the tax credit being there in 26AS statement.
On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, we have decided today to keep the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at 8.0 per cent.
The Financial Year 2013-14 closes on 31.3.2014. In view of closer of office on 29th and 30th of March being Saturday and Sunday, and also on 31st March at some stations being Gudi Padava, Ugadi etc., the field Income Tax Offices through-out India shall remain open and the receipts counters shall also work during normal office hours on 29th, 30th and 31st of March, 2014.
SEBI had conducted a preliminary examination, upon noticing certain irregularities with respect to IPO of different companies. A few individuals/ entities (referred to as ‘the key operators’) had opened various demat accounts (referred to as ‘afferent accounts’) in fictitious/ benami names and cornered/ acquired the shares of IPOs in the category of retail investors using these accounts.
As you are aware, the bulk of the revenue is received at the end of the month. However, last week of March 2014 does not have full working days. 29th March is a Saturday, 30th March is a Sunday and 31st March is a public holiday in some parts of the country. Incidentally, this week also happens to be the last week of the financial year.
