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The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed yet another petition filed by a UP resident seeking to pay undisclosed income along with tax and penalty in old notes under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana .  Under the scheme, any citizen could deposit his old notes with a bank, provided he was willing to lock up 25%of the money in bonds for four years and pay his taxes and penalties. Besides this, the person would have to pay 30 % tax, 33 % surcharge and 10%penalty. The Uttar Pradesh resident claimed that though he had tried to deposit unaccounted amount of Rs 33 lakh, the bank had turned him away. Under the scheme any person could deposit his undisclosed income in old notes between December 17, 2016 and March 31, 2017. Those who deposit it later, would have to pay tax and surcharge and penalty up to 85%.  Those who do not disclose but are caught holding undisclosed income would have to pay tax and penalty upwards of 200 %.  Petitioner's lawyer told a bench of Chief Justice J

The government plans to make Aadhaar compulsory for regulatory filings made by key managerial personnel and directors under the Companies Act so as to weed out bogus  entities. There are more than nine lakh active companies in the country and the proposal comes at a time when authorities have stepped up efforts to curb money  laundering activities through shell firms. Registered companies have to submit filings as mandated under the Companies Act in electronic format through the MCA21   portal. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs is “actively considering“ integration of Aadhaar for availing various MCA21 related services. The Economic Times New Delhi, 14th April 2017

Economic affairs secy says decision on report well before next Budge t Demonetisation and implementation of GST will widen the tax base leading to improvement in the tax-to-GDP ratio, and together with higher growth over next two-three   years allow the government to maintain fiscal prudence while setting aside funds for public investments, economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das said.  Commenting on the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) committee report, Das told ET in an interview that the panel has made the goals more focussed and   the government will take a call on the report well before the next Budget. The NK Singh-headed commit tee has suggested a new fiscal framework anchored on sustainable government debt pegged at 60% of GDP and prescribes appropriate fiscal   deficits to achieve the same by FY23.  “In the recent years, compliance (to the fiscal deficit targets) is definitely strong. Now post demonetisation and post implementation of GST, tax base

The Supreme Court has said the third arbitrator in any international rift involving a foreign company should always be from a neutral country for a sense of fairness and to promote India as an arbitration hub. A bench led by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar made this observation on Wednesday during a hearing in a case involving IIRF Realty XVI and Aria Hotels and Consultancy Services Pvt. The CJI said both parties should agree on some names to act as the third arbitrator, failing which the court would appoint an arbitrator. “We have always appointed neutral arbitrators,“ said Khehar, sitting alongside Justices DY Chandrachud and Sanjay Kishan Kaul. The observations may have ramifications for several cases that have been held up because both sides could not agree on a neutral third arbitrator. One such case involves Reliance Industries' row with the government of India on the KG-D6 basin, which has been held up, with RIL insisting that the third arbitrator be experienced in Indi

The Employees´ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has extended the deadline for submitting Aadhaar number to April 30, 2017, for its over 40 million members. The Employees´ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) had set March 31, 2017 as the deadline for submitting Aadhaar number earlier. EPFO has also extended the deadline for submitting digital life certificates for its over 5 million pensioners till April 30 to link pension accounts with Aadhaar. “We have extended the deadline for submission of Aadhaar by subscribers to April 30, 2017.Besides, pensioners can also submit their life certificates till April 30,” EPFO´s Central Provident Fund Commissioner VP Joy said. The EPFO had extended the deadline several times in the past. It has also done away with the system of accepting life certificate manually through banks.Pensioners are required to provide life certificates digitally either through their mobile phones or at common service centres or bank branches providing such facility. Th

You need to have housing rent agreement and proof of money paid When submitting house rent allowance (HRA) receipts, claiming you pay rent to a close relative like parents, siblings or spouse, ensure you have supporting documents to substantiate it. A recent Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai, judgment has opened a can of worms. A taxpayer claimed Rs 2.52 lakh HRA stating she gives rent to her mother. When supporting documents such as rent agreement and bank statement were sought, she could not give any and lost the case.“An individual needs to satisfy only two conditions when claiming HRA. One, he is actually occupying the property.Two, the landlord actually receives the rent,” says Suresh Surana, founder, RSM Astute Consulting Group. So, ensure you have a notarised leave-and-licence agreement. It also makes sense to inform the society. And, there should be a record for transfer of funds and therefore, use a banking channel to pay money to the property owner. If you pay

Leading exchange BSE has directed all entities listed with it to make filings of financial results in XBRL mode within 24 hours of submission of results in the PDF mode.XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) is an electronic format for communication of business and financial data.It is a computer readable language having its own grammar and framework of rules."It has been decided that with effect from April 1, 2017 onwards, all listed entities with BSE, would be required to make their filings in respect of financial results...in XBRL mode within 24 hours of submission of results in PDF mode," the exchange said in a release. 13TH APRIL,2017,BUSINESS STANDARD,NEW-DELHI