Monday, 30 September 2019

30 September 2019 News and Updates

© orporate Updates on 30.9.2019

Ø China to send its top trade negotiator to US for talks

Ø PMC's HDIL loan stands at Rs. 6,500 crore

Ø IRCTC offers attractive prospects going forward

Ø JSPL to reduce debt by over Rs. 10,000 crore

Ø Govt. to set up working group on new industrial policy

Ø The RBI recommendation that PMC bank ignored

Ø Govt. may seek Rs 30,000 crore interim dividend from RBI, says report

Ø Iran's petroleum industry on 'full alert' against attacks: Oil minister

Ø UP energy regulator slashes solar tariffs, approves bidding for 550 mw

Ø Saudi Arabia to invest $100 billion in India, eyes long-term partnership

Ø Privatisation plan of BPCL will need a prior nod of Parliament: Officials

Ø Value of Indian brands rises 6% to $228.2 billion: BrandZ

Ø SIS India eyes ₹21,000-cr revenue in next five years

Ø Elgi opens new European headquarters in Belgium

Ø Govt. plans to update national water policy: Jal Shakti Minister

Ø Mazagon Dock IPO shelved due to lack of demand for shipbuilding stock

Ø Adani group firms plan to raise $2 bn from dollar bonds

Ø PMO steps in to ease supply of credit for green energy firms

Ø China vows ‘two-way’ financial opening as trade talks near

Ø Govt. is listening to the market: Samir Arora

Ø India set to lose major WTO dispute to the US

Ø BSNL-MTNL: Finance Ministry turns down DoTs Rs. 74,000 crore revival package

Ø RBI may go for another rate cut on October 4: Experts

Ø Economic slowdown: Central PSUs vow to meet 2019-20 capex target

Ø DHFL lenders led by SBI expected to complete debt resolution plan quickly

Ø Telcos war: COAI hopes industry's IUC discussion will be reasonable, objective

Ø Sri Lanka faults India for setting pepper MIP high
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👉The RBI Governor headed Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will announce the fourth bi-monthly monetary policy for 2019-20 on October 4.

👉The government may seek an interim dividend of about Rs 30,000 crore from the RBI towards the end of the financial year to meet its fiscal deficit target of 3.3 percent of GDP for 2019-20.

👉The deadline to link PAN with Aadhaar has been extended till December 31 as per CBDT order.

👉A key source of funding for promoters could dry up with new restrictions on transfer of shares between dematerialised accounts set to kick in from October 1. Non- banking finance companies will no longer be allowed to ask promoters to shift shares to their accounts as collateral for lending.

👉Traders body CAIT on Sunday alleged that e-commerce portals during the festive sales are causing huge loss of revenue to the government by levying GST on the discounted price rather than on the actual market price of the commodity.

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MCA DIR 3 KYC due date extended. Now you can do KYC of your Directors till October 15, 2019. Official notification yet to come.

GST  portal has enabled New functionalities as on September 27, 2019 for taking registration by the taxpayers. The gist of the new functionalities are discussed category wise as under:

RC for Casual Taxpayers: Registration Certificate of Casual Taxpayer will now show Type of Registration as ‘Casual’ instead of ‘Regular‘ as was shown earlier.

For Opening a New Registration Page: On click of “Application for filing clarification” in the pre-login Services menu, the users will now be navigated to New Registration page.

Cancellation of Registration: Error coming to taxpayers while applying for cancellation of registration has been fixed.

Filing Clarification: Error coming to taxpayers, while filing clarifications on the registration application and while Registering or Updating DSC, has been corrected.

Registration: Effective date of registration of a taxpayer, in pre-login and post-login, has been corrected.

Tax Deduction at Source (TDS): Certain fields of Registration Certificate of TDS, coming as blank in cases of deemed approval of registration, has been corrected.

Amendment in Core Field: Blank page coming to taxpayers having a non-Indian authorized signatory partners/promoters, while doing a Core Amendment of registration application, has been corrected.

