No Tax Free Zones in Operation
Posted Date : 23-Nov-2012 , 11:01:19 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
There is no concept called Tax Free Zones as such in operation. However, there are schemes like Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and Export Oriented Units (EOUs) which provide tax exemptions. Both above schemes are administered by the Department of Commerce. In addition to above, package of incentives ...
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Tax rebate allowed on capital gains after property sale - ITAT
Posted Date : 22-Nov-2012 , 07:50:40 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) ofChennai has held that interest on home loans will continue to remain out of the tax net even if the house is sold later. The tribunal clarified that the interest paid on loans is certainly an expenditure that should be taken into account while co...
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RBI gives infrastructure lending status to host of sub-sectors
Posted Date : 21-Nov-2012 , 09:12:37 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Giving a boost to key segments like roads and bridges, LNG and oil pipelines, water treatment plans, telecom towers, and three-star hotels, RBI today gave them 'infrastructure status' and paved way for them to avail easier funding from banks.
In a notification, RBI said the credit facility ...
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Sebi discontinues mini derivatives contracts to save investors
Posted Date : 21-Nov-2012 , 09:09:07 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Market regulator Sebi today said it has decided to discontinue mini derivatives contracts on Sensex and Nifty indices, to discourage small investors from getting attracted to this segment.
The latest move revises Securities and Exchange Board of India's decision in December 2007 that allowed mini...
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Govt
Posted Date : 21-Nov-2012 , 09:03:43 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Amidst talks of a no-confidence motion or a vote on the FDI issue, the government has lined up key financial sector Bills including long-pending legislations for pension and insurance sector as well as the supplementary demand for grants for the forthcoming winter session of Parliament that begins o...
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Exposure Draft of Elements Specific for Power Sector Companies for Inclusion in C&I Taxonomy.
Posted Date : 20-Nov-2012 , 08:24:05 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) India has issued the following Exposure Draft on Power Sector specific elements to be included in the taxonomy for filing of the Annual Financial Statements XBRL for power companies. These elements shall be included in the base taxonomy i.e. C&I...
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Notification - Special Examination
Posted Date : 20-Nov-2012 , 08:22:52 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India[Set up by an Act of Parliament]Post Box No.7112, ICAI BHAWAN, Indraprastha MargNew Delhi - 110002
TO BE PUBLISHED IN PART III SECTION 4 OF THE GAZETTE OF INDIA19th November, 2012NOTIFICATION
No.13-CA(Exam)/N/2012/III: In partial modific...
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SEBI to Get Call Data Records in Specific Cases: PC
Posted Date : 20-Nov-2012 , 09:17:43 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government is making an arrangement for market regulator Sebi getting access to call data records of people being probed by it in specific cases, but it will not get power to directly tap the phone calls, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said.
"... Some arrangement is being made that the call...
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RBI bans loans to buy gold
Posted Date : 20-Nov-2012 , 09:15:29 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday notified a total ban on banks from advancing any loans to its customers for purchasing gold in any form, which includes primary gold, gold bullion, gold jewellery, gold coins, units of gold Exchange Traded Funds ( ETF) and units of gold mutual funds.&nb...
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Sahara moves SAT, seeks more time
Posted Date : 20-Nov-2012 , 09:13:30 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Sahara Group on Monday moved the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) against Sebi, seeking more time to submit documents related to about three crore investors in the case involving two group companies. Sahara India Real Estate Corporation (SIRECL) and Sahara Housing Investment Corporation...
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Trading Ban on 40 companies for Demat Failure
Posted Date : 19-Nov-2012 , 08:51:39 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
BSE and NSE have restricted trading instocks of as many as 40 new companies on account of their failure in meeting the market regulator Sebi's direction on dematerialising of shares. The action comes after these companies failed to convert a mandatory 50% public shareholding...
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SEBI to auction over Rs 10,000 crore debt investment for FIIs
Posted Date : 19-Nov-2012 , 08:49:49 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Enthused by growing interest of foreign investors in debt securities in the country, market regulator SEBI will conduct an auction this week for investment worth over Rs 10,000 crore by foreign investors.
The auction will be conducted on November 20 in both the government and corporate debt...
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HSBC Geneva acts: Income tax dept approaches Swiss authorities
Posted Date : 19-Nov-2012 , 08:48:06 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Income Tax department, probing the secret list of account holders in the Geneva branch of HSBC bank, has approached Swiss revenue authorities for banking data of certain individuals after investigations showed some of them reportedly had other accounts under fictitious names.
The depart...
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Finmin urges corporate affairs ministry to notify to keep ailing banks, insurers out of CCI
Posted Date : 19-Nov-2012 , 08:42:45 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The finance ministry has urged thecorporate affairs ministry to notify that ailing banks andinsurance companies will not come under the purview of the Competition Commission, a step that can help speed up issuance of new banking licences.In a letter to the corporat...
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GAAR amendments finalised, says Chidambaram
Posted Date : 19-Nov-2012 , 08:41:27 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Amendments to GAAR, the controversial law against tax avoidance through foreign investments, have been finalised, Finance Minister P Chidambaram disclosed today."I have finalised the amendments to the Chapter 10A of the Income Tax Act. Now it will go to the PMO and then we should be ready ...
