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  • Posted Date : 18-Oct-2011 , 08:01:34 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    Government of IndiaMinistry of FinanceDepartment of RevenueCentral Board of Direct Taxes   1.          Background 1.1 Section 145 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 („the Act‟) provides that the method of accounting&nb...

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  • Posted Date : 18-Oct-2011 , 07:54:09 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    As the demands for lowering statutory levy on share trading get the backing of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), the finance ministry today held a meeting to discuss the rationalisation of the Securities Transaction Tax (STT).   However, the final proposal will be p...

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  • Posted Date : 17-Oct-2011 , 08:48:39 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The Ministry of Corporate Affairs today said it is in favour of introducing a corporate governance index that will offer rankings to companies adopting governance standards. "I would like to introduce a corporate governance index and am working on an award scheme for corporates," Corporate Affairs ...

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  • Posted Date : 17-Oct-2011 , 08:47:18 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee said that there is a need for transparent arrangement with a legal framework for exchange of information between India and Philippines relating to banking and tax related matters. The Finance Minister Shri Mukherjee raised this issue during his bilateral ...

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  • Posted Date : 17-Oct-2011 , 08:17:25 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    A person facing criminal cases cannot be considered suitable for appointment in government service unless acquitted of the charges, the Supreme Court has held. Quashing the appointment of constable SK Nazrul Islam, the apex court said, "Surely, the authorities entrusted with the responsibility of ap...

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  • Posted Date : 17-Oct-2011 , 08:12:05 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The ministry of corporate affairs, or MCA, has given Indian firms another year to spread their liabilities on account of foreign exchange borrowings accruing from fluctuations in foreign exchange, or forex, rates. While getting more time to amortize such liabilities will come as a breather for a ...

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  • Posted Date : 17-Oct-2011 , 08:05:56 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    In a bid to check suspicious transactions, the Election Commission has rolled out fresh guidelines for monitoring of poll funding during the forthcoming elections in five states, including Uttar Pradesh, and has roped in the income tax department and the financial intelligence unit for thi...

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  • Posted Date : 16-Oct-2011 , 09:18:21 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) enhanced the limit for retaining foreign currency abroad to 3,000 USD per transaction for exporters against the existing 500 USD.RBI in a statement issued in Mumbai on Friday said the decision has been taken for export related remittances received through Online Payme...

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  • Posted Date : 16-Oct-2011 , 09:09:45 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    India on Saturday strongly opposed imposition of carbon tax as an additional source of funding to fight climate change. "India believes that some of the measures like carbon export optimisation tax and levy on CDM/offsets violate the principles of the Convention (UNFCCC) as their incidence fall...

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  • Posted Date : 15-Oct-2011 , 09:58:11 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    he Prime Minister has asserted that the government is committed to making Right to Information more effective instrument for ensuring transparency and accountability in administration.Elaborating the need to strike a balance between request for information and limited time and resources available wi...

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  • Posted Date : 15-Oct-2011 , 09:51:20 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

      Faced with an increased and "difficult" direct taxes target of Rs 5.85 lakh crore this fiscal, the taxmen will focus on high profit-making segments of the economy, a top official said today.   "These are difficult targets to achieve...We will check sections of the economy where profit...

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  • Posted Date : 15-Oct-2011 , 09:49:03 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    Come April, and you may have to pay more for sugar and textiles. All the States have arrived at a consensus to levy the Value Added Tax (VAT) on these two items from April 1, 2012. The Centre had allowed them to levy it from April 1, 2006 in lieu of additional excise duty (AED) on sugar and textil...

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  • Posted Date : 14-Oct-2011 , 03:15:57 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    Urging autonomous bodies to incorporate better accounting practices, Director General, Office of the Comptroller and Accounting General of India, K P Sasidharan said that even Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B) has a weak accounting system. “Institutions like IIM-B are capable ...

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  • Posted Date : 14-Oct-2011 , 03:05:22 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has suggested that Satyam Computer deposit the salary of directors nominated to its board by the Government after a multi-crore accounting fraud was exposed at the IT firm in the Government treasury. Filing a reply before the Company Law Board, the Ministry of Corp...

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  • Posted Date : 14-Oct-2011 , 08:15:30 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

      A tardy progress in tax collection has triggered this reform. The government has decided to bring mining along with bullion and commodity trade on the income tax radar in the current financial year so as to promptly detect tax evasion and garner additional revenue.   The Income Tax de...

