Mohandas Pai to step down from Infosys, wants new leadership
Posted Date : 16-Apr-2011 , 12:05:03 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
India's second largest IT company Infosys today announced its board member and HR Director Mohandas Pai, who was once tipped to be the Chief Operating Officer, will step down in June this year.
Pai said he was demitting office to provide an opportunity to a new set of people to lead the firm and br...
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SC to Satyam:Give 617 cr guarantee in tax dispute
Posted Date : 16-Apr-2011 , 12:04:25 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court today directed Mahindra Satyam to make its presentation before the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) relating to its tax dispute within two weeks, and also asked it to furnish a bank guarantee of Rs 617 crore by April 25.
"Within two weeks the petitioner company (Mahindra Satya...
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SC to Vodafone: Appear before IT in tax case
Posted Date : 16-Apr-2011 , 12:01:50 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court today directed UK-based telecom major Vodafone to appear before the Income Tax Department which had instructed the company to pay penalty in the USD 2 billion tax case relating to the telecom major's stake purchase in Hutchison-Essar.
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice ...
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Law Ministry to ensure no case remains pending beyond three years: Moily
Posted Date : 16-Apr-2011 , 12:01:17 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily on Thursday said the law ministry in collaboration with the judiciary is working towards ensuring that no case remains pending beyond three years.
He said the ministry has been putting mechanism in place to ensure the same.
"We have now decide...
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SAP planning to develop enterprise software in Hindi
Posted Date : 16-Apr-2011 , 12:00:36 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Global software major SAP plans to develop and localise its enterprise applications in Hindi, the most widely-spoken Indian language, to enable its domestic customers leverage technology for speedy delivery, the company said Wednesday.
“The Hindi version of various applications such as hu...
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India may move WTO against US countervailing duty on steel
Posted Date : 15-Apr-2011 , 12:35:28 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Govt to appeal amid fear that the US and EU may extend it to other products. Exporters of steel and, in turn, the Union ministry of commerce are getting worried at the increased resort by the US of countervailing duty (CVD) to bring down imports from India.
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Help Line Desk for C.A. Examinations, May, 2011
Posted Date : 14-Apr-2011 , 11:54:32 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Help Line Desk will be functional from 13th April to 10th MAY, 2011 for 24 hours on all days (inclusive of holidays and Sundays) to attend to any query relating to the ensuing Chartered Accountant Examinations to be held in 10th MAY, 2011. The telephone Numbers of Help Line Desk are:
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Govt fixes revenue target at Rs 9 lakh crore this fiscal
Posted Date : 13-Apr-2011 , 10:34:33 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government has set a revenue target of Rs nine lakh crore during the current financial year, a top official said here today."We have set a target to collect Rs nine lakh crore through direct and indirect taxes during 2011-12", Revenue Secretary Sunil Mitra saidHe said the revenue department had ...
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Sebi working on alternative of corporate governance
Posted Date : 13-Apr-2011 , 10:33:51 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a bid to bring in greater transparency and enhance accountability of India Inc, market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) today said it is working on an alternative model of corporate governance.
"A committee is working on it. We have also asked the MCA (Ministry of Corporat...
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JK govt detects 3,045 cases of tax evasion in '09-10
Posted Date : 12-Apr-2011 , 09:30:25 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Jammu and Kashmir government has detected 3,045 cases of evasion of tax by various trade and business houses in the state in 2009-10.
Revealing this in its report on state finances for the year ended March 31, 2010, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has said that 2,357 cases of eva...
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Finance Ministry to meet PSU bankers on April 26
Posted Date : 12-Apr-2011 , 09:29:45 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Finance Ministry will hold annual performance review of public sector banks here on April 26 to evaluate various aspects including non-performing assets and financial inclusion.
The meeting will chaired by Financial Services Secretary S K Sharma instead of the usual practice of Finance Minister c...
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Mukesh Ambani gets Bank of America shares as director fees
Posted Date : 12-Apr-2011 , 09:29:05 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Bank of America has given shares worth nearly Rs 11 lakh to Mukesh Ambani as part of annual retainer fee to the billionaire industrialist, who joined the US banking giant's board last month.
Ambani may get a total of over Rs 1 crore of annual compensation in cash and stocks, going by the bank's d...
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Rs 72,000-cr income tax refunds in 2009-10: CBDT
Posted Date : 12-Apr-2011 , 09:28:29 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Income Tax department has refunded as much as Rs 72,000 crore to tax payers across the country in 2009-10, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman Sudhir Chandra said here.
"The Income Tax department has improved its tax refund rate and Rs 72,000 crore have been refunded to tax payers i...
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FinMin to DoT:Probe role of telcos in tape leakage
Posted Date : 12-Apr-2011 , 09:27:40 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Amid controversy over leakage of telephonic conversations involving top industrialists, corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and others, the Finance Ministry has asked the DoT to enquire into the conduct of telecom operators and identify individuals involved in it.
"DoT (Department of Telecom) will hav...
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Aamir Khan In Times 100 Most Influential People List
Posted Date : 12-Apr-2011 , 08:06:30 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
It was just after India's World Cup Cricket triumph that a very important news did not get the coverage that it deserved from the media. Ironically, it was about the man whose first film as a producer, 'Lagaan', took cricket to the Oscars! Yes, it is non other than Hindi cinema's superstar Aamir Kha...
