Maharashtra takes steps to check sales tax evasion
Posted Date : 12-Mar-2014 , 10:21:09 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Maharashtra Government proposes to check wide scale sales tax non compliance among traders dealing in goods either imported to the state or exported out of state to another.
As per the proposal the sales tax department has tied up withborder check posts to ele...
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RBI may put cap on NPAs at 5% of Advances
Posted Date : 12-Mar-2014 , 10:17:52 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
PSU banks with over 5% bad loans may have to sell their loans to asset restructuring companies (ARCs) in future. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the ministry of finance are considering the option of putting a cap at the maximum amount of bad loans that a bank can have on its books.
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CBDT provides tax clarity on M&As
Posted Date : 12-Mar-2014 , 08:44:12 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
An internal instruction by the foreign tax division of the Central Board of Direct Taxes ( CBDT) will put an end to litigation relating to the tax to be withheld at source in India by the Indian payer in cross-border transactions, including mergers and amalgamations (M&A...
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Airtel gets Rs 5,739 crore relief on taxable income
Posted Date : 12-Mar-2014 , 08:43:14 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Bharti Airtel has won a major relief from the Delhi bench of the Income tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), which ordered deletion of Rs 5,739 crore from the company's taxable income.
The ITAT also held that corporate guarantees given to banks on behalf of group companies are not an international transa...
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CBEC Denies any Holding of Customs, Excise Duty and Service Tax Refunds/Drawbacks
Posted Date : 12-Mar-2014 , 08:35:21 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has denied the report that the Customs, Excise Duty and Service Tax refunds/drawbacks are being held-up by the Department. This was mentioned in a certain section of media attributing to a statement by President, Federation of India Export Organisa...
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Gulf pays Chartered Accountants Four times more than India
Posted Date : 11-Mar-2014 , 08:25:23 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Chartered Accountant Prateek Sen who has worked for an Indian firm for two years, is set to shift to Dubai at four times what he has been getting here.
“I would be a fool not to take up the job,” says the 28-year-old, eager to cross the Arabian Sea for what is clearly a tr...
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ICAI to help EC make political funding more transparent
Posted Date : 11-Mar-2014 , 08:20:02 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Accounting regulator ICAI will assist Election Commission in ensuring that "sound accounting principles" are followed in the financial statements of political parties to make election funding more transparent.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India had provided as...
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Transfer pricing income adjustments decline 14% in 2013-14
Posted Date : 11-Mar-2014 , 08:15:56 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
After a 54% jump in transfer pricing (TP) adjustments to R70,000 crore last year, additions to the income of companies conducting international transactions has dropped by over 14% to R60,000 crore in FY14.
A financial ministry official told FE that data collated after the completion of the...
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Ordinance lapse puts spanner in SEBI action against fraudsters
Posted Date : 11-Mar-2014 , 08:09:25 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Union Cabinet may consider re-promulgating the SEBI ordinance next week. However, since the model code of conduct for the general elections is in force, this can happen only after the Election Commission’s (EC) approval.
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NSEL, FTIL Auditors face criminal action
Posted Date : 10-Mar-2014 , 08:33:51 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Three audit firms — Mukesh Shah & Co, S V Ghatalia & Associates and Deloitte, Haskins & Sells — are facing criminal action for alleged lapses at the now-defunct National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) and its parent Financial Technologies (India) Ltd.
Mukesh Shah &...
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70,000 Compnies running without RBI licence?
Posted Date : 10-Mar-2014 , 08:30:47 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
After Sahara and Saradha, more disasters may be waiting to happen in the money market. With over Rs 30,000 crore of public money parked in various Ponzi schemes and non-banking finance companies (NBFCs), the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is probing existence of companies not regist...
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ICSI to revise Company Secretary course by December
Posted Date : 09-Mar-2014 , 10:33:33 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The professional course of Company Secretary (CS) is set for a major revision by December-end to bring it in line with the slew of amendments effected by the central government to the Companies Act, 2013."We are waiting for the government to notify the rules for the amended Companies Act (notified i...
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EC calls meeting of political party Auditors on March 10
Posted Date : 09-Mar-2014 , 10:27:19 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Election Commission has convened a meeting of account auditors of all political parties tomorrow to discuss transparency guidelines norms and filing of financial statements by them after completion of Lok Sabha polls as part of efforts to to curb use of black money.
The EC has roped in the Inst...
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ICAI may look at adopting IFRS in long term
Posted Date : 09-Mar-2014 , 10:23:12 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
India could look at adopting international accounting standards IFRS in the long term based on how the converged norms work out, according to ICAI.
Rather than adopt the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), India at present is only looking to converge with this set of ...
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Bribery case: Chartered Accountant sent to Police Custody
Posted Date : 08-Mar-2014 , 08:44:33 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
A Chartered Accountant Rajiv Jain , who along with four others arrested for allegedly trying to get favourable order from the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR), was sent to a day's police custody by a Delhicourt.
The court, however, sent accused Arun H Jain, Managi...
