FINANCE & MONEY MARKETS FIPB clears 6 FDI proposals worth Rs1,810 crore Nov 19, 2015 The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has cleared six FDI proposals envisaging foreign investment of Rs1,810 crore, including that of IIFL Holding. “Based on the recommendations of FIPB in its meeting held on 30 October 2015, the government has approved …
CONSTRUCTION WORKS POLICY Construction Works Policy is designed to provide cover to an Indian contractor who executes a civil construction job abroad. The distinguishing features of a construction contract are that: The contractor keeps raising bills periodically throughout the contract period for the value of work done between one billing period and another. To be …
SERVICES POLICY FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IT-enabled Services (Single Customer) Policy would be given in respect of contracts for rendering service during a defined period with billing on the basis of service rendered during a period say, a week, a month or a quarter. One policy for one buyer shall be issued. Period of Policy: 12 months …
TAXATION UPDATE NOV 15,2015 Indirect Taxes: Refund of Service Tax – input services used for export of goods – service tax paid by MIAPL is under category which was not classified under Notification 17/2009-ST – refund denied –(Hindustan Petroleum Corpn. Ltd. Versus Commissioner of Service Tax, Mumbai-I, CESTAT MUMBAI). Valuation – Reimbursement Expenses – Legal …
CORPORATE AND PROFESSIONAL UPDATE IT: In case of legal fees, only when legal matter is over and assessee advocate decides on quantum of fees, it becomes income in hands of advocate and entire advance amount that includes pocket payments would not bear any particular characterization for purpose of treating it as income IT: Where Assessing …
PROFESSIONAL UPDATE Sum paid to foreign AE for secondment of high level managers is taxable as ‘FTS’ Food World Supermarkets Ltd. v. DDIT [ITAT Bangalore] ITA No. 1356 & 1357 of 2013, Date of Decision: October 28, 2015 Facts of the case :The assessee is an Indian company engaged in the business of ownership and …
Complete overview on Gold Bonds Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGBs) are government securities denominated in grams of gold aimed at bringing down gold imports and providing an alternative to physical gold. Investors have to pay the issue price in cash and the bonds will be redeemed in cash on maturity. The bond is issued by the Reserve …
PROFESSIONAL UPDATE CREDIT RISK A credit risk is the risk of default on a debt that may arise from a borrower failing to make required payments. In the first resort, the risk is that of the lender and includes lost principal and interest, disruption to cash flows and increased collection costs. From Today we will discuss about Export Credit Guarantee Commission of …
TAX UPDATE Indirect Taxes: Back to Back transactions – The shipping vessel places an enquiry for required quantity of HSD with the Petitioner – Petitioner in turn places a back to back purchase order/nomination of the same quantity on any of the Oil Marketing Companies – After the delivery of the HSD to the nominated …
“WHETHER CS CERTIFICATION MANDATORY ON FORM MGT 7 OR NOT?” Annual filing time is in progress and we, being professionals are facing one major common problem regarding the certification of Form MGT-7 (Annual Return) – We have received many queries by Professionals on this common issue. In the said matter, we would like to provide …