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Madras HC: Date for hearing in Colour TC scam fixed for 9 Ju

   08 July 2009 at 10:08

The Madras High Court will hear the appeal filed by the CB-CID against the acquittal of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in the colour TV Scam from July nine.When the matter came up for hearing before Justice M Jayapaul, the judge took up the pet ..

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Identification number to be alloted for all tax documents

   08 July 2009 at 10:07

The income tax department would assign document identification number on all notices, letters sent to the assessees from October 1,2009 to enable easy tracking of documents and minimise taxpayers' grievances. The explanatory memorandum to the budget ..

Posted in Taxation |   126 Views


LLP to be taxed like general partnerships

   08 July 2009 at 10:06

The door is wide open now for lawyers, chartered accountants and other professionals with entrepreneurial zeal to join hands to run innovative businesses that would also attract venture capital investments.The Budget has cleared the air of uncertaint ..

Posted in Taxation |   131 Views


Expenditure made of more than 20000 in cash allowed to trans

   07 July 2009 at 15:08

Expenditure made of more than 20000 in cash allowed to transporterEnhancement of limit for disallowance of expenditure made in the case of transporters Under the existing provisions of the Income-tax Act, where an assessee incurs any expenditure, in ..

Posted in Taxation |   478 Views


Rationalisation of pro relating to tax ded at source TDS

   07 July 2009 at 14:57

Rationalisation of provisions relating to tax deduction at source (TDS) Tax deduction at source is a method of collecting taxes on behalf of the Government at the time of payment or credit. The Income-tax Act casts a legal responsibility on the deduc ..

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SC judge apologises for ‘Taliban’ remarks on Muslims

   07 July 2009 at 13:07

Under criticism from Mulsim groups, Supreme Court judge Justice Markandeya Katju apologised for his controversial comments that Muslim students cannot insist on sporting beards as it would lead to ‘Talibanisation’ of the country.A bench o ..

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No change in indirect tax rates,GST rollout by April 2010

   07 July 2009 at 12:09

Budget 2009-10 did not announce any big bang change in the country’s indirect tax regime, but yet succeeded in making the Centre’s intent very clear.Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday continued with the existing rates for centra ..

Posted in Taxation |   156 Views


FBT IS OFF, IT'S BACK TO PERQUISITES TAX

   07 July 2009 at 12:08

Employees will have to pay tax on Esops, superannuation and ‘other amenities’. First, the good news. The finance minister has removed the fringe benefit tax (FBT) on the value of certain benefits like employee stock options (Esops), sweat ..

Posted in Taxation |   409 Views


GOVT RAISES I-T SOPS; ABOLISHES FBT, CTT

   07 July 2009 at 12:07

The government announced a slew of tax sops, including an additional Rs 10,000 personal income tax exemption and scrapping of 10 per cent surcharge, while announcing cheaper loans to farmers and incentives for export and infrastructure to attain nine ..

Posted in Taxation |   142 Views


TAX-GDP RATIO TO FALL BELOW 11% THIS FISCAL

   07 July 2009 at 12:06

The economic slowdown has severely dented the Centre’s tax collections, with indirect taxes bearing the brunt. Having fallen throughout the 1990s, the Centre’s tax-GDP ratio had registered a steady increase from 8.97 per cent to 12.56 per ..

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