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New bank licences in few weeks after EC's nod: RBI
Posted Date : 07-Mar-2014 , 09:48:33 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to issue a few new banking licences in the next few weeks after getting a go ahead from the Election Commission (EC) as the code of conduct for polls is in place.
"My sense is, if all goes well we should be able to do it in a few weeks...
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Reebok fraud: SFIO charges Adidas head office
Posted Date : 07-Mar-2014 , 08:35:29 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO)'s complaint regarding the Reebok India fraud, filed to a Gurgaon court last week, has indicted the parent company, Germany-basedAdidas Group, on lapses in corporate governance practices and internal controls at its Indian subsidiary.
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Open book examination for five elective subjects on trial basis: ICSI
Posted Date : 06-Mar-2014 , 10:39:36 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India will introduce Open Book Examination (OBE) for five elective subjects in Module III on a trial basis, its President R Sridharan said here today. He said the OBE for subjects like Banking, Insurance, Intellectual Property Rights, International Busine...
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Customs to ask passengers about source of fund for buying Gold
Posted Date : 06-Mar-2014 , 10:32:45 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Seeking to check gold smuggling by courier, the government today tightened baggage rules requiring inbound Indian passengers to provide details like source of funds for importing the metal as well as their air tickets.
According to a Revenue Department circular, the baggage receipt issued by ...
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Corporate Affairs Ministry will seek EC nod before notifying new rules
Posted Date : 06-Mar-2014 , 10:10:25 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
With the Model Code of Conduct for general polls in force, the Corporate Affairs Ministry will intimate the Election Commission before notifying rules for the remaining provisions of the new companies law. The Ministry is in the process of finalising the rules for various provisions of Companie...
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President Assents Finance Act 2014. Download Finance Bill 2014
Posted Date : 06-Mar-2014 , 09:57:05 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Finance Bill 2014 got the assent of President on 04th March 2014 and become THE FINANCE ACT, 2014 (NO. 11 OF 2014). The bill was alreadyapproved by the both the house of Parliament i.e. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
Download attached Finance Bill 2014 as approved by P...
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ICAI has made the Exam stricter and the valuators accountable by scrapping moderation of marks
Posted Date : 06-Mar-2014 , 08:44:37 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Seeking to curb dilution of standards, the Institute of Chartered Accounts of India (ICAI) has decided to get tough with the pattern and valuation of the Chartered Accountancy exams.
The decision is apparent in the recently-released CA final exams, where successful c...
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RBI likely to issue few bank licences: FM
Posted Date : 06-Mar-2014 , 08:40:12 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank is likely to issue a few bank licences notwithstanding the model code of conduct which came into force from today, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said.
"What the code of conduct has got to do with this (bank licence process). The government and regulators are discharging their norm...
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Bad loans, the biggest challenge for public sector banks: FM
Posted Date : 05-Mar-2014 , 11:08:03 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Worried over a further rise in bad loans, especially among large companies, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, on Wednesday, exhorted public sector banks to effectively deal with non-performing assets (NPAs), their biggest challenge.
Addressing a press conference here after reviewing the perf...
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2014 Lok Sabha elections in 9 phases from April 7 to May 12, results on May 16
Posted Date : 05-Mar-2014 , 11:33:15 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The countdown for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections has begun. The polls will be held between April 7 and May 12 in nine phases, said the Elections Commission on Wednesday. The counting of votes will be held on May 16. This is the first time that voting will take place in nine phases in the country.
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Corporate affairs ministry seek views from law ministry, Sebi on FTIL action
Posted Date : 05-Mar-2014 , 08:29:28 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The corporate affairs ministry has sought clarifications from the law ministry and regulators, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and Forward markets Commission (FMC), to finalise action against “gross violations” by Financial Technologies India Ltd (FTIL) and relate...
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Revision of Interest Rates for Small Savings Schemes for the Financial Year 2014-15 Announced
Posted Date : 05-Mar-2014 , 08:22:44 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Various decisions taken by the Government of India on the recommendations of the Shyamala Gopinath Committee for Comprehensive Review of National Small Savings Fund (NSSF), were communicated to all concerned by the Government through its Office Memorandum dated 11th November, 2011.
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Announcement on Increase in Minimum amount of Stipend Payable for Students during Training
Posted Date : 05-Mar-2014 , 08:18:36 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Council of the Institute (ICSI) at its 220th meeting held on 20.12.2013 has revised and fixed separately the minimum amount of stipend payable to CS Executive Pass students and CS Professional Pass students as under:
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Now lessons in Chartered Accountancy via DTH platform
Posted Date : 04-Mar-2014 , 08:45:08 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Aspiring chartered accountants will soon get their lessons through the DTH platform, with Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) entering into an agreement with the HRD Ministry to make this possible.
ICAI will be utilising DTH education channels of the Ministr...
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SC asks Nokia to settle tax row with I-T department
Posted Date : 04-Mar-2014 , 08:38:18 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court on Monday asked Nokia India Pvt Ltd to come up with a concrete proposal to settle its tax row with the income tax department.
A bench, headed by justice A R Dave, decided to hear the matter on March 11 after Nokia's counsel submitted there was a need for an early...
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