RECENT INCOME TAX CASE LAWS IN INDIA

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How to know Income tax Refund failure Status

Posted by kanoisandeep | Friday, January 27, 2012

How to know Income tax Refund failure Status

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 07:45 PM PST

CPC Refund Failure Status - Use this query to find out if your Income Tax refund could not be issued due to missing/incorrect mandatory fields or if the refund was returned due to reasons such as address not found, etc. Please note that, if the...

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TDS – Provisions related to Lower deduction / non-deduction of tax and on payment to Government

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 06:32 AM PST

Section 197 gives a right to the assessee to obtain a certificate from the Assessing Officer that tax may be deducted at a lower rate than prescribed in Sections 192,193,194,194A,194C,194D,194G,194H,194I, 194J, 194K, 194LA, and 195, by making an...

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All about e-TDS and Quarterly Statements Of TDS

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 05:45 AM PST

-e-TDS implies, filing of the TDS return in electronic media as per prescribed data structure in either a floppy or a CD ROM. The aforesaid requirement is essentially a part of the process of automation of collection, compilation and processing of...

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Format of details to submitted during Income Tax Assessment

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 12:31 AM PST

We have attached a file in excel format. The file contains the format of various details which normally assessing officer asks Assessee to furnish during Scrutiny Assessment U/s. 143(3) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. We have attached the format of...

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Download Income Tax Calculator for A.Y. 2011-12, 10-11, 09-10, 08-09, 07-08 for Male, Female, Senior Citizens

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 12:22 AM PST

Download Income Tax Calculator for salaried For A.Y. 2011-12, 10-11, 09-10, 08-09, 07-08 for Male, Female, Senior Citizens. The calculator also calculate interest U/s. 234A, 234B and 234C, Automatically. Calculator for those having Income from...

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Delay in notice U/s. 143(2) Renders Assessment Void – HC

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 11:12 PM PST

Alpine Electronics Asia Pte Ltd vs. DGIT (Delhi HC) - Draft order is not the final assessment order and does not result in completion of assessment. Under sub-section (2) to Section 143, the assessee has a right to accept, within 30 days, the draft...

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Public issue of Hudco Tax Free Bonds to open on 27 Jan 2012

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 09:59 PM PST

State-run Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) today said its public issue of tax-free bonds will hit the market on January 27 with a target of raising up to Rs 4,685 crore. The income by way of interest on these Bonds shall not form...

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Petition in HC against minimum wages specified in CA Offices by Kerala State Government

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 09:58 PM PST

CA Club, Thrissur, has filed a writ petition in Kerala High Court against the notification issued by Kerala State Government imposing minimum wages in Offices of Chartered Accountants in Kerala State. The writ petition was filed in Kerala HC by CA...

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Procedure and FAQ for On-line Submission of Application for Verification of Answer Books for CA students

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 09:57 PM PST

Candidates of November 2011 CA examinations Final, IPCE and PCE can submit their application for verification of answer books and also make payment of verification fees, on-line at http://icaiexam.icai.org. This facility will be in addition to the...

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Get Your Firm Status Updated by 31.01.2012 for Empanelment with C&AG and Bank Branch Auditors' Panel

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 09:56 PM PST

For the purposes of Empanelment in the panel prepared by Office of C&AG and Bank Branch Auditors' Panel prepared by ICAI (for which Constitution Certificates as on 1st January are issued every year); no condonation of delay in submission of...

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ICAI issues Exposure Draft of Guidance Note on Rate Regulated Activities for comments

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 08:37 PM PST

A key aspect of rate regulation is that the regulator is empowered to determine prices that bind the entity's customers under a statute or otherwise. Regulatory authorities are usually set up under a legislation which stipulates their constitution,...

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Budget 2012- Government may bring provisions to tax overseas deals

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 03:05 PM PST

To avoid disputes like the Vodafone tax case in future, government is contemplating incorporation of provisions on taxation of overseas deals from the stalled Direct Taxes Code (DTC) Bill in the Budget for 2012-13. "The Direct Taxes Code Bill...

