Reference is invited to the Circular No.3 of2018 dated 11.07.2018 (the Circular) of Central Board of Direct Taxes (the Board) and its amendment dated 20th August. 2018 vide which monetary limits for fi ling of income tax appeals by the Department before Income Tax Appellate Tribunal. High Courts and SLPs/appeals hefore Supreme Court have been specified. Representation has also been received that an anomaly in the said circular at para 5 may be removed....

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The Income-tax return (ITR) forms for the Assessment Year (AY) 2019-20 were notified vide notification bearing G.S.R. 279(E). dated the 1st day April, 2019. Subsequently, the instructions for filing ITR forms were issued and the software utility for e-filing of all the ITR forms were also released. After notification of the ITR forms various queries have been raised by the stakeholders in respect of filling-up of the ITR forms. In order to address such queries, following clarifications are issue...

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RBI/2019-20/36 DBR.No.Ret.BC.10/12.01.001/2019-20 August 07, 2019 The Chairperson / CEOs of all Scheduled and Non Scheduled Banks Dear Sir / Madam Change in Bank Rate Please refer to ourcircular DBR.No.Ret.BC.44/12.01.001/2018-19 dated June 06, 2019, on the captioned subject. 2. As announced in theThird Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2019-20 of August 07, 2019, the Bank Rate is revise...

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RBI/2019-20/35 REF.No.MPD.BC.388/07.01.279/2019-20 August 07, 2019 All Primary Dealers, Standing Liquidity Facility for Primary Dealers In theThird Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2019-20 of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of August 07, 2019, the policy repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) has been reduced by 35 basis points to 5.40 per cent from 5.75 per cent with immediate effect. 2. Accordingly, the Standing Liquidity Facility provided to Primary D...

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RBI/2019-2020/34 FMOD.MAOG. No.135/01.18.001/2019-20 August 7, 2019 All Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) participants Madam/Sir, Marginal Standing Facility As announced in theThird Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2019-20, today, it has been decided by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to reduce the policy Repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) by 35 basis points from 5.75 per cent to5.40 per centwith immediate effect. 2. Consequently, the Marginal Stan...

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RBI/2019-2020/33 FMOD.MAOG. No.134/01.01.001/2019-20 August 7, 2019 All Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) participants Madam/Sir, Liquidity Adjustment Facility – Repo and Reverse Repo Rates As announced in theThird Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2019-20, today, it has been decided by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to reduce the policy Repo rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) by 35 basis points from 5.75 per cent to5.40 per centwith immediate eff...

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RBI/2019-20/31 DCBR.BPD (PCB/RCB).Cir.No.02/13.01.000/2019-20 August 2, 2019 The Chief Executive Officer All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks, All State/ Central Co-operative Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Financial Inclusion - Access to Banking Services - Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA) Please refer to ourcirculars UBD.BPD.Cir.No.5/13.01.000/2012-13 dated August 17, 2012andRPCD.CO.RRB.RCB.BC.No.24/07.38.01/2012-13 dated August 22, 2012on the captioned subject. 2. The ...

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RBI/2019-20/30 DNBR (PD) CC.No.101/03.10.001/2019-20 August 02, 2019 All NBFCs Madam / Dear Sir, Levy of foreclosure charges/pre-payment penalty on Floating Rate Loans by NBFCs Please refer to paragraph 30(4) of Chapter VI of Master Direction - Non-Banking Financial Company – Systemically Important Non-Deposit taking Company and Deposit taking Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016 and paragr...

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RBI/2019-20/29 DBR.Dir.BC.No.08/13.03.00/2019-20 August 02, 2019 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs) All Small Finance Banks All Local Area Banks Dear Sir / Madam Levy of Foreclosure Charges /Pre-payment Penalty on Floating Rate Term Loans Please refer to ourcircularsDBOD.No.Dir.BC.107/13.03.00/2011-12dated June 5, 2012andDBOD.Dir.BC.No.110/13.03.00/2013-14 dated May...

