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dated November 2008 - Vol. 3

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This newsletter contains the following categories:

Indian News Update

International News Update

VAT Update

Company Law Exposure Draft

ICAI Exposure Drafts

Member's alley

CA's Referencer

Article

Legal Updates

 


 


Indian News Update:

Govt re-imposes 5 per cent import duty on steel

Revision of customs duties on certain items and procedural simplification in Service Tax refund to exporters

ICAI to oppose Valuation Professionals Bill

Full remission of duties and taxes for exporters, says Nath

Sebi to issue clarification on creeping acquisition norms

Red tape may be cut for FIIs

Promoters may have to buy 50% of public stake for delisting

Govt to take stock of brokers for conflict of interest in deals

Dumping probe into phosphoric acid initiated

Cost accountants oppose changes in companies' law

Hypothetical tax paid abroad not income: ITAT

FCCB issuers may be given buyback option

Treat Repo, Reverse Repo as borrowed & lent: RBI

RBI releases guidelines on repo transactions

SC rejects PIL on tax returns by parties

Steel, cement get duty sop on exports

Banks seek higher deposit insurance

Rolling shutters: ‘ST on basic materials not legal’

RBI relaxes norms for 7 core sector projects

Banks protest service levy on forex deals

NBFC loans under banks' scanner

Govt alert to the possibility of steel dumping from China

Skirting AS 11 may have inflated cos' profits

I-T dept chalks out strategy to keep tabs on direct tax mop-up

Interest rate ceilings on foreign currency loans may be hiked to meet exporters' credit crunch

Lack of SEBI rules clarity leaves BSE listless

Sebi drafting new norms for fixed-maturity plans

RBI changes NPA norms for farm debt waiver scheme

Centre considering 10% duty on steel imports

Govt looks at more steps to promote exports

Foreign cargo airlines' income from warehousing not taxable




International News Update:

SEC Publishes Proposed IFRS Roadmap

AICPA Backs FASB on Mark-to-Market Study




VAT Update:

Govt for uniform VAT in all states between 0-4 pc: Sahai




Company Law Exposure Draft:

The Valuation Professionals Bill





ICAI Exposure Drafts:

Standard on Internal Audit (SIA)
Enterprise Risk Management
(Last date for Comments: January 12, 2009)


Standard on Internal Audit (SIA)
Internal Control Evaluation
(Last date for Comments: January 12, 2009)





Member's alley:

Recession: An Introduction
[Submitted by CA. Vishal Paratwar]





CA's Referencer:

Presentation on AS 11
[Submitted by CS. Ashish Shah,
Company Secretary,
Mumbai, Maharashtra]





Article:

Futures Contract
[Submitted by CA. Vibhuti Gupta,
New Delhi]




Legal Updates:

RBI:

RRBs - Branch Licensing – Further Liberalisation

Special Fixed Rate Repo Under Liquidity Adjustment Facility

UCBs – Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008 – provisioning

RRBs – Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008 – provisioning

Review of Prudential Norms – Provisioning for Standard Assets and Risk Weights for Exposures to Corporates, Commercial Real Estate and NBFC

Asset Classification Norms for Infrastructure Projects under Implementation


FEMA:

Interest Rates on Non-Resident (External) Rupee (NRE) Deposits and FCNR (B) deposits

Interest Rate on FCNR(B) Deposits

StCBs/DCCBs – Interest Rate on NRE Deposits

Interest Rates on Non-Resident (External) Rupee (NRE) Deposits and FCNR(B) deposits

Rupee Export Credit Interest Rates-Extension of period of credit

Export Credit Refinance Facility: Relaxation

Exim Bank's Line of Credit of USD 25 million to the Government of the Syrian Arab  Republic [Circular No.36]


DGFT:

Amendments to earlier notifications [No.59]

Amendments in FTP 2004-2009 (RE 2008) [No.58]

Amendments in Schedule-I (Imports) of the ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items 2004-09 [No.57]


Customs:

Further amendment in Notification No.36/2001-Cus (N.T.), dated 3rd August 2001 [No.127(N.T.)]

Further amendment in Notification No.12/1997-CUSTOMS(N.T.) dated 2nd April, 1997 [No.117(N.T.)]

Clarification on setting up Duty Free Shops approved by FIPB [Circular No.19]


Central Excise:

Clarification regarding reversal of Cenvat Credit in case of trade discount [Circular No.877]




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