Amendment in Non Core Field:

Private Limited Companies can now do non-core or core amendment of registration through DSC only.

While filing Amendment of non-core fields in Registration, PAN has been indicated (in asterisk) as mandatory filed.

Error coming to taxpayers that ‘required fields are not filled‘, during filing non-core amendment while changing details in Business Detail tab, has been corrected.

Registration Certificate for Migrated Taxpayers: Legal name coming as blank in registration certificate for migrated taxpayers has been corrected.

In Search Taxpayers Section: Error that both State and Centre Jurisdictions were getting displayed in red color has been corrected in Search Taxpayer functionality.

For Adding a Foreign Promoter: Error coming to taxpayers while entering details of a foreign promoter in registration application (when promoter is authorised signatory also) has been corrected.

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GST: Despite big corporate tax cut gains, ITC’s stock has not fired up enough:

READ MORE- https://www.gststation.in/gst-despite-big-corporate-tax-cut-gains-itcs-stock-has-not-fired-up-enough/
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Around 60 realty firms face GST anti-profiteering cases:

READ MORE- https://www.gststation.in/around-60-realty-firms-face-gst-anti-profiteering-cases/

Saturday, 28 September 2019

28 September 2019 News and Updates

©orporate Updates on 28.9.2019

Ø India turns to UAE to fill in for Saudi Oil

Ø Govt plans PSU Selling spree; to let go of 'Whatever is Saleable'

Ø RBI eases withdrawal limit for PMC Customer's

Ø Pawan Hans divestment: Third extension in three months

Ø RBI Group suggests longer term REPO to manage liquidity

Ø IL&FS seeks release of Rs. 145 Cr held by Gujarat discom

Ø NCLAT allows Jet Airways' Dutch Insolvency Court to be part of CoC

Ø No Liquidity Crisis, says FM Sitharaman after Bankers meeting

Ø New Resolution Framework for Finance Companies likely on Friday

Ø SEBI refuses to lift Market Ban on 19 entities for sending misleading SMSes

Ø India jumps 4 Places to 44th rank in world Digital Competitiveness Rankings

Ø India-Chile set to expand Preferential trade, explore possibility of a Free Trade Pact

Ø Indian Economy to start recovering from late FY20: Report

Ø Eveready looks to raise Rs. 250-300 Crore from sale of Non-Core Assets

Ø Tata Steel eyes new businesses to tackle Future Challenges

Ø Mergers and Acquisitions activity records 70% Growth in 2018: Study

Ø Economy to start looking up in days ahead: FM after meeting Pvt Sector Lenders

Ø Fairfax sells ICICI Lombard stake worth over Rs. 2,500 Crore

Ø AP Govt. cancels Bauxite mining in Visakhapatnam

Ø Vivriti Capital to raise ₹500 Crore Debt Fund

Ø Bitcoin falls below $8,000 for first time since June

Ø CBDT gives one more month to file returns of Income Tax cases that need audit

Ø PMO convenes meeting of Secretaries on Draft National Logistics Policy

Ø RBI data shows Bank Credit grows by 10.26%, Deposits 10.02%

Ø Telecom Capex intensity to see moderation till 5G comes in: ICRA

Ø Govt to appoint Global Consultant to sell Surplus land of PSUs

Ø Mehul Choksi a crook, Indian officials free to investigate him: Antigua PM

Ø Rupee darts up 16 Paise to 70.88 against USD as Trump dangles Trade Deal hopes

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Some Mandatory compliances of Company:

1. Company Name Board- Every Company shall paint or affix the name and address of registered office and keep the same painted/affixed, outside every office or place in which its business is carried on, in legible letters.

2. Letter Head of Company- Every Company shall get its name, address of registered office, CIN, telephone and email printed on all business letters, billheads, letter papers, notices and other official publications.

3. First Board Meeting- First Meeting of Board of Directors is required to be held within 30 days of Incorporation of Company. Notice of BM must be send to every director at least 7 days before the meeting.

