Govt likely to push for GST vote in Rajya Sabha - FM
Posted Date : 15-May-2016 , 09:25:20 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has charged the Congress with opposing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill solely for political reasons and said that if such opposition continues, the government will have no option other than putting the draft legislation for voting in the Rajya Sabha.
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Finance Bill, 2016 assented by President
Posted Date : 15-May-2016 , 09:17:52 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Honorable President of India Shri. Pranab Mukherjee has on 14th May 2016 assented The Finance Bill, 2016 .
The Finance Bill was presented in the Lok Sabha on February 29, 2016. On May 05, 2016 it was passed by the Lok Sabha and later on it was approved by the Rajya Sabha on ...
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The Income Declaration Scheme 2016 to open from 1st June 2016
Posted Date : 15-May-2016 , 09:07:44 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Income Declaration Scheme, 2016 incorporated as Chapter IX of the Finance Act 2016 provides an opportunity to all persons who have not declared income correctly in earlier years to come forward and declare such undisclosed income(s).
Under the Scheme, such income as declared by the eligible per...
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SEBI plans campaign against Dabba trading
Posted Date : 14-May-2016 , 08:22:43 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
To counter the menace of the grey market being used to offload shares and thereby manipulating public offerings (popularly called dabba trading), securities market regulator SEBI is likely to come out with a campaign covering TV, radio, and print media besides cinema and digital media.
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SEBI to tighten KYC, transfer norms for P-Notes
Posted Date : 14-May-2016 , 08:08:59 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Acting upon recommendations of the Special Investigation Team on black money, market watchdog Securities and Exchange Board of India - Sebi plans to tighten due diligence requirements for issuance and transfer of controversy-ridden P-Notes and put the onus on investors to ensure compliance with anti...
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Examiners shall appoint Checkers - ICAI
Posted Date : 13-May-2016 , 08:36:21 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
May 12, 2016
The examination process inter alia includes a procedure of having the answer books checked, after evaluation by examiners, by Checkers to ensure that all answers have been evaluated, marks awarded have been carried forward to the cover page of the answer books and that the totalling ...
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CSR expenses need to be treated as non-cost items: ICAI
Posted Date : 13-May-2016 , 07:12:28 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Companies need to treat expenses related to CSR activities as non-cost items and separately disclose transactions in this regard where related parties are involved, according to cost accountants' apex body ICAI.
In a detailed exposure draft of guidance note on 'Treatment of Costs Relating...
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RBI tweaks shareholding norms for private sector banks
Posted Date : 13-May-2016 , 07:08:56 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today issued new guidelines on ownership in private sector banks by bundling shareholding patterns into two broad categories of individuals (natural persons) and legal entities/institutions, but retained the cap on foreign ownership at 74 per cent.
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ICAI committee to decide on Number of VP, Council Term & Restriction of 3 terms
Posted Date : 13-May-2016 , 06:46:35 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
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Rajya Sabha sets record, passes 5 bills in few hours
Posted Date : 12-May-2016 , 05:47:46 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a record of sorts, five bills were passed in the Rajya Sabha , which has been under attack for delaying in the passage of key legislation.
The bills, including some key finance legislation, were passed during the course of a few hours in the post-lunch period.
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Income Tax department to reopen the 2001 tax case against Big B
Posted Date : 12-May-2016 , 05:31:21 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Income Tax (IT) department to reopen the 2001 tax case against actor Amitabh Bachchan over his earnings during the quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC).
The apex court set aside the Bombay High Court’s order that gave relief to the actor in ...
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India & Mauritius amend treaty to plug tax loopholes
Posted Date : 12-May-2016 , 05:30:13 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
After years of protracted negotiations, India and Mauritius on Tuesday agreed to amend their 32-year-old bilateral tax treaty in an attempt to check `round-tripping' of funds and ensure that no entity gets away without paying taxes in either country.
In addition, the new agreement provides fo...
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IT dept's PAN-Aadhaar linkage crosses 50-lakh mark
Posted Date : 12-May-2016 , 05:15:27 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Income Tax department's ambitious plan to link its PAN number database with Aadhaar has crossed the 50-lakh mark.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the policy-making body for the IT department, had launched the initiative of linking the two databases -- Permanent Account Number ...
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Parliament passes Appropriation, Finance Bills 2016; Also clears Insolvency and Bankruptcy Bill
Posted Date : 12-May-2016 , 05:11:38 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Parliament passed Appropriation and Finance Bills with Rajya Sabha returning them to the Lok Sabha after a four-hour debate. It also cleared the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code,2016.
Replying to the debate on Appropriation and Finance Bills , Finance Minister Arun Jaitley asked the Congress to rec...
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No negative balances in savings accounts: RBI
Posted Date : 11-May-2016 , 08:33:29 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Negative balances in savings accounts due to penalty charges are now history following a directive from the central bank. The RBI has asked banks to stop imposing charges for non-maintenance of minimum balance once the balance in a savings account touches zero.
Although the norms came into effect...
