Women better tax planners than men, reveals study
Posted Date : 19-Jul-2012 , 07:46:40 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The study was conducted across 500 corporates and banks in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad.
Women tax payees are better "tax planners" than men across the country, a study conducted by online-income tax filing-portal TaxSpanner has said.
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CA.T.N.Manoharan, Kulkarni additional directors at Mahindra Satyam
Posted Date : 19-Jul-2012 , 07:45:12 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
IT major Mahindra Satyam today said it has appointed T N Manoharan and Ravindra Kulkarni as additional directors on its Board.
"TN Manoharan and Ravindra Kulkarni are co-opted as additional directors on the Board of the Company, wef July 18, 2012," Satyam Computer Services said in a filing ...
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No power with ITAT to stay tax demands beyond 365 days: High Court
Posted Date : 19-Jul-2012 , 07:41:32 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Karnataka High Court has said that theIncome-tax Appellate Tribunal or ITAT does not have powers to stay the tax demands beyond 365 days, an order which is expected to have a wide bearing. The ruling of the High Court on July 5 in the case of Ecom Gill Cof...
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MCA
Posted Date : 19-Jul-2012 , 07:36:13 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has decided to further mandate the following select class of companies to file their Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss Account in XBRL mode for the financial year commencing on or after 1.4.2011 : (i) all companies listed with any Stock Exchange(s) in India a...
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CBEC
Posted Date : 18-Jul-2012 , 11:42:24 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has awarded the first set of authorised economic operator (AEO) certificates to three different entities.
The AEO certificates were handed out to LG Electronics, Ennore Container Terminal and IBM by the CBEC Chairman, Mr S.K. Goel, at a function held a...
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Sebi allows Qualified Foreign Investors to invest up to $1 bn in MF debt schemes
Posted Date : 18-Jul-2012 , 09:44:50 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
To increase fund flow in the bond market, market regulator Sebi today issued guidelines allowing overseas individual investors to invest up to $ 1 billion in corporate bonds and debt schemes of mutual funds without any lock-in period."In consultation with the Government of India (GoI) and ...
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HSBC India staff under scanner for money laundering and terror financing
Posted Date : 18-Jul-2012 , 09:41:35 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
HSBC's staff in India have come under the scanner for deficiencies in their role as "offshore reviewers" of the global banking giant's compliance to safety mechanism against money laundering and terrorist financing. A probe by the US senate's permanent subcommittee on investigations f...
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Bollywood's first superstar Rajesh Khanna dies at 69
Posted Date : 18-Jul-2012 , 02:30:39 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Actor Rajesh Khanna has died at home in Mumbai. He was 69. Mr Khanna was suffering from cancer. Mr Khanna will be cremated tomorrow morning. His bungalow, Aashirwad, on Carter Road in Bandra has been cordoned off by the police.Mr Khanna had been hospitalized on June 23, when he was taken to Lil...
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Income Tax department rejects tax exemption applications of three institutes
Posted Date : 18-Jul-2012 , 07:33:14 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The income tax (I-T) department has cancelled the applications of three educational institutions seeking exemptions under the Section 10 (23C) IVa of the Income Tax Act as these educational institutions have a turnover of more than Rs 1 crore and still had not applied for exemptions under the releva...
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Registrar of Companies looking into financial irregularities of OnMobile: M V Moily
Posted Date : 18-Jul-2012 , 07:31:35 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Corporate Affairs Ministry today said it has asked the Registrar of Companies (RoC) to look into the alleged financial irregularities of the mobile value-added services company OnMobile. "We are making some discreet inquiry. I don't know whether any fraud (financial...
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Sebi seeks changes in Companies Act
Posted Date : 18-Jul-2012 , 07:29:46 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government is considering an amendment in the Companies Act to support a recent notification by the Indian capital markets regulator Sebi that proposes to penalise companies saddled with adverse auditor remarks. Sebi has initiated a dialogue with the Ministry of Corporate Aff...
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CBDT's circular to offer clarity on indirect tax transfers under M&As
Posted Date : 18-Jul-2012 , 07:27:56 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a major boost to foreign investors’ sentiment, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is likely to come out with a circular to bring more clarity on indirect tax transfers under a particular merger or acquisition.
The CBDT’s circular will be on Section 9 of the Income Tax Act. Mo...
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Supreme Court orders Essar Oil to pay Rs 1000 crore tax dues to Gujarat govt by July 30
Posted Date : 17-Jul-2012 , 10:15:38 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court has asked the Ruias owned Essar Oil to pay dues of Rs 1,000 crore as sales tax to the Gujarat government by July 30, following which the coercive action taken by Gujarat government to force immediate payment of the remaining principal amount ...
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CA Final Examination held in May, 2012 and CPT held in June, 2012 - Result date revised
Posted Date : 17-Jul-2012 , 05:39:52 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
In supersession of our announcement dated 11th July, 2012 on the likely date and timing of the declaration of the results of the Chartered Accountants Final examination held in May 2012 and of the Common Proficiency Test held in June 2012, this is to inform that due to unavoi...
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ICAI to open 1000 support centres for students
Posted Date : 17-Jul-2012 , 08:49:33 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI) is planning to set up 1,000 cost management accounting (CMA) support centres across the country in the next 12 months.
