Sebi to study the impact of STT on stock market turnover
Posted Date : 07-Oct-2011 , 08:10:38 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Sebi is reviewing the impact on the stock market turnover from a possible scrapping of STT, which is levied on all sale and purchase in the equity market. The regulatory authority is in favour of a complete or phased withdrawal of the levy and it expects any such move to positively impact the...
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Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), extends the due date of filing of returns.
Posted Date : 04-Oct-2011 , 03:22:54 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Income Tax Department, on consideration of the reports of disturbance of general life caused due to earthquake in the State of Sikkim, the central Board of Direct Taxes, in exercise of powers conferred under section 119 of the income Tax Act. 1961, hereby extends the ‘due date’ of fi...
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CBDT nod for tax free bonds worth Rs 30,000 cr
Posted Date : 03-Oct-2011 , 08:19:47 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The income-tax department has given its nod for NHAI, IRFC, HUDCO and PFC to cumulatively issue tax-free bonds to the tune of Rs 30,000 crore during 2011-12.
Both National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) have been allowed to issue tax free bonds of...
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I-T notices sent to NGOs associated with Kiran Bedi
Posted Date : 03-Oct-2011 , 08:07:30 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Income Tax department has sent notices for scrutiny to two NGOs associated with Kiran Bedi, who said she is open to any investigation. The I-T notices to NGOs Navjyoti and India Vision Foundation sent on Saturday pertain to certain exemptions enjoyed by them under v...
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Dip in direct tax collection indicative of slowdown: R S Gujral
Posted Date : 30-Sep-2011 , 07:44:38 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Union Finance and Revenue Secretary R S Gujral on Thursday flagged concerns over the dip in direct tax collection growth, saying it was indicative of a "slowdown in the economy". Pointing out to disappointing advance tax collection for the second quarter, Gujral said, "There has been a decli...
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Rich must be taxed more: Chidambaram
Posted Date : 28-Sep-2011 , 08:29:04 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Home Minister P. Chidambaram, who as Finance Minister had slashed taxes, on Wednesday suggested that rich should be taxed more even though “many people” would not like the idea.
“We must raise the tax revenue to defend (the expected aggregate decline of resources). I kno...
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ED to send team abroad to collect info on Hasan Khan's assets
Posted Date : 28-Sep-2011 , 08:25:55 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Enforcement Directorate has decided to send a team of its investigators to Switzerland, Singapore, UAE and the UK to gather data on investments and assets of stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan who is being probed for allegedly evading income tax of over Rs.50,000 crore.
The move h...
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CBI arrests Agra IT commissioner for duping NAFED
Posted Date : 28-Sep-2011 , 08:28:30 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The CBI has arrested the income tax commissioner of Agra, Homi Rajvanshi, for allegedly cheating the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) of over Rs 167 crore when he was posted there as additional managing director of finance. Five others who c...
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TRAI clears confusion over SMS limit, exempts certain services
Posted Date : 27-Sep-2011 , 12:40:01 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Regulator Trai today exempted various service providers, including the dealers of telecom operators, e-ticketing agencies and social networking sites, from the new limit of one hundred SMSes per day per SIM, which was imposed to block pesky calls and messages. On September 5, after much dela...
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Talks with 16 nations concluded to check flow of black money
Posted Date : 27-Sep-2011 , 08:21:41 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
India has initiated a process to negotiate with 74 countries to broaden the scope of the Article concerning exchange of information to specifically include banking information and information which has no domestic interest. "Negotiations/renegotiations of Double Tax Avoidance Agreements (DTAA) wit...
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Panel rejects disclosure scheme, new Act to check black money
Posted Date : 24-Sep-2011 , 09:49:21 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
A government panel on Friday ruled out voluntary disclosure of income scheme (VDIS), framing a new Act and capital punishment as measures to deal with the issue of black money stashed abroad. The committee merely considered strengthening the administrative machinery and better sharing of intellige...
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CBDT Chairman divests tax investigation portfolio to member
Posted Date : 22-Sep-2011 , 07:38:46 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Nine months after the responsibility for Income Tax investigations was taken over by the Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the portfolio has now once again been vested with a separate member, in sync with the practice of previous years. The present Chairman of the Central...
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Advance tax mop-up from top 100 cos grows 9.9% in Q2
Posted Date : 22-Sep-2011 , 07:35:27 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Top companies and banks, including Bharti Airtel, Maruti Suzuki, SAIL and SBI, have paid lower advance taxes during the July-September quarter, reflecting the impact of slowdown. The other large companies which have paid lower taxes during the second quarter include IndianOil, Bh...
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CPC Bangalore
Posted Date : 20-Sep-2011 , 08:01:57 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Centralized Processing Center (CPC), Bangalore has been actively processing of returnsfor AY 2010-11.
The statistics for AY 2009-10, AY 2010-11 and 2011-12 are (as of 7th September,2011)-
AY09-10
AY10-11
AY11-12
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CBDT cell to track poll expenditure
Posted Date : 20-Sep-2011 , 07:55:33 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) will soon have a dedicated cell to monitor election-related expenditure by political parties and donations made to them. "A special cell is being created under CBDT to look at election funding," said a finance ministry official. The new cell will be heade...