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RBI/2019-20/28 DGBA.GBD.No.250/31.12.010/2019-20 August 1, 2019 All Agency Banks Dear Sir / Madam Master Circular on Conduct of Government Business by Agency Banks - Payment of Agency Commission Please refer to ourMaster Circular RBI/2018-19/2 dated July 2, 2018on the above subject. We have now revised and updated the Master Circular which consolidates important instructions on the subject issued by the Reserve Bank of India till July 31, 2019. 2. A copy of the revisedMaster C...

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MCA Update dt. 31.07.2019 Forms Revised w.e.f. 01.08.2019 Form CHG-1, Form CHG-8 and Form CHG-9 Form AOC-4 XBRL Link: http://www.mca.gov.in/...

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RBI/2019-20/20 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 04 July 30, 2019 To All Category-I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam / Sir, External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) Policy – Rationalisation of End-use Provisions Attention of Authorized Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to paragraphs 2.1.(v) and 2.1.(viii) ofMaster Direction No.5 dated March 26, 2019on the above subject in terms of which, inter alia, ECB proceeds cannot be utilised for working capital purposes, gener...

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G.S.R.....(E).– In exercise of the powers conferred by section 148 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 21/2019- Central Tax, dated the 23rd April, 2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R...

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i)eForm DIR-3 KYCis to be filed by an individual who holds DIN and is filing his KYC details for the first time or by the DIN holder who has already filed his KYC once in eform DIR-3 KYC but wants to update his details. ii)Web service DIR-3-KYC-WEBis to be used by the DIN holder who has submitted DIR-3 KYC eform in the previous financial year and no update is required in his details. NOTIFICATION G.S,R. -(E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by the second proviso to sub-section...

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“The reporting entity need to take approval from RBI in case of submission of FLA – 2019 after due date July 31, 2019. Procedure: Visithttps://flair.rbi.org.in/fla→ Login → Click Please click here to get the approval to fill FLA form for current year after due date (31/07/2019) / for previous years → select 2019 → Click “Request”. However, submission of FLA returns for previous years will be activated after September 15, 2019....

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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has received several representations regarding extension of the last date for filing of e-Form No.BEN-2 without additional fees on account of Corrrparries (Significant Beneficial Owners) Second Amendment Rules, 2019 notified vicle G.S.R. No. ,M6 (E) dated 01..07.2019. The matter has been examined and it is herebr., informed that the time limit for filing e-form No.BEN-2 is extended upto 30.09.2019 without payment of additional fee and thereafter fee and addition...

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F.No. 225/157/2019/ITA.II Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes North-Block, ITA-II Division New Delhi, the 23rdof July, 2019 Order under Section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 The ‘due-date’ for filing income-tax returns for Assessment-Year 2019-20 is 31.07.2019 for certain categories of taxpayers. It has been reported that some of the taxpayers are facing difficulties in filing their income- tax returns due to...

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A number of issues have been raised regarding the GST payable on the amount charged by a Residential Welfare Association for providing services and goods for the common use of its members in a housing society or a residential complex. The same have been examined and are being clarified below. ...

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Various representations have been received from the trade and industry regarding procedure to be followed in respect of goods sent / taken out of India for exhibition or on consignment basis for export promotion. Such goods sent / taken out of India crystallise into exports, wholly or partly, only after a gap of certain period from the date they were physically sent / taken out of India....

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Various representations have been received seeking clarification on issues related to supply of Information Technology enabled Services (hereinafter referred to as “ITeS services”) such as call center, business process outsourcing services, etc. and “Intermediaries” to overseas entities under GST law and whether they qualify to be “export of services” or otherwise....

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G.S.R……(E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by section 164 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, namely:-...

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G.S.R.....(E).– In exercise of the powers conferred by section 148 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 21/2019- Central Tax, dated the 23rd April, 2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 322(E)...