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Declaration of Assets & Liabilities in the new ITR forms
Posted Date : 11-May-2016 , 08:24:40 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) have released new income-tax return formswith mandatory provisions of declaring Assets & Liabilities (A&L) such as cars, jewellery yacht, aircrafts, shares, properties, etc. Prior to Assessment Year (A.Y.) 2015-16, the Asset –Liability Schedule (AL ...
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Compliance of SEBI Directive on Women Director
Posted Date : 11-May-2016 , 08:23:33 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The requirement of appointment of woman director emanates from Section 149 of Companies Act, 2013. SEBI has mandated that listed companies to appoint one woman director on its board. Companies can appoint any woman as director who is not otherwise disqualified for appointment as a direct...
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Govt forms tribunal to look into election disputes of ICAI
Posted Date : 10-May-2016 , 09:21:23 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 4th May, 2016
S.O. 1634(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 10B of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 (38 of 1949) and in pursuance of rule 3 of the Chartered Accountants (Election Tri...
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RBI to amend forex management rules
Posted Date : 10-May-2016 , 09:18:49 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a move aimed at contributing to the ease of doing business, the Reserve Bank of India on Monday said it proposes to amend the Foreign Exchange Management Regulations to mandate that foreign investment by non-residents on repatriation basis can be made in equity, debt and any other appro...
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Vodafone challenges special audit order of Income Tax Deptt
Posted Date : 10-May-2016 , 09:12:39 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Delhi High Court sought the Income Tax department's response on Vodafone's plea challenging an order directing special audit of its accounts for assessment year 2012-13.
A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and Vibhu Bakhru issued notice to the IT department and asked it to fil...
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Rs 43000 crore lies in inoperative EPF accounts: Govt
Posted Date : 10-May-2016 , 09:09:35 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
About Rs 43,000 crore is lying in inoperative Employees' Provident Fund accounts and interest would be credited to such accounts, the government said today.
Minister of State for Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya told Lok Sabha that 118.66 lakh claims were settled by the Employee...
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CBDT declares Aug 31 as deadline for clearing pending ITRs, Refunds
Posted Date : 10-May-2016 , 09:05:54 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Central Board of Direct Taxes has declared August 31 as deadline for the taxpayers whose Income Tax Returns for six assessment years between 2009-10 and 2014-15 are pending for processing and issuance of refunds due to issues of non-filing of ITR-V acknowledgement form at its Bengaluru-bas...
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Rajya Sabha to take up Finance Bill on May 9
Posted Date : 09-May-2016 , 08:50:56 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will move the Finance Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Monday for discussion after the Lok Sabha passed it last week with 21 changes including withdrawal of the proposal to tax withdrawal on provident fund.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley retained the 1 ...
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MCA regional directors get more powers under companies law
Posted Date : 09-May-2016 , 08:44:28 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
To reduce procedural requirements, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has given more powers to its regional directors with respect to scrutinising firms suspected of violating companies law.
The move comes at a time when the ministry is bolstering efforts to curb corporate misdoings by imp...
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RBI Norms for Protecting Customers
Posted Date : 07-May-2016 , 06:25:29 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released a Charter of Customer Rights, which enshrines broad, overarching principles for protection of bank customers and enunciates the ‘five’ basic rights for bank customers, that I s, (i) Right to Fair Treatment, (ii) Right to Transparency, Fair and Hon...
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Professionals, finance companies may get licence to set up Banks
Posted Date : 06-May-2016 , 08:45:33 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Professionals and finance companies will get a chance to set up banks but many large business houses which have long dreamt of owning such institutions may not be so lucky.
The Reserve Bank has come out with draft rules that propose a minimum capital of Rs 500 crore for granting on-tap lice...
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Can whatsApp message be treated as petition? SC to hear
Posted Date : 06-May-2016 , 08:42:15 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Can a WhatsApp message received by a Judge be treated as a petition?
A bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur faced the peculiar question when advocate Ashok Arora brought up the issue, saying he had sent the CJI a WhatsApp message from the US about an issue and that the court shoul...
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RBI Proposes Relaxation Of Bank Licence Requirements
Posted Date : 05-May-2016 , 09:00:30 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued proposals for the relaxation of requirements for banking licences in the latest effort to boost a sector struggling with $100 billion of stressed debt that is choking the financial system and hitting economic growth.
With only about half of India's p...
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FM warns of action against tax evasion
Posted Date : 05-May-2016 , 08:55:01 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today warned of action against those passing off income from other sources as agriculture income but ruled out levying any tax on farm earnings.
Replying to the discussion on the Finance Bill 2016 in the Lok Sabha, he also ruled out withdrawal of the 1 per cent excis...
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Govt eases norm for availing export benefits under MEIS
Posted Date : 05-May-2016 , 08:52:18 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Exporters have been relieved from submitting the landing certificate of goods to avail benefits under the Merchandise Exports India Scheme (MEIS).
According to Commerce and Industry Ministry, the move is aimed at improving ease of doing business in the country to promote exports, which are ...
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