Author : Monish Bhalla/DNA-Daily News & Analysis We are a real estate development firm which engages a contractor to construct residential societies. Prospective buyers pay us a booking advance on these residential units. Are we liable to pay servic
In view of the rise in the number of disputes and litigations against banks for engaging recovery agents in the recent past, it is felt that the adverse publicity would result in serious reputational risk for the banking sector as a whole.
Stamp duty payment to be made onlineThe government is all set to instigate a centralized electronic stamp duty payment and online vetting of charter of new companies, irrespective of the states where they are set up. Entrepreneurs will soon be
Tax tribunal's ruling may open floodgates of claims from contractors supplying to infrastructure projects Author : Renni Abraham/DNA-Daily News & AnalysisContent : In a precedent-setting ruling, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has allowed AB
11-member team to steer peer review of CA audits Author : Joel Rebello/DNA-Daily News & AnalysisIndian companies hit by forex derivative losses may be in for greater scrutiny from auditors in their balance sheet of 2008-09.The Institute of Chartered
Dear friends,e-filing of Income tax return for Assessment Year 2008-09 has been been started.Intially it has been started for three forms .All the three Return preparation Utilities (RPU)software are excel based.you can use them as efiling so
Prospective chartered accountants are left with little manoeuvring space. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India's (ICAI) recent decision to spell out the working hours of articled assistants seems to have played spoilsport with their academ
Author : Khyati Dharamsi/DNA-Daily News & AnalysisWith tax reduction being the motive of job seekers, both employers and employees prefer a mix of basic salary and reimbursements. These allowances are being used by human resource executives to attrac
Joining the government in battling the skyrocketing inflation, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today hiked the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 50 basis points to 8%. The ratio indicates the amount of money banks have to keep with RBI as a percentage
PTI NEW DELHI AN OFFICIAL panel on Tuesday ruled out any increase in Vat rates as part of a package to compensate states on account of revenue loss due to a 1% in Central Sales Tax that was to have happened in the beginning of this