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Last Date for ST Return Filing 25.11.2012, File now to avoid inconvenience
Posted Date : 18-Nov-2012 , 09:11:13 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
To avoid inconvenience and delay,Service Tax assessees are requested not to wait till the last date for filing their ST3 returns. So far only about 6,000 returns are being filed per day in ACES in the new ST 3 format for the period April to June, 2012, out of about 16 lakh registered assessees....
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CA Exam at Mumbai/Navi Mumbai, Thane and Panvel postponed
Posted Date : 18-Nov-2012 , 08:56:28 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
November 17, 2012
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS EXAMINATION
Due to unavoidable circumstances, the Final Examination in Paper 8 – Indirect Tax Laws, and the Post Qualification Course(s) Examination(s) in Management Accountancy, Corporate Management, Tax Management, and Insurance and R...
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Essar loses income tax appeal
Posted Date : 18-Nov-2012 , 08:55:31 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Essar Oil Ltd has lost one more legal battle with the taxation department after the apex court directed the company to pay multi-crore sales tax dues to the state government.
Though the amount is not much this time around, the Gujarat high court concluded that the company had defa...
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CBDT bats for penalty waiver in retro tax cases; boost for Vodafone?
Posted Date : 17-Nov-2012 , 07:51:17 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In the first indication of a softening of stance from revenue authorities on the controversial retrospective tax laws introduced in budget 2012, the country's apexBSE 0.00 % tax body, the Central Board of Direct Taxes or CBDT has recommended waiver of penalties in cases...
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Final draft of GAAR to be made public in 10 days: Chidambaram
Posted Date : 17-Nov-2012 , 07:40:16 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government plans to announce within the next 10 days the final general anti-avoidance rules (GAAR), Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Friday.
The rules, introduced in this year's budget to check tax evasion, provoked an outcry from foreign investors who feared excessive scrutiny ...
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Sebi allows mutual funds in CDS transactions
Posted Date : 16-Nov-2012 , 08:51:40 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has allowed mutual funds to participate in Credit Default Swap (CDS) transactions, which allow business entities to hedge risks associated with the bonds market.
Mutual funds are also allowed to invest in repo or short-...
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FM asks RBI to bring out final bank licence norms
Posted Date : 16-Nov-2012 , 08:50:25 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has asked the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to start working towards issuing the final guidelines for new banking licences and receiving applications from interested entities. The development comes even as the central bank insists on amending the Banking R...
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Allahabad High Court issues notice in petition challenging imposition of service tax on lawyers
Posted Date : 16-Nov-2012 , 08:44:53 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
A Division Bench of Justices Uma Nath Singh and V.K. Dixit of the Allahabad High Court recently issued notice in a writ petition challenging the constitutionality of the imposition of service tax upon advocates and arbitral tribunals. The order issuing notice to the Attorney General of Ind...
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How CAs can Download Income Tax Form & Upload XML at Income tax website
Posted Date : 15-Nov-2012 , 10:26:45 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
To file an Income Tax Formelectronically, you should download the Income Tax Form Utility applicable, fill and generate an XML. This XML should be uploaded in the application post LOGIN.
Steps to follow:
GO TO ‘Downloads&r...
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Change in Tariff Value of RBD Palmolein, Brass Scrap (All Grades) Poppy seeds, Gold and Silver Notified
Posted Date : 15-Nov-2012 , 07:41:05 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
S.O. ____ (E).– In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise & Customs, being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient so to do, hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Go...
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Petrol price cut by 95 paise per litre
Posted Date : 15-Nov-2012 , 07:40:22 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Petrol price was today cut by 95 paise per litreon account of fall in international oil prices. It is the second reduction in rates since October.The cut will come into effect from midnight tonight.
Petrol in Delhi would cost 67.24 rupees a litre , down 95 paise from 68.19 rupees a ...
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Registeration process on Income Tax e-filing website as Professionals
Posted Date : 15-Nov-2012 , 09:13:05 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
1. Click on ‘ Register Yourself’ on the homepage or on the below link :-
https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/e-Filing/Registration/RegistrationHome.html
2. Select the user type as ‘Chartered Accoutant’
4. 3. Provide Membership details with ICAI, ...
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DLF to issue fresh equity shares to reduce promoters' stake
Posted Date : 15-Nov-2012 , 09:07:29 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Realty major DLF today said it will issue fresh equity shares in the next fiscal to dilute promoters' stake to 75 per cent as per market regulator SEBI's guidelines and will use the funds to cut debt. "In the medium term, (this will) further pare down the net debt ...
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30 rules to keep bank accounts safe from fraudsters!
Posted Date : 15-Nov-2012 , 09:04:45 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Banks have warned customers to follow 30 rules to keep their accounts safe from crooks or risk being left out of pocket.
Many banks in London are imposing sneaky terms and conditions to allow them to block compensation to innocent victims of chip-and-pin or Internet fraud.
The new rules include de...
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Google India slapped with Rs 76 crore fine
Posted Date : 15-Nov-2012 , 09:02:19 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Google India, the Indian arm of the global search engine, is grappling with a Rs 76-crore penalty slapped by the income-tax authorities.
The tax office has said Google India has misled the department, deflated income, violated accounting rules laid down by the chartered account...
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