Category: Ministry of Finance
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Inflation Indexed Bonds-What,When,How?
Inflation Indexed Bonds Inflation Indexed Bonds are issued to hedge against Inflation. Inflation Indexed Bonds are issued in place of Capital Indexed Bonds issued during 1997, which provides inflation protection only to the principal amount ant not to interest payment. On the other hand Inflation Indexed Bonds provide inflation protection to both principal and interest…
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Let out your house property-get exemption from Wealth Tax
Let out your house property to get exemption from wealth tax There has been several instances where peoples having two or more residential houses unoccupied. In such cases they may have to pay wealth tax on such property too even it is not utilized. Wealth tax is charged on the net wealth of a person…
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Will AADHAR linked subsidy benefit banks?
Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG (DBTL) scheme, which is AADHAR linked LPG subsidy given disbursed through banks. Under the (DBTL) an LPG consumer will get his/her cylinder at full market price and the differential between subsidized price and full market price i.e. the subsidy will be transferred to his/her bank account. Under this scheme, all…
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RBI not to convert idle gold into Bullion-RBI clarifies
There has been news spreading that RBI is going to convert gold into bullion to support Rupee from its falling. RBI by a recent press release denied such news which reads as follows; “There have been some news stories in the media in the last couple of days about the Reserve Bank of India discussing/considering…
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Interest-charged on delayed payment of Service Tax?
How much interest is charged on delayed payment of Service Tax? Service tax should be paid within the prescribed time to get free from penalty and other compliance procedures. If a person fails to pay/deposit service tax to the account of the central government shall pay simple interest at such rate not below 10 %…
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Due date for filing ST-3 extented to 10th September
ST-3(Return under section 70 of the Finance Act, 1994) By an order (Order No: 04/2013) Central Board of Excise & Customs(CBEC) has extended due date for submission of ST-3 to 10th September, 2013 (which was 31st August, 2013) for the period from 1st October, 2012 to 31st March, 2013. The circumstances which gives rise to…
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Get registered to become Investment Advisor
Persons wishing to act as investment advisors has to compulsorily registered with the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The SEBI (Investment Advisers) Regulations, 2013 (“IA Regulations”) were notified on January 21,2013 and have come into effect from April 21, 2013. . All the persons acting as an investment adviser before the…
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Find out service which attracts service tax liability
The following nine activities have been specified as declared service (which attracts service tax liability) (section 66E): renting of immovable property construction of a complex. temporary transfer or permitting the use or enjoyment of any intellectual property right development, design, programming, customization, adaptation, up gradation, enhancement, implementation of information technology software agreeing to the obligation…
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Tax Slab in India 2013-14-Individual
Tax slab Rates of individual for the Fy 2013-2014.In case of Individual (including women) whose age is not more than sixty years.,resident individual who is of the age of sixty years or more but not more than the age of eighty years during the previous year and In case of individual who is of the…