4. Subsequent Board Meetings- Minimum 4 Board Meetings to be held every year with not more than 120 days gap between two meetings. In case of small company, it is sufficient to conduct only two Board Meetings.

5. Issuing of Share Certificate - Company is required to issue Share Certificates to the subscribers of memorandum within 60 days of Incorporation of Company.

6. Filing of Disclosure of interest by Directors- Every director at:
‐ First meeting in which he participates as director; or
‐ First meeting of Board in every FY; or
‐ Whenever there is change in disclosures

shall disclose in Form MBP‐1 (along with list of relatives and concern of relatives in the Company as per RPT definition), his concern or interest in any company, body corporate, firm or other association of individuals (including shareholding interest).
Form MBP‐1 shall be kept in the records of the company.

7. Resident Director- Every Company is required to appoint at least one Director who has stayed in India for a total period of not less than 182 days in the previous calendar year.

8. Alteration in MOA and AOA- Every alteration of Articles and Memorandum shall be filed with Registrar together with copy of altered Articles, notice of meeting and SR within 30 days of passing Special Resolution. Every alteration made in MOA and AOA shall be noted in every copy thereof.

9. Registers- Every Company shall keep and maintain following Registers in the specified format:

‐ Register of Members MGT-1
‐ Register of other Security Holders residing outside India MGT-3
– Register of Transfer and Transmission of Shares SH-6
– Register of Charge CHG-7
‐ Index of the Registers

10. Other Registers- Every Company shall keep at its Registered Office, a Register of Directors and KMP in the prescribed format containing prescribed particulars.

11. Resolution- Copy of every resolution (with explanatory statement, if any) or Agreement for the specified matters to be filed with ROC in Form MGT‐14 within 30 days. Articles of Company shall have copy of resolution effecting amendment in AOA and Agreements referred in Section 117(3) of the Act.

12. Minutes of Meeting- Minutes of every general meeting, Creditors, Board and Committee shall be prepared and kept within 30 days of conclusion of every meeting concerned. All appointments in the meeting shall be included in the minutes. Minutes of each meeting shall be entered into Minutes Book along with date of such entry.

13. Appointment of Director- Every person to be appointed as Director shall provide his consent in Form DIR‐2 and such consent shall be filed by the Company with ROC in Form DIR‐12, within 30 Days of appointment.

14. Provisions related to DIN- Every individual intending to be appointed as director shall make an electronic application in Form DIR-3 to Central Government for allotment of DIN.

15. Qualification of Director- Declaration from Director at the time of appointment or reappointment in Form DIR‐8 .Annual disclosure from Director to be taken.

16. Number of Directorship- No person shall be a director in more than 20 companies. Maximum number of public companies can be 10 (Director in Section-8 Co. and Dormant Director not to be included)

17. Resignation by Director-  Director shall intimate his resignation to the Company, which the Company shall file with ROC in Form DIR‐12 in 30 days. Company shall put resignation details on its website and in its Directors’ Report.

18. Return of Director and KMP- Return of Directors and KMP to be filed with ROC in Form DIR 12, within 30 days of appointment or change.

19. Meeting at shorter notice- Meeting can be convened on a shorter notice for urgent matters. Consent from not less than 95% of members entitled to vote thereat.

20. Quorum‐ Quorum shall be one‐third or two directors, whichever is higher. Directors participating through Video Conferencing shall be counted for the purpose of quorum.

21. First Auditor- First Auditor of the company shall be appointed by the BOD within 30 days of Incorporation who shall hold the office till the conclusion of 1st AGM. In case of First Auditor, filing of ADT-1 is not mandatory.

22. Subsequent Auditor- The BOD shall appoint the auditor in first AGM of company who shall hold the office till the conclusion of 6th AGM and shall inform the same to ROC by filing ADT-1. The responsibility to file Form ADT 1 is that of the Company and not of the auditor within 15 days from the date of appointment.

23. Ratification of Auditor- Shareholders will ratify the appointment of Auditor in every AGM but there is no need to file ADT-1 for ratification.