“We are planning to open one centre in each district across the country. Around 300 such centres are ready to be lau...
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UK's ICAEW announces scholarship for Indian CAs
Posted Date : 17-Jul-2012 , 08:38:55 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales, ICAEW, has announced scholarship scheme for Chartered Accountants in India to learn advanced professional skill development course. There are over 120-fully funded scholarships 40-each for Pune, Mumbai and Delhi based Chartered Acco...
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Govt may penalise companies saddled with adverse auditor remarks
Posted Date : 17-Jul-2012 , 08:36:20 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government is considering an amendment in the Companies Act to support a recent notification by the Indian capital markets regulator Sebi that proposes to penalise companies saddled with adverse auditor remarks. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has initi...
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MCA moves cabinet note on Cos Bill for making key changes
Posted Date : 17-Jul-2012 , 08:34:53 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has moved a Cabinet note on the Companies Bill for making some key changes. According to the sources these changes have been made to take on board the objections raised by the Standing Committee on Finance, reports, Ronojoy Banerjee of CNBC-TV18.
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RBI imposes Rs 5 lakh penalty on Karad Urban Co-op Bank
Posted Date : 17-Jul-2012 , 08:33:08 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank has imposed a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on Maharashtra-based Karad Urban Co-operative Bank for violating guidelines on shifting of branch without the regulator's prior approval. "The bank had violated RBI instructions...which involved change in municipal ward number 35 to ...
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Finance ministry bans PSU banks from taking over loan accounts
Posted Date : 17-Jul-2012 , 08:29:22 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The finance ministry has banned public sector banks from taking over loan accounts from lenders where their current chairman and managing director (CMD) or executive director (ED) had worked earlier. The ministry had in June issued draft guidelines on 'takeover of loans' in which it h...
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SEBI, RBI for financially aware and empowered India
Posted Date : 16-Jul-2012 , 09:09:26 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Financial sector regulators, including RBIand Sebi, today proposed a nationwide survey for assessing financial inclusion and literacy in the country and educate 500 million adults, besides providing financial education to school children. The draft 'National Strategy for Financial Edu...
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Change in Tariff Value of Brass Scrap (all Grades), Gold and Silver Notified
Posted Date : 16-Jul-2012 , 09:06:47 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance has issued a Notification No. 58/2012-Customs (N.T.) dated July 13, 2012 and thereby notifying change in tariff value of Brass Scrap (all grades), Gold and Silver as shown in the tables below:
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Self-Service Portal for Students & Members (E-Diary Release for Articled/ Audit/ Industrial Training)
Posted Date : 16-Jul-2012 , 04:50:44 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
16th July, 2012
The Institute is going to introduce Self Service portal for Students & Members. This release will include view functionality of ‘Students & Member’s Profile and Educational Details as available in the Institute’s records. This release wi...
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Result of the Information Systems Audit [ISA] Assessment Test held on 23rd June, 2012 is likely to be declared tentatively on 18th July, 2012 around 2.00 PM
Posted Date : 16-Jul-2012 , 04:46:50 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
11th July, 2012
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
The result of the Information Systems Audit [ISA] Assessment Test held on 23rd June, 2012 is likely to be declared tentatively on 18th July, 2012 around 2.00 PM at the Institute’s office at New Delhi.The result of the above Assessment Te...
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Reebok India case: Income Tax department finds no signs of big corporate fraud
Posted Date : 15-Jul-2012 , 08:20:49 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
About two months after a criminal case was filed by Reebok India against two of its former employees over a scam allegedly involving Rs 870 crore, the Income Tax department has found that it may not be a case of corporate fraud as made out and could involve tax evasion to the tune of Rs 14...
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RBI rationalises customer charges for NEFT
Posted Date : 14-Jul-2012 , 03:57:24 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India has rationalized charges that banks can levy on customers for transfer of funds through National Electronic Funds Transfer - NEFT.
In a notification issued in Mumbai, the RBI said as per the new rate system, banks can levy not more than 2 rupees 50 paise for fun...
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Filing your income tax return, look at CBDT circular first
Posted Date : 14-Jul-2012 , 08:59:17 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
With just 17 days left for filing income tax return (ITR), it is time to start the process. However, the CBDT has come out with guidelines on procedural aspects of filing ITR, based on tax payers' annual income. Here is a quick look of changes made by the Central Board of Di...
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MCA`s mandate for Phase II annual filings in XBRL
Posted Date : 14-Jul-2012 , 08:56:03 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has issued a fresh circular no. 16/2012, which mandates the following class of companies to file their Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss Account in XBRL mode for the financial year commencing on or after April 1, 2011:
> All compani...
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I-T assessment may again miss its benchmark
Posted Date : 14-Jul-2012 , 08:52:08 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Although the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has chalked out a detailed strategy on quality scrutiny assessment for the current fiscal year to avoid tax evasion and maximise revenue collection, income tax (I-T) employees raised doubts on whether the target would actually be achieved.
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No. of Tax Audits & Company Audits Permissible for a Member
Posted Date : 14-Jul-2012 , 08:46:28 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Members have time and again, raising queries regarding maximum numbers of audits that may be accepted by a Chartered Accountant and the various situations under which numbers of audits would be reckoned. Therefore, a comparison of No. of tax audits and company audits permissible for a member in prac...
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