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  • Posted Date : 14-Oct-2011 , 08:12:02 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

      The Cabinet on Thursday cleared two amendment Bills paving the way for banks to recover loans from errant borrowers. The move would also help the financial institutions to reduce their non-performing assets and release funds for home, retail or corporate credit needs.   The Bills to a...

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  • Posted Date : 14-Oct-2011 , 08:10:13 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The performance of the new State Bank of India Management is under the scanner, given the steep rise in the provisioning levels and the manner in which the country's largest lender handled the Moody's ratings downgrade. Top government officials are blaming the new management comprisin...

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  • Posted Date : 14-Oct-2011 , 08:07:46 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The Council has considered the issue regarding the working hours of the articled assistants . The Council is of the view that the article training is an important part of the CA curriculum and the same needs to be carried out in accordance with the scheme framed by the ICAI ...

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  • Posted Date : 13-Oct-2011 , 08:32:13 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    Help Line Desk - Admit Card Do you have any query about NOVEMBER, 2011 examination? The Help Line Desk will be functional from 11th October to 11th NOVEMBER, 2011 for 24 hours on all days (inclusive of holidays and Sundays) to attend to any query relating to the ensuing Chartered Accountan...

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  • Posted Date : 13-Oct-2011 , 08:24:47 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The Union Cabinet today approved introduction of the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2011 in the next session of Parliament. The proposed amendments would enable banks to improve their operational efficiency, deploy more funds for credit disbursemen...

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  • Posted Date : 13-Oct-2011 , 08:23:10 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The government on Thursday unveiled a new policy which accords greater autonomy to profit-making PSUs in acquiring raw material assets abroad, and said it will also consider setting up a sovereign wealth fund."While some countries have already taken the lead in acquiring the sources of raw material ...

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  • Posted Date : 13-Oct-2011 , 08:22:02 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR

    Government has announced a package of over 900 crore rupees to cushion the exports and offset the impact of global financial meltdown in US and Europe. Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma announced the new measures that are part of the annual supplement of the Foreign Trade Policy. The ...

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  • Posted Date : 13-Oct-2011 , 08:48:04 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    Stepping up efforts to check tax evasion and unearth black money, the Income Tax Department has started scrutinising high-value transactions. "The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) will verify all high-value transactions.   Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has been given all powers und...

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  • Posted Date : 13-Oct-2011 , 08:37:16 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) is expected to meet its 30 November deadline of making 30,000 companies file their income statements and balance sheets in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) format—a computer language for reporting financial statements.   The deadline ...

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  • Posted Date : 13-Oct-2011 , 08:33:31 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The CAG has advised Oil Ministry to allow Reliance Industries to recover expenditure on its eastern offshore KG-D6 field only after it has been audited. Stating that the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) letter to the ministry was to "flag the critical issues so as to facilitate adequate p...

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  • Posted Date : 13-Oct-2011 , 08:32:03 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to four former employees of Satyam Computers and a former auditor of PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) in multi-crore accounting fraud. "On the totality of the circumstances, we deem it appropriate to release them on bail on a personal bond of Rs 2 lakh an...

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  • Posted Date : 12-Oct-2011 , 08:19:31 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    India will continue to allow 100 percent Foreign Direct Investment for new ventures in the pharma sector. The decision was taken at a high level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to discuss the FDI policy in drugs and pharmaceutical sector held in New Delhi last night. An official ...

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  • Posted Date : 12-Oct-2011 , 08:18:20 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    Accounting regulator Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has asked the government to standardise the internal auditing procedures adopted by domestic companies to prevent a repeat of Satyam-like frauds. These benchmark norms would reduce corporate risk manifold and ensure a standard and ...

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  • Posted Date : 12-Oct-2011 , 08:14:41 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The government has expanded the CBDT Chairman led committee on black money by adding one more member to it -- Member Investigation of the Income Tax department. Senior IRS officer S.S. Rana has recently taken over as the Member (Investigation) in the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and with hi...

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  • Posted Date : 12-Oct-2011 , 08:13:32 am | Posted By CASANSAAR

    The finance ministry has revised the Budget estimate of direct tax collection upwards by Rs 53,000 crore to Rs 5.85 lakh crore. The higher target is an increase of 31% over last yearas collection of Rs 4.46 lakh crore. The increase is intended to bridge the shortfall that might occur due to reductio...

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