24. Casual Vacancy of Auditor- If Casual Vacancy is arising due to the resignation of auditor, it shall be filled within 30 days of BOD meeting, subject to approval in General Meeting (AGM or EGM). Any auditor appointed in a Casual Vacancy shall hold office until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting.

25. ADT-3- The auditor shall file with the Company a resignation letter stating the reason for resigning and file Form ADT-3 with the registrar within 30 days from the date of resignation. Filing form ADT-3 is the responsibility of the auditor and can only be filed if ADT-1 of the relevant auditor was filed.

26. Annual General Meeting- Every Company is required to hold an Annual General Meeting on or before 30th September every year during business hours (9 am to 6pm), on a day that is not a public holiday and either at the registered office of the Company or within the city, town or village where the registered office is situated. A 21 clear days’ notice is required to be given for the same.

27. Filing of Financial Statements- Every Company is required to file its Financial Statements within 30 days of its Annual General Meeting with Registrar of Company in E-Form AOC-4. The same shall be digitally signed by one director and certified by CA/CS/Cost Accountant in Practice.

28. Filing of Annual Return- Every company is required to file its Annual Return with Registrar of Companies within 60 days of Annual General Meeting in E-Form MGT-7. A company having turnover of INR 50 Crore or more shall be certified by a Practicing CS in Form MGT-8.

29. Regularisation of Additional Director- If company wants to appoint additional director as director, then it shall regularize the person as director in General Meeting by passing Shareholder Resolution. File form DIR-12 for Change in Designation of Director along with ordinary resolution within 30 days of AGM.

30. Directors’ Report- Directors’ Report is to be filed within 30 days of AGM along with Form AOC-4. It should be signed by the “Chairperson” authorized by the Board, where he is not so authorized by at least 2 Directors.

31. Filing of Financial Statements of a Foreign Co. -Every Foreign Company is required to file Annual accounts (consolidated financial statements/ global accounts) along with the list of all principal places of business in India within 6 months of close of the Financial Year.

32. Filing of Annual Return of a Foreign Co.- Every foreign company shall prepare and file annual return of the company in e-Form FC-4 within 60 days from the close of financial year.

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GST Council recommends relaxation in filing of annual returns for MSMEs:

READ MORE- https://www.gststation.in/gst-council-recommends-relaxation-in-filing-of-annual-returns-for-msmes/
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income-tax department has identified about 400,000 taxpayers who will face scrutiny under the new faceless assessment scheme. Notices were being served to a little over 100,000 assesses, seeking explanation on the returns filed within 15 days.

Old & unpaid liability for sundry creditors- Exhaustion of period of limitation may prevent filing of recovery proceedings in a Court of law, nevertheless it cannot be stated by itself that the liability to repay the amount had ceased. Such liability cannot be termed as bogus. PCIT vs. Pukhraj S. Jain (Bombay High Court).

SEBI clarifies Any extension given to a corporate entity by extending the debt instrument’s maturity needs to be considered a ‘default’ for the purpose of valuation. The norm was laid out in a circular issued, a day before Essel Group announced that lenders had granted it more time to repay its dues.

NSE & BSE have issued a circular to all listed companies and announced additional surveillance measures for firms wherein creditors of a listed firm may have or are in the process of taking action as per the Insolvency and bankruptcy code (IBC)or Inter Creditor Agreement (ICA) resolution process.

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👉GST Network Launches Online Refund Process. With the deployment of online refund functionality, taxpayers can now file refund application (in RFD 01 form) easily and tax officers can process the same online.

👉CBDT on Thursday extended the deadline up to December 31 for the Income-tax department to complete the final assessment of about 87,000 entities that made suspicious deposits post-demonetisation.

👉With an aim to safeguard mutual fund investors from high-risk assets, SEBI asks asset management companies to make all their investments in listed or to-be-listed equity securities.

