As there is confusion of adjustment of Cenvat Credit against mandatory penalty, clarifications have been sought from Competent authority. In absence of any classificatory Circular on the issue, all the DRs/ARs/TOs are directed that the appeals received on or after 06.08.2014 may be registered in following cases:
The Government of India, vide Notification No. S.O. 2113(E), dated 22 August 2014, has reviewed its policy for private investment in rail infrastructure and amended the list of industries reserved for public sector under item No. 8 of Schedule I of the Notification No.S.O.477(E) dated 25 July 1991. Accordingly it has been decided to permit FDI in the following activities of the Railway Transport sector.
1. Single document for proof of identity and proof of address- There is now no requirement of submitting two separate documents for proof of identity and proof of address. If the officially valid document submitted for opening a bank account has both, identity and address of the person, there is no need for submitting any other documentary proof.
In the I& B and Defence sectors where the sectoral cap is less than 49%, the company would need to be ‘owned and controlled’ by resident Indian citizens and Indian companies, which are owned and controlled by resident Indian citizens.
D.O.F. No. 334/15/2014-TRU Dated: August 25, 2014 Subject: Union Budget 2014-15: enactment of the Finance (No.2) Bill -reg. The Finance (No.2) Bill, 2014 received the assent of the President of India on 6th August, 2014 and has been enacted as the Finance (No.2) Act, 2014 [Act No.25 of 2014] [hereinafter referred to as the said […]
Officers of the Commissionerate of Central Excise and Service Tax, Mangalore arrested the Managing Director of a private limited company providing storage and warehousing services at Karwar, for collecting the Service Tax of over Rs.60 lakhs from August 2011 to March 2014 and not remitting the same to the Government account.
Officers of the Commissionerate of Central Excise and Service Tax, Mangalore arrested a Chairman & Managing Director of a major company providing advertisement services and event management, for collecting the Service Tax of over Rs. 1.94 crores from April, 2012 to June, 2014 and not remitting the same to the Government account. Out of this amount, Rs. 1.16 crores was retained by them for more than 6 months.
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.