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Punjab Polls – Candidates rope in CAs for managing poll expenses

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 01:05 PM PST

With the Election Commission keeping a strict vigil on expenditure in the Assembly polls, many candidates have roped in tax experts like Chartered Accountants to ensure that their spending remains within the maximum limit.

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I-T official convicted in bribary case

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 11:18 AM PST

An Income Tax official was today convicted for bribery charges in a case filed by the CBI. P K Chandrasekaran, Income Tax officer in the Office of Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, Tambaram range, was trapped in 2008 while demanding and accepting a...

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SEBI – Eligibility criteria for qualified depository participant

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 10:11 AM PST

Vide SEBI circulars Cir/IMD/DF/14/2011 and Cir/IMD/FII&C/3/2012 dated August 09, 2011 and January 13, 2012 respectively, Qualified Foreign Investors (QFI) were allowed to invest in schemes of Indian mutual funds and Indian equity shares subject...

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Inflation Forecasting- Issues and Challenges in India

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 07:55 PM PST

Muneesh Kapur1 This paper focuses on modelling and forecasting inflation in India using an augmented Phillips curve framework. Both demand and supply factors are seen as drivers of inflation. Demand conditions are found to have a stronger impact on...

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External Commercial Borrowings – Simplification of procedure

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 07:54 PM PST

A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.69 Attention of Authorized Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to the Foreign Exchange Management (Borrowing or Lending in Foreign Exchange) Regulations, 2000, notified vide Notification No. FEMA...

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External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) Policy – Infrastructure Finance Companies (IFCs)

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 07:52 PM PST

A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.70 It has now been decided that the designated AD Category – I banks should certify the leverage ratio (i.e. outside liabilities/owned funds) of IFCs desirous of availing ECBs under the approval route while forwarding...

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Deregulation of Savings Bank Deposit Interest Rate – Guidelines – DBOD.Dir.BC. 75/13.03.00/2011-12

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 07:51 PM PST

DBOD.Dir.BC. 75/13.03.00/2011-12 Based on the references received from banks, we clarify that the revised guidelines issued vide our circular referred to above would be applicable to domestic savings bank deposits held by residents in India....

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Section 42(1) of Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 –Maintenance of Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 07:50 PM PST

The Reserve Bank in its Third Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2011-12 issued on January 24, 2012, decided to reduce the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) of Scheduled Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks by 50 basis points from 6.00 per cent to 5.50 per cent...

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TRAI Exempts limit of 200 SMS Per day Per SIM for Machine to Machine and Person to Machine Messages

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:35 PM PST

TRAI today exempted the machine to machine and person to machine messages from the limit of 200 SMS per day per SIM. All the provisions of "The Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations, 2010" issued by TRAI on 1.12.2010 have...

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Section 233B of the Companies Act, 1956 – Audit of Cost accounts in certain cases – order under section 233B(1)

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 10:18 AM PST

ORDER [F.No. 52/26/CAB-2010], dated 24-1-2012 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 233B of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), the Central Government, being of the opinion that it is necessary to do so, hereby directs...

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Seeks to impose anti-dumping duty on import of Geogrid/Geostrips/ Geostraps made of polyester or Glass fiber in all its forms, originating in, or exported from subject countries

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:45 AM PST

Notification No. 11/2012-Customs (ADD) Whereas, in the matter of import of Geogrid/Geostrips/ Geostraps made of polyester or Glass fiber in all its forms (including all widths and lengths)' (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling...

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Seeks to impose anti-dumping duty on import of Morpholine originating in, or exported from, China PR, European Union and the United States of America

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:43 AM PST

Notification No. 10/2012-Customs (ADD) Whereas, in the matter of import of Morpholine (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff item 29333917 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter...

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Rescinds Notification No. 91/2011-Customs, dated the 20th September, 2011

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:41 AM PST

Notification No. 09 / 2012-Customs (ADD) In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (2) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), read with rules 13 and 20 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection...

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