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HC sees red over 1-day I-T notice

06 April 2007 at 05:09

A division bench of the Bombay high court on Monday lashed out at the income tax department for having allegedly recovered TDS dues from an assessee within a day of serving a demand notice.The assessee's plea for two days to reply on the recovery pro

Posted in Income Tax | 5097 Views

Stock options must be taxed at employee level

06 April 2007 at 05:08

Industry chamber FICCI has urged the Finance Ministry to amend the budget proposal of imposing Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) on employee stock options (ESOPs) at the hands of the employer. Instead, ESOPs should be taxed only as perquisites or capital gain

Posted in Service Tax | 5751 Views

Capital gains tax on deals similar to Hutch

06 April 2007 at 05:07

The I-T department, which believes that Hutch-Vodafone deal falls under the capital gains tax ambit in India, may scrutinise similar transactions.Transfer of beneficial interest of any asset in the country was liable to capital gains tax, a departmen

Posted in Income Tax | 6462 Views

One-stop service centre for filing I-T returns

26 March 2007 at 01:47

In a bid to reduce harassment of tax payers, the income-tax departmentis mulling setting up five centralised return processing centres indifferent parts of the country. Theconcept is to provide one-stop service to a tax payer at onecentralised place

Posted in Income Tax | 6207 Views

I-T rates in direct tax code list

26 March 2007 at 01:45

The government is planning to place the income-tax rates in the newdirect tax code schedule. The schedule is akin to an annexure to theAct. This will give the government flexibility to change them withoutdisturbing the whole Act."Weare looking at sub

Posted in Income Tax | 7293 Views

CA salaries soar as locals, MNCs hit campus trail

26 March 2007 at 01:45

THINGS got even better for chartered accountants (CAs). Over 300 topcorporates, including multinationals have begun focusing on campusrecruitment offering a 150% jump in starting salaries.CAs command up to Rs 27 lakh per annum compared to the startin

Posted in Others | 10710 Views

Good News- Allotment of bank branch audits - Relaxation

17 March 2007 at 05:12

My dear colleagues,Sub.: Allotment of bank branch auditsYoumight be aware that the Reserve Bank of India has recently decided torestrict audit of bank branches, to such branches whose advances aremore than Rs.5 crores. Hitherto, this limit of auditab

Posted in Audit | 14985 Views

Tax filing set to become Saral again

15 March 2007 at 22:23

NEW DELHI: Here's some goods news for all you taxpayers. You won't miss Saral. The government has decided to dilute the complex Form 2F for filing income-tax returns, which the IT department had painstakingly prepared only to face universal criticism

Posted in Income Tax | 8520 Views

E-filing of returns to become compulsory soon

15 March 2007 at 05:32

Individual taxpayers, too, soon may have to file returns electronically.TheCentral Board of Direct taxes (CBDT) is considering a proposal to makeelectronic filing of income tax returns compulsory for certain class ofassesses. "We have taken the power

Posted in Income Tax | 8139 Views

ICAI unhappy with relaxation of audit norms

15 March 2007 at 05:31

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has taken up cudgelswith the Reserve Bank of India after the banking regulator relaxednorms and spared bank branches with less than Rs 5 crore business fromcompulsory audit.TheRBI move has huge ramifica

Posted in Audit | 7710 Views