👉Bank credit and deposits grew at 10.26 per cent and 10.02 per cent to Rs 97.01 lakh crore and Rs 127.22 lakh crore, respectively, in the fortnight ended September 13.

👉A panel set up by the RBI has recommended that the central bank’s liquidity framework be made flexible enough to adapt to conditions when the system requires liquidity to be in surplus mode.

👉Govt may trim PSU ownership below 51% as it plans to sell 'whatever is saleable'.

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MCA update on Form INC-23 - dated 27.09.2019
Form got Revised

Purpose of the E-form Application to Regional Director for approval to shift the Registered office of the Company from one State to another state or from jurisdiction of one ROC to Another ROC with in same state

MCA notification
Form INC-23 Is likely to be revised on MCA21 Company Forms Download page w.e.f 28th September, 2019. Stakeholders are advised to check the latest version before filing.

Previous revision 19.01.2019

Source: www.mca.gov.in
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ICAI-MEF: Extended last date for submission of online Multipurpose Empanelment Form for the year 2019-20 till 30th September, 2019. The last date for submission of Declaration is 30th September, 2019. For query mail at mefpdc@icai.in

# ICAI Reforms in examination: one high level independent committee is formed under the leadership of PC Jain (Principal of SRCC) including CA Ved Jain, CA Amarjeet Chopra and Dr. Girish Ahuja Sir. Hope to see best solution for students concern very soon.

# MCA: 30-09-2019 - E-Form DIR – 3 KYC (Web Based). Ten Forms can be filed through single user in a day.

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GST refund: 90% of overdue as on Aug 23 have been cleared, says FM Sitharaman:

READ MORE- https://www.gststation.in/gst-refund-90-of-overdue-as-on-aug-23-have-been-cleared-says-fm-sitharaman/
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👉The income-tax department will start faceless assessment from October 8, 2019 but it won’t be mandatory for taxpayers who don’t have an e-filing account or a PAN, as per directive issued by CBDT.

👉Finance Minister has directed ministries to clear off all payments due to goods and service providers within the next few days. She has also asked ministries to spell out their capital expenditure (capex) plans for the next four quarters within a week.

👉India may cut duties on 80% of Chinese imports under Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).

👉NCLT initiates insolvency proceedings against Reliance Communications Infrastructure under Section 7 read with Rule 4 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016.
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CBDT has issued Circular No. 26 of 2019 dated 26.9.2019 clarifying certain issues relating to ITR 5, ITR 6 and ITR 7 of  AY 2019-20.

CBDT has compulsorily retired yet another 15 very senior officers of the rank of Pr. CIT, CIT, JCIT, Addl CIT, ACIT today under Fundamental Rule 56 (J) in the public interest, due to corruption and other charges and CBI traps.

ITR-6 In Schedule SH-l in ITR, mention NORES9999N for non-resident shareholder not having PAN &  NOAVL9999N if PAN Not available in other cases. CBDT Circular 26 of 26.9-19.

MCA has recently issued a circular clarifying section 232(6) of the Companies Act, 2013, which deals with the requirement of indicating an ‘appointed date’ in the scheme of mergers and amalgamations, which would also be the ‘effective date’ of the merger/amalgamation coming into force.
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Security firm admits to evading tax worth Rs 6 crore: GST Intelligence:

READ MORE- https://www.gststation.in/security-firm-admits-to-evading-tax-worth-rs-6-crore-gst-intelligence/
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Forwarded as received -

Director KYC date will extend till 15/10/2019
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GSTN starts online refund process to bridge communication gap between taxpayers and tax officers:

READ MORE- https://www.gststation.in/gstn-starts-online-refund-process-to-bridge-communication-gap-between-taxpayers-and-tax-officers/
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PAN-Aadhaar linking deadline extended to December 31 - https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/tax/pan-aadhaar-linking-deadline-extended-to-december-31/articleshow/71348647.cms
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MCA notifies annual return Form NFRA-2 for auditors, to be filed by November 30 every year; Through the said Form, requires auditors to furnish details of all audit clients with detailed fee breakdown, along with audit report qualifications and disclaimers, resignations and withdrawals from audits from past 3 years, and disciplinary or other proceedings initiated against partner or employee in past 5 years; Specifies that auditors also need to comply with request for production of documents in connection with Form NFRA 2; Clarifies that banking company includes 'corresponding new bank' & 'subsidiary bank'; Further, permits NFRA to extend disciplinary proceeding up to 90 days in case of delays in disposal of SCN issued: MCA

