Validity period of Cheques/Pay orders/Bankers Cheque changed

As per the recent RBI Notification No RBI/2011-12/251 DBOD.AML BC.No.47/14.01.001/2011-12 dtd. 4th Nov 2011, the RBI has instructed the member banks that , from 01.04.2012 onwards , the Cheques bearing dates more than 3 months will not be paid by the banks. This is being done to curb the practice of circulating the same like cash for

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New RBI guidelines on Deregulation of Savings Bank Account Interest Rates

RBI/2011-12/233 DBOD.Dir.BC. 42/13.03.00/2011-12 October 25, 2011 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/Madam, Deregulation of Savings Bank Deposit Interest Rate – Guidelines 1. Please refer to our Directive DBOD.Dir.BC.89/13.03.00/2010-11 dated May 3, 2011. 2. As indicated in the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy announced on October 25, 2011, it has been decided to deregulate the

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Train travel, passport fee, capitation fee may come under service tax net

Travel by train, passport fee, capitation fees to education institutions and non-compete fees given by companies may come under tax net as the government considers a ‘negative list’ model to tax services, which will boost its tax revenues significantly. Most countries follow the negative list model-where a list of exempted services is specified and every

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Tax Deduction on Salaries – Clarification Circular

The Income-tax Department has issued Circular N0 05/2011 dtd 16th August 2011 containing the rates of deduction of income-tax from the payment of income chargeable under the head “Salaries” during the financial year 2011-2012 and explains certain related provisions of the Income-tax Act. This circular will be a handy reference for Employers deducting tax from their

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