Mini Tax Reckoner

Mini Tax Reckoner

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TDS Rates

TDS Rates For the financial year 2009-10 and 2010-11

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Individual and HUF required to get their account audited need to file ITR 4 online

Income-tax (Seventh Amendment) Rules, 2010 – Amendment in rule 12

Notification No. 49/2010[F.No.142/15/2010-TPL], dated 9-7-2010

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 295 read with section 139 of Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely : –

CBEC Reduces Quantum of Service Tax for e-filing of Return from 50 Lacs to 10 lacs as per notification given below.

NOTIFICATION NO 01/2010–ST. Dated: February 19, 2010
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Service Tax Rules, 1994, namely :-

1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Service Tax(Amendment) Rules, 2010.
(2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 2010.
2. In the Service Tax Rules 1994 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 6, in sub-rule (2), for the proviso, the following proviso, shall be substituted, namely:-
"Provided that where an assessee has paid a total service tax of rupees ten lakh or more including the amount paid by utilisation of CENVAT credit, in the preceding financial year, he shall deposit the service tax liable to be paid by him electronically, through internet banking."
3. In the said rules, in rule 7, after sub-rule (2), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-
"Provided that where an assessee has paid a total service tax of rupees ten lakh or more including the amount paid by utilisation of CENVAT credit, in the preceding financial year, he shall file the return electronically".
F. No. 137/13/2010 – CX.4
(Madan Mohan)
Under Secretary to Government of India

Perquiste valuation rules

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Difference Among C.V, Resume & Biodata

People use the words RESUME, C.V., and BIO-DATA interchangeably for the document highlighting skills, education, and experience that a candidate submits when applying for a job. On the surface level, all the three mean the same. However, there are intricate differences.

Fringe Benefit Tax: CBDT Circular No. 2/2010, dated 29-1-2010

Circular No. 2/2010, dated 29-1-2010

Section 115WM of the Income-tax Act, 1961 - Fringe Benefit Tax - Chapter XII-H not to apply after a certain date - Adjustment of advance tax in respect of fringe benefits for assessment year 2010-11 against advance tax

The Finance Act, 2005 introduced a levy namely Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) on the value of certain fringe benefits as contained in Chapter XII-H (sections 115W to 115WL) of Income-tax Act, 1961. By the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2009 a new section 115WM was inserted to abolish the FBT with effect from assessment year 2010-11. Consequently, benefits given to employees are taxed as perquisites in the hands of employees in terms of amendments to clause 2 of section 17 of Income-tax Act, 1961. However, during the current financial year 2009-10 some assessees have paid advance tax in respect of fringe benefits for assessment year 2010-11. In such cases the Board has decided that any instalment of advance tax paid in respect of fringe benefits for assessment year 2010-11 shall be treated as Advance Tax paid by assessee concerned for assessment year 2010-11. The assessee can adjust such sum against its advance tax obligation in respect of income for assessment year 2010-11 or in case of loss etc. claim such payment as refund as advance tax paid in assessment year 2010-11.

2. This circular may be brought to the notice of all officers in the field for compliance.

IFRS deferred by a year and will be applicable from 01.04.2011

On January 22, 2010 the Ministry of Corporate Affairs issued the road map for transition to IFRS. It is clear that India has deferred transition to IFRS by a year. In the first phase, companies included in Nifty 50 or BSE Sensex, and companies whose securities are listed on stock exchanges outside India and all other companies having net worth of Rs 1,000 crore will prepare and present financial statements using Indian Accounting Standards converged with IFRS.

According to the press note issued by the government, those companies will convert their first balance sheet as at April 1, 2011, applying accounting standards convergent with IFRS if the accounting year ends on March 31. This implies that the transition date will be April 1, 2011. According to the earlier plan, the transition date was fixed at April 1, 2010.

The press note does not clarify whether the full set of financial statements for the year 2011-12 will be prepared by applying accounting standards convergent with IFRS. The deferment of the transition may make companies happy, but it will undermine India's position. Presumably, lack of preparedness of Indian companies has led to the decision to defer the adoption of IFRS for a year. This is unfortunate that India, which boasts for its IT and accounting skills, could not prepare itself for the transition to IFRS over last four years. But that might be the ground reality.

Transition in phases
Companies, whether listed or not, having net worth of more than Rs 500 crore will convert their opening balance sheet as at April 1, 2013. Listed companies having net worth of Rs 500 crore or less will convert their opening balance sheet as at April 1, 2014. Un-listed companies having net worth of Rs 500 crore or less will continue to apply existing accounting standards, which might be modified from time to time. Transition to IFRS in phases is a smart move.

The transition cost for smaller companies will be much lower because large companies will bear the initial cost of learning and smaller companies will not be required to reinvent the wheel. However, this will happen only if a significant number of large companies engage Indian accounting firms to provide them support in their transition to IFRS. If, most large companies, which will comply with Indian accounting standards convergent with IFRS in the first phase, choose one of the international firms, Indian accounting firms and smaller companies will not benefit from the learning in the first phase of the transition to IFRS.

It is likely that international firms will protect their learning to retain their competitive advantage. Therefore, it is for the benefit of the country that each company makes judicious choice of the accounting firm as its partner without limiting its choice to international accounting firms. Public sector companies should take the lead and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) should develop a clear strategy to diffuse the learning.

Size of companies
The government has decided to measure the size of companies in terms of net worth. This is not the ideal unit to measure the size of a company. Net worth in the balance sheet is determined by accounting principles and methods. Therefore, it does not include the value of intangible assets. Moreover, as most assets and liabilities are measured at historical cost, the net worth does not reflect the current value of those assets and liabilities. Market capitalisation is a better measure of the size of a company.

But it is difficult to estimate market capitalisation or fundamental value of unlisted companies. This might be the reason that the government has decided to use 'net worth' to measure size of companies. Some companies, which are large in terms of fundamental value or which intend to attract foreign capital, might prefer to use Indian accounting standards convergent with IFRS earlier than required under the road map presented by the government. The government should provide that choice.

Conclusion
The government will come up with a separate road map for banking and insurance companies by February 28, 2010. Let us hope that transition in case of those companies will not be deferred further.