The COVID-19 epidemic has temporarily affected various sectors including the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the country. Economic activities have contracted due to the strict lockdown measures imposed by the Government.
A functionality to check status of bank account details update for the taxpayers who have taken new registration at GST Portal but have not yet furnished the same, has been introduced, in view of Rule 10A of the CGST Rules 2017.
As of 14th July 2021 a total of 52,391 entities are recognized as startups by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade and more than 5.7 lakh jobs have been reported by more than 50,000 startups.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has deployed the Costing Validation Tool 3.2. Thus, the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of India has requested professionals to use the current tool for validating Instance Documents.
As per the information received from RBI, the number of cases of frauds of Rs 500 crore and above reported by Public Sector Banks/ Indian Banks / Select Financial Institutions are 79 in 2019-20, 73 in 2020-21 and 13 in 2021-22 (up to 30th June 2021).
As per the answer to Question no. 81 in the Rajya Sabha by FM on 27.07.2021, "Refunds are directly credited to the bank account of taxpayers making the end-to-end process from filing of ITR till receipt of refund seamless & fully electronic."
Financial transactions undertaken through home and mobile channels increased from 29% in FY 2018-19 to 76% in FY 2020-21. Nearly 72% of financial transactions of PSBs done through digital channels.
ICMAI has extended the last date for registration/admission/enrolment to the CMA Foundation, Intermediate and Final Course to 10th August 2021 for the December 2021 term of examinations.
Shri Pankaj Chaudhary stated that the net direct tax collection in the 1st quarter of FY 2021-2022 is Rs. 2,46,519.82 crore as against Rs. 1,17,783.87 crore during the same period of previous FY 2020-21.
As per information received from the Reserve Bank of India, the total amount of unclaimed deposits of Scheduled Commercial Banks was Rs. 24,356 crore, as on 31.12.2020. Unclaimed deposits have increased by Rs. 5,977 crore in the year 2020.
FR & Direct Tax (Regular Batch Combo) For May 26 & Onwards