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Government to issue biometric PAN cards to taxpayers
Posted Date : 12-Apr-2011 , 08:05:36 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government has decided to issue biometric PAN cards to taxpayers across the country to weed out the problem of duplicate and fake ones.
The decision was taken recently by the Finance Ministry and it comes in the wake of a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report that asked the Income Tax ...
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CBDT cracks down on use of unaccounted money in polls
Posted Date : 12-Apr-2011 , 08:04:56 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
All airports, major hotels, railway stations, financial brokers and hawala operators in the five states where Assembly polls are being conducted, are under the vigil of the Income Tax Department.
The exercise is part of the Election Commission’s drive to check black money from being used ...
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Now you can claim income-tax deductions for fines paid to RTO
Posted Date : 12-Apr-2011 , 08:04:26 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Now you can claim income-tax deduction for fines paid to the RTO that are compensatory in nature. In a recent order, Income-tax Appellate Tribunal , (ITAT) has held that fines paid to RTO is an allowable expenditure under the Income-tax Act.
According to the provisions of the Income-tax Act, if a...
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CAG itself needs an auditor: Shunglu panel
Posted Date : 12-Apr-2011 , 08:03:59 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a confidential report, the V K Shunglu committee on Commonwealth Games irregularities has recommended that the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General be itself audited by independent auditors appointed by a parliamentary panel.
In its report on "systemic changes" submitted to Prime Mini...
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Vodafone-Essar deal now in RBI court
Posted Date : 09-Apr-2011 , 11:28:51 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Fair valuation of minority stake in joint venture at core of dispute; different worth of shares in two Essar entities a thorny issue.
Vodafone’s $5-billion confrontation with its Indian telecom joint venture partner, Essar, is now set to get embroiled in regulatory drama, as the ball...
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RBI extends special borrowing facility till 6 May
Posted Date : 09-Apr-2011 , 11:28:13 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday extended its special borrowing facility for banks till 6 May-the sixth time since it was introduced in October. Under the facility banks can borrow up to 1% of their deposits without paying any penal interest if there is a shortfall on their statutory liquid...
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CAG report on CWG in Monsoon session: Vinod Rai
Posted Date : 09-Apr-2011 , 11:27:34 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government auditor CAG today said it will soon finalise its report on the conduct of Commonwealth Games which will be tabled in the next session of Parliament.
"Yes...certainly," the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) said when asked if the CWG report would be tabled in the Monsoon Session...
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SC notice to Indiabulls over SEBI plea
Posted Date : 09-Apr-2011 , 11:26:49 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to Indiabulls Securities after SEBI challenged a Securities Appellate Tribunal order setting aside the penalty imposed against the firm by the market regulator for alleged manipulative and fraudulent practices in the F&O segment.
Issuing the notice to the I...
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ICAI may propose fresh shares for subscribers of overpriced IPOs
Posted Date : 09-Apr-2011 , 11:26:03 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Concerned that scores of initial public offerings (IPOs) that hit the market of late appear to have been overpriced, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is considering recommending a formula for the companies to compensate their shareholders by doling out fresh shares.
The IC...
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AG asks I-T Department for 'zero delay' in filing appeals
Posted Date : 09-Apr-2011 , 11:25:13 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Concerned over the rise in instances of delay in filing appeals by the Income Tax Department, Attorney General (AG) of India Goolam Vahanvati asked the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to move towards a ‘zero delay regime’.
Following this, CBDT today put out a special and detail...
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Preparation of negative list for service tax likely to start soon
Posted Date : 09-Apr-2011 , 11:24:37 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Finance Ministry expects to begin the compilation of the negative list for service tax soon. Negative list is a list of items on which tax will not be charged as compared to a positive list which the government already has.The government believes that service tax contribution to the overall tax ...
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Settlement in US: Satyam yet to get RBI nod for fund-transfer
Posted Date : 09-Apr-2011 , 11:24:04 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Mahindra Satyam -- brand identity of Satyam Computer Services Limited -- which recently announced that it had agreed to pay USD 125 million to settle class action suits in USA, is yet to get Reserve Bank's nod to transfer the funds, a senior company official said. "It (RBI) wanted some clarification...
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IPL to yield Rs 350 cr in taxes to government
Posted Date : 09-Apr-2011 , 11:23:06 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government hopes to collect Rs 350 crore in taxes from the fourth edition of high voltage Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament beginning tomorrow.
The revenue will accrue to the government as the organisations will be required to deduct tax at source (TDS) while making payments t...
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Hasan Ali
Posted Date : 06-Apr-2011 , 09:31:48 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Sunil Shinde, chartered accountant of Pune-based horse owner Hasan Ali Khan and suspect in the multi-crore hawala racket and tax evasion scam, on Wednesday sought police protection after receiving an anonymous threat letter in the morning.
Shinde and his counsel advocate Rahul Dinodokar approac...
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Tax collections-both direct and indirect-for 2010-11 exceeds: Finance ministry
Posted Date : 06-Apr-2011 , 09:31:17 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government today said the total tax collections-both direct and indirect-for 2010-11 have exceeded even the revised estimate on the back of strong economic activities.
“I am reasonably sure that we will cross Rs 4.50 lakh crore in direct taxes…I am reasonably confident that it ...
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