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Govt sanctions two new investigation units for CBDT
Posted Date : 20-Sep-2011 , 07:46:39 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a bid to give more teeth to financial investigation and tracking down black money, the finance ministry has cleared two new units for the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). The two special investigation units, in addition to the three existing units, will widen the investigat...
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Income tax raids against Chinar, Manmohan groups yield Rs 4.34 cr
Posted Date : 18-Sep-2011 , 07:23:32 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Income Tax ( Investigations), Panchkula, today disclosed that in search operations being carried out at the Chinar Group and Manmohan Singh & Company premises on September 8 and 9, there has been a seizure of Rs 4.34 crore. “It includes Rs 3.36 crore in cash and jewellery worth Rs 98...
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No TDS on compensation for farmland, clarifies government
Posted Date : 17-Sep-2011 , 08:07:28 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Farmers will not have to cough up any tax upfront on the compensation money they receive for their land acquired by the government. The rural development ministry has clarified after complaints that in absence of clear rules the harshest provisions were being imposed. "We have issued orders t...
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Advance tax nos show confidence
Posted Date : 16-Sep-2011 , 07:48:54 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
A cursory look at the advance tax payments by leading corporates during the July-September quarter showed most of them are sanguine about raking in handsome profits despite fears of a slowdown. However, the overall tax collection target for this fiscal might not be met.
Led by Rel...
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VDIS scheme on disclosure of blackmoney in the offing
Posted Date : 14-Sep-2011 , 05:58:50 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
A special voluntary disclosure scheme for bringing back blackmoney stashed away in tax havens abroad may be in the offing. The CBDT is understood to be "seriously considering" recommending to the government a scheme on the lines of the Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme (VDIS) announced in...
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Rs 650 crore released from Harshad Mehta's assets
Posted Date : 14-Sep-2011 , 07:30:56 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
A Mumbai special court Tuesday ordered the release of Rs 650 crore to the Income Tax department and banks from the liquidated assets of late scamster Harshad Mehta's group, an official said. Special court's Justice D.K. Deshmukh, based on a distribution proposal submitted by the finance minis...
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IPL T20 2009 had plunged BCCI's profits to Rs 21.2 crore
Posted Date : 12-Sep-2011 , 07:45:08 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Indian Premier League T20 tournament has not exactly turned out to be the money spinner for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as everyone believes. The second edition of the widely followed IPL in 2009 that was held in South Africa made a Rs 41.9-crore loss for the BCCI,...
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CAG raps Delhi govt for loss in tax collection
Posted Date : 12-Sep-2011 , 07:41:39 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Inefficiency, under assessment, irregular claim of tax exemption and other lacunae in revenue collection system of Delhi government may have caused a whopping Rs 3,000 crore loss to the exchequer in 2009-10, according to the CAG. Rapping the government for the shortcomings, the national auditor said...
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Government breathes easy as direct tax collections rises 26% till August
Posted Date : 09-Sep-2011 , 08:10:53 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The direct tax collections rose 26% in the first five months of the current fiscal, belying fears of a drop in government revenue because of the slowdown. The 2011-12 budget has assumed a 19% increase in direct tax collections. However, net tax collections were down in April-August 2011-12 t...
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Due date for submission of ITR-V extended
Posted Date : 08-Sep-2011 , 12:44:11 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The due date for submission of ITR-V for A.Y. 2010-11 has been extended upto 31.10.2011 or 120 days from the date of upload whichever is later....
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2 Cr found at home of I-T commissioner's CA
Posted Date : 08-Sep-2011 , 08:08:10 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The CBI found Rs 2.01 crore belonging to arrested Income Tax commissioner Daya Shankar from his chartered accountant's residence in Lucknow. The CBI also seized Rs 8.5 lakh from Shankar's Mumbai residence and Rs 4 lakh from his Ghaziabad house. Shanker was arrested on August 29 while accepting Rs ...
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RBI seeks one-time tax relief to arm MNC banks
Posted Date : 08-Sep-2011 , 07:56:14 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India has sought a one-off tax exemption from the government for foreign banks that convert into local subsidiaries as it intensifies efforts to ring-fence the domestic financial system from global shocks. The permission, if granted by the government that's already facin...
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Tax target tough to realise, says CBDT
Posted Date : 08-Sep-2011 , 07:54:00 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Till the other day, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) was confident about meeting the direct tax collection targets. Now, though, it has turned apprehensive. Reason: Sluggish performance of manufacturing and other industry sectors.
The indications, as a senior CBDT official said, a...
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RBI comittee recommends increase in PPF Deposit Limit from Rs. 70,000 to Rs. One Lac
Posted Date : 07-Sep-2011 , 07:29:49 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Committee on Comprehensive Review of National Small Savings Fund (NSSF) headed by Deputy Governor, RBI has recommended revision of certain provisions of PPF Scheme, 1968 and benchmarking of interest rates on various small savings schemes with the secondary market yie...
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Cambridge remains world's top University, Harvard, MIT follow
Posted Date : 06-Sep-2011 , 10:43:54 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
University of Cambridge has retained the number one spot ahead of Harvard, while MIT has jumped to the third place ahead of Yale and Oxford in the eighth QS World University Rankings.
The US takes 13 of the top 20 spots and 70 of top 300 places in the latest world rankings of Universities compi...
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