INCOME Tax search is a common and regular phenomenon. Every other dayit is reported by the media. It becomes more headline-grabbing duringthe last leg of the fiscal when certain targets are to be realised. Butcan it be conducted even after the death
The Centre's net direct tax collections up to June 18 this fiscal stood at Rs 37,444 crore, registering a 57.5 per cent increase over the collections recorded in the corresponding period in the previous year. The collection level so far includes adva
June, 21st 2007Sensitive operational details of a large section of corporate India are likely to come under government scrutiny soon. The ministry of corporate affairs has started reviewing the way it orders mandatory cost audits on companies to opti
Announcement Enhanced Articled Assistant Entitlements and related mattersVide Notification bearing no.1-CA(7)/102/ 2007(E) dated 26th April,2007, objections/suggesti ons were solicited on the draft amendmentspropo
State Bank of India's profits are expected to take a hit of Rs 800 crore for each of the next five years with the bank needing to make additional provision of around Rs 4,000 crore due to changes in accounting norms for employees' retirement benefits
The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)Institute's level I exams scheduled for December 2007, registrationsfor which began this September, might not be held in India. "We are following the court's order by not admittingnew candidates in the cours
India's revenues from corporate tax, income tax, custom and exciseduties, and service taxes will touch Rs.580,816 crore (Rs.5.80 trillionor $143 billion) by 2009-10, according to a study. Collectionsfrom corporate and service taxes as also income tax
CIRCULAR NO. 4/2007, DATED 15-6-2007The IncomeTax Act, 1961 makes a distinction between a capital asset and a tradingasset.2. Capitalasset is defined in Section 2(14) of the Act. Long-term capital assets andgains are dealt with under Section 2(29A) a
Sections 11 and 12 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 provide for exemption of income of charitable and religious entities. In order to avail of such exemption, the entity is required to make an application for registration under section 12A in form No. 10
In a bid to prevent a slowdown in investments in the mutual fund(MF) sector, the Association of Mutual Funds of India (Amfi) has mooteda proposal to market regulator Sebi that the July 2 deadline of makingPAN card compulsory be staggered or introduce