The Finance Ministry has provided additional time for payment of Central excise duty under the e-payment route. This is being seen as the Government's attempt to encourage central excise assessees to go in for e-payment of duties.Central excise asses
With India and Mexico signing the double taxation avoidance agreement on Monday, companies using Mexico to route investments into India will have to be ready for a differently structured tax regime. The DTAA has provided for a limitation of benefits
By virtue of the provision of clause (d) of sub-section (1)section 115 WB, introduced by Finance Act, 2007, an employer isliable to pay Fringe Benefit Tax on any consideration for employmentprovided by way of any specified security or sweat equity sh
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN NOVA SCOTIA, CANADAProfessional Development Committee (PDC) of ICAI is working with BusinessDevelopment, Emerging Markets team of Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI) to facilitaterecruitment of members of ICAI for employment in No
Chennai, Sept. 13: Repositioning the management accountant, and showcasing him as a strategist and performance management specialist are among the themes that the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI) is planning to pursue at the '
Perhaps the most favoured savings instrument of Indian investors is the 8% RBI Savings Bond. Safe to the hilt, it has retained its popularity in spite of the sharp appreciation in interest rates in recent times. So far, the interest on the bonds, tho
Indian banks are not affected by the U.S. subprime crisis and are largely on course to meet the Basel-II guidelines by March 2008, the central bank's deputy governor, V. Leeladhar, said on Thursday."By and large Indian banks are not affected by the s
Chennai, Sept 11: The Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India will introduce a new syllabus from next year, to upgrade the educational skills of students, under which a student will be required to undergo the mandatory three year practical t
The government is considering an overhaul of the Indian Trusts Act, 1882, which would allow more flexibility to trusts in their investment decisions. The move is aimed at making the pre-independence law more contemporary. At present, registered trust
Apropos of 'Got PAN? You may shell out more for LPG' (ET, Sept 7), it's preposterous and a harebrained idea. It shows that our politicians lack common sense. Many people have obtained PAN out of compulsion to comply with certain mandatory requirement