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RBI/2019-20/08 FIDD.FID.BC.No.05/12.01.033/2019-20 July 01, 2019 The Chairman/ Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks Madam/Dear Sir Master Circular on SHG-Bank Linkage Programme The Reserve Bank of India has, from time to time, issued a number of guidelines/instructions to banks on SHG-Bank Linkage Programme. In order to enable banks to have instructions at one place, the Master Circular incorporating the existing guidelines/instructions on t...

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RBI/2019-20/07 DCM (CC) No.G-5/03.44.01/2019-20 July 01, 2019 The Chairman & Managing Director Chief Executive Officers All Banks Master Circular – Scheme of Penalties for bank branches based on performance in rendering customer service to the members of public Please refer to theCircular DCM (CC) No.G-4/03.44.01/2018-19 dated July 3, 2018on the scheme of penalties. 2. A revised and updated version on the subject isannexedfor information and necessary action. 3. Th...

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RBI/2019-20/6 FIDD.CO.GSSD.BC.No.03/09.09.001/2019-20 July 01, 2019 The Chairman & Managing Director / CEO All Scheduled Commercial Banks & Small Finance Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Master Circular-Credit facilities to Scheduled Castes (SCs) & Scheduled Tribes (STs) Please refer to theMaster Circular FIDD.CO.GSSD.BC.No.06/09.09.001/2017-18 dated July 01, 2017consolidating guidelines / Instructions / directions issued to banks with regard to providing credit facilities to ...

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RBI/2019-20/05 FIDD.GSSD.CO.BC.No.01/09.16.03/2019-20 July 01, 2019 The Chairman & Managing Director/CEO All Scheduled Commercial Banks & Small Finance Banks Madam/Dear Sir, Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) Please refer to theMaster Circular on NULM FIDD.GSSD.CO.BC.No.11/09.16.03/2018-19 dated December 06, 2018containing the instructions / guidelines / directives issued to banks. 2. The Master Circular has been suitably...

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RBI/2019-20/04 FIDD.GSSD.CO.BC.No.02/09.01.01/2019-20 July 01, 2019 The Chairman/ Managing Director & CEO All Scheduled Commercial Banks & Small Finance Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Master Circular – Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) Please refer to theMaster Circular FIDD.GSSD.CO.BC.No.05/09.01.01/2018-19 dated July 03, 2018on Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission. TheMaster Circularhas been suitably ...

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RBI/2019-20/03 FIDD.GSSD.BC.No.04/09.10.01/2019-20 July 01, 2019 The Chairman/ Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks & Small Finance Banks (Excluding RRBs and Foreign banks with less than 20 branches) Dear Sir / Madam, Master Circular- Credit Facilities to Minority Communities Please refer to ourMaster Circular FIDD.GSSD.BC.No.01/09.10.01/2018-19 dated July 02, 2018, containing the instructions / guidelines / directives issued to banks ti...

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RBI/2019-20/02 DCM (NE) No. G-2/08.07.18/2019-20 July 01, 2019 The Chairman and Managing Director / The Managing Director/ The Chief Executive Officer All Banks Madam / Dear Sir Master Circular – Facility for Exchange of Notes and Coins Please refer to theMaster Circular DCM (NE) No.G-2/08.07.18/2018-19 dated July 02, 2018containing instructions on the facility for exchange of notes and coins. A revised version ofMaster Circularon the subject is annexed for your informat...

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RBI/2019-20/01 DCM (FNVD) G –1/16.01.05/2019-20 July 1, 2019 The Chairman/ Managing Director /Chief Executive Officer All Banks and Director of Treasuries of all States Dear Sir / Madam, Master Circular – Detection and Impounding of Counterfeit Notes Please refer to theMaster Circular DCM (FNVD) G - 1/16.01.05/2018-19 dated July 2, 2018consolidating the instructions issued till July 2, 2018, relating to Detection and Impounding of Counterfeit Notes. TheMaster Circul...

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