corporate and professional updates 20th JUNE 2018
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Direct Tax :
- Mumbai ITAT remits comparability of 2 companies for benchmarking product development services rendered by assessee [engaged in business of import, wholesale trade, manufacture of drug and medicines and research in pharmaceuticals products] for AY 2008-09; In respect of CIT(A)’s exclusion of Celestial Lab Ltd, ITAT holds that no deeper probe of the financial statements were made by the authorities below to find out reasons for earning super normal profits in the subject year and also how the functional profile was different from assessee.[TS-457-ITAT-2018(Mum)-TP]
- Delhi ITAT deletes addition u/s 68 [dealing with unexplained cash credits] in respect of cash deposited in the bank accounts of assessee-individual during AYs 2010-11 to 2012-13, despite assessee being unable to explain the sources of cash deposits; Holds that Sec. 68 is applicable only when the credits are found in the books of account of assessee, relies on jurisdictional HC ruling in Ms. Mayawati; Clarifies that a credit in the bank account of an assessee cannot be construed as a ‘credit’ in the books of the assessee, remarks that “The account of the assessee in the books of the bank is different from the books of the assessee. [TS-306-ITAT-2018(DEL)]
- CBDT has proposed amendments in two forms and one rule under to Income Tax Rules, 1962. It has suggested changes in Form No.36 for filing an appeal to the ITAT and in Form 36A, which is a memorandum of cross-objections to the ITAT.
- Govt has notified 280 as the cost inflation index (CII) number for FY 2018-19. This CII number is important as it will be used to compute inflation adjusted long-term capital gains (LTCG) on assets such as house, gold, debt mutual funds etc.
- CBEC has issued a circular clarifying the Procedure for e-commerce exports through Post and clarification regarding personal imports. As there are large number of cases where low-value-small-shipments, which characterize e-commerce environment, are shipped through post.
More read:
- How to file a return of TDS online
- New revise TDS/TCS due date for filing Return and Payment for the year 2020
FAQ on E-WAY BILLS:
- Query:How can the taxpayer use the SMS facility to generate the e-way bill?
- Answer: The taxpayer has to register the mobile numbers through which he intends to generate the e-way bill on the e-way bill system. Please see the user manual for SMS based e-way bill generation available on the portal for further details.
RBI Update :
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs. 5 lakh on M/s Kosamattam Finance Ltd. (the company) under section 58G(1)(b) read with sub-section 5(aa) of section 58B of the RBI Act, 1934 for violation of directions/orders issued by Reserve Bank of India from time to time.
MCA UPDATES
- MCA nhas plans to dematerialize all unlisted companies with paid up capital of more than Rs. 50 Million (Rs. 5 crore and above) their shares by 30th June, 2018 and rest of the companies may dematerialize by 30th September, 2018.
OTHER UPDATES
- PNB’s fraud risk management division issued advisory following reports of borrowings against fake property title deeds, fictitious address proofs and sham income tax returns against the people involved to help.
KEY DATE:
- QUARTERLY RETURN FOR REGISTERED PERSONS WITH AGGREGATE TURNOVER UP TO RS. 1.50 CRORES: GSTR-1 :-31. JULY 2018
- DUE DATE FOR FILLING GST TRAN-2- 30.06.2018
- DUE DATE FOR GSTR-3B -20.06.2018