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Jaitley says world should not think Parliament is being `obstruction' to reforms Finance minister Arun Jaitley has said Parliament should not send a message that it is an obstacle to reforms making a strong appeal for early passage of goods and services tax while reaching out to the main opposition Congress to think about the “legacy“ it would leave behind by not supporting the measure when there is a need to strengthen the economy to shield it from global headwinds. “It not difficult for India to grow at 8-9 %.....We need to strengthen domestic economy so that become resilient to global shocks...“ Jaitley said and appealed to the Congress party to support the constitution amendment bill for GST, which is stuck in the Upper House. “I would urge the current leadership of Congress party also to look at the history and legacy they want to leave behind. Support these measures so that we are able to grow faster. We have more money to get rid of poverty much faster,“ he said addi

To curtail domestic flow of unaccounted money, the finance ministry on Tuesday announced mandatory furnishing of permanent account number ( PAN) for all transactions over Rs.2 lakh through all payment modes, with effect from January 1, 2016. Quoting PAN will also be mandatory for cash payments made to settle hotel bills or for buying foreign travel tickets From Jan 1, PAN mandatory for transactions above Rs.2 lakh In a bid to curtail domestic black money flow, the finance ministry on Tuesday announced mandatory furnishing of permanent account number ( PAN) for all transactions above Rs.2 lakh through all payment modes with effect from January 1, 2016. This is a relaxation from an proposal to make PAN mandatory for sale and purchase of items above Rs.1 lakh. “We have received a lot of representations. We will give breathing time to taxpayers,” said revenue secretary Hasmukh Adhia. Accepting the recommendations of the special investigation team on black money, finance minister

FM seeks Cong support; says party will leave behind a bad legacy if it continues to oppose crucial reforms With barely a week left for the winter session of Parliament to be over, finance minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday asked the Congress to think about the legacy it would leave behind by not supporting the Constitution amendment Bill on goods and services tax (GST). Amid a walk-out by the Congress, he said GST would offer the economy an opportunity to touch nine per cent growth rate. Replying to a debate on the supplementary demand for grants in the Lok Sabha, Jaitley also sought to bring on board the Left parties by invoking former West Bengal finance minister and former chairman of empowered committee of state finance ministers Asim Dasgupta.  The Left parties had given their dissent on a Rajya Sabha select panel's recommendations on the indirect taxation system. The Lok Sabha later passed the supplementary demand for additional expenditure of Rs 56,256 crore. The finan

Oppn MP says govt suffering from Cinderella syndrome, while CPI(M) alleges NDA sabotaging Bill With only six working days of the ongoing winter session left, the likelihood of the passage of the goods and services tax (GST) Bill became remote because of the continuing disruption of parliamentary proceedings by the Opposition. Also, neither the government nor the Congress showed any keenness to meet again to take forward their negotiations on the issue. The Opposition parties on Tuesday ensured repeated adjournments of the Rajya Sabha over the alleged Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raids at the office of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The Congress protested the “interference” of the governor of Arunachal Pradesh with the activities of the state government and over summoning of winter session of the Assembly “without the state government requesting for it”. The issue is likely to dominate Congress protests on Wednesday as well. In the Lok Sabha, the Congress staged a

Updates Of the Day 1.NIRC of ICAI is organizing Seminar on FEMA on 19th Dec 2015 from 10AM to 5PM at NDMC Convention Centre, Opp Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. 2.NHAI Tax Free Bonds issue opens on 17.12.2015.Issue size - 10000Cr. Coupon Rates Retail 10 Years - 7.39% 15 Years - 7.60%. 3.DGFT had prescribed a procedure to be followed for claiming rewards under MEIS where exports had been made through EDI generated shipping bills between 01.04.2015 to 31.05.2015. 4.Anti-dumping duty cannot be charged for gap period, the period between lapse of provisional duty and imposition of final duty. [Supreme Court held In the case of Commissioner of Customs vs. G.M. Exports and Others]. 5.Currency notes with anything written on them are also legal tender i.e. acceptable in market. Press Release 2015-2016/1400 dated 14.12.2015. 6.Date of filing CST Form 9 has been extended up to 15.01.2016 vide Circular No. 32 dated 15.12.2015. 7.Disallowance u/s 14A while computing book profit u/s 115JB permitte

Updates Of the Day 1.NIRC of ICAI is organizing Seminar on FEMA on 19th Dec 2015 from 10AM to 5PM at NDMC Convention Centre, Opp Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. 2.NHAI Tax Free Bonds issue opens on 17.12.2015.Issue size - 10000Cr. Coupon Rates Retail 10 Years - 7.39% 15 Years - 7.60%. 3.DGFT had prescribed a procedure to be followed for claiming rewards under MEIS where exports had been made through EDI generated shipping bills between 01.04.2015 to 31.05.2015. 4.Anti-dumping duty cannot be charged for gap period, the period between lapse of provisional duty and imposition of final duty. [Supreme Court held In the case of Commissioner of Customs vs. G.M. Exports and Others]. 5.Currency notes with anything written on them are also legal tender i.e. acceptable in market. Press Release 2015-2016/1400 dated 14.12.2015. 6.Date of filing CST Form 9 has been extended up to 15.01.2016 vide Circular No. 32 dated 15.12.2015. 7.Disallowance u/s 14A while computing book profit u/s 115JB permitte

Updates Of the Day 1.Online Applications are invited from the CA firms/ LLPs who desire to be empanelled with CAG for appointment as auditors of government Co/ Corporations for the year 2016-17.www.saiindia.gov.in from 01.01.2016 to 15.02.2016. 2.RBI has issued Guidelines on trading of Currency Futures and Exchange Traded Currency Options in Recognized Stock Exchanges and Introduction of Cross-Currency Futures and Exchange Traded Option Contracts. 3.Versions of e-Forms GNL-4, INC-28, CRA-2, INC-2, ADJ, FC-1, AOC4-CFS and FC-4 are modified w.e.f. 09.12.2015. 4.Collection of cheques during enforcement survey before finalizing assessment is illegal. The amounts collected in advance were directed to be refunded. Order passed by Shri Bansh Raj, Add Commissioner DVAT. 5.Online rectification of TDS made simplified through new facility of Pre-Fill for up-dating TDS details while rectification .Press release dated 10.12.2015. 6.Interest expenditure Sec.36(1)(iii) on loans diverted to sis