Thanks for reading

Thursday, 26 September 2019

Tax audit date extended to 31 Oct 2019

CBDT: On consideration of representations recd from across the country,CBDT has decided to extend the due date for filing of ITRs & Tax Audit Reports from 30th Sep,2019 to 31st of Oct,2019 in respect of persons whose accounts are required to be audited.Formal Notification will follow.

Link: https://twitter.com/IncomeTaxIndia/status/1177263026405134336?s=19

26 September 2019 News and Updates

© orporate Updates on 26.9.2019
 
Ø US slaps news curbs on Chinese entities over Iran oil

Ø Essel gets more time from mutual funds to repay loan

Ø Take advantage of opportunity, invest in India: Modi 

Ø 'Faster decisions by judiciary, banks will boost growth'

Ø ADB cuts India's GDP growth forecast to 6.5 pc for FY20

Ø SEBI floats tighter norms for defaults disclosure with rating agencies

Ø Emerging economies to continue to lead global growth: Euromonitor survey

Ø Sugar industry expects to bounce back after price rise, Govt. measures

Ø *25 richest Indians now have net worth equal to 10% of the country's GDP*

Ø Global economic uncertainties dampen India's M&A activity in August

Ø NCLT directs Jet Airways lenders to disburse lifeline funds within 15 days
 
Ø IRCTC IPO to open on September 30

Ø Oil Companies withdraw 0.75 per cent cashback on fuel purchases

Ø Spicejet eyes over $10 billion deal with Airbus amid Boeing woes

Ø NTPC to set up 520 MW of hydro projects in Himachal Pradesh

Ø Lupin ropes in Jon Stelzmiller to head US speciality business

Ø Sachin Bansal acquires microlender CRIDS, marks entry into financial services

Ø GSK Pharma suspends sale of ranitidine on detection of carcinogen

Ø SEBI lays framework for startups to shift to main stock exchange after 1 year

Ø Listed companies asked to promptly disclose all details on default

Ø Remove Dividend Distribution Tax, promote investment: Direct Tax Code panel

Ø 14.24 lakh new jobs created in July, says ESIC payroll data

Ø Iraq urges Indian companies to participate in energy and infra projects: Envoy

Ø Trade deal off: Efforts on to end India-US impasse

Ø SEBI relaxes FPI norms; allows off-market transfer of securities

Ø Govt. reconstitutes Economic Advisory Council under Bibek Debroy

Ø SENSEX ends over 500 points lower; Nifty below 11,500

Ø Mukesh Ambani richest Indian with net worth of Rs 3,80,700 cr: Report

👉State-owned Indian Bank decides to link all new floating rate retail as well as MSME loans with the Reserve Bank of India's repo rate from October 1.

👉The income-tax (I-T) department has identified about 400,000 taxpayers who will face scrutiny under the new faceless assessment scheme. Notices were being served to a little over 100,000 assesses, seeking explanation on the returns filed within 15 days.

👉The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) will on Thursday conduct a pan-India review of the ambitious e-assessment system for income-tax payers before rolling it out next month.

👉Easing the regulatory framework for foreign portfolio investors, Sebi has simplified KYC requirements for them and permitted them to carry out off-market transfer of securities.

👉SEBI has come out with new norms that make it mandatory for companies to provide details on delayed loan repayments and possible defaults to credit rating agencies amid concerns over banks citing 'client confidentiality' to resist sharing of such information by their borrowers.

👉Any extension given to a corporate entity by extending the debt instrument’s maturity needs to be considered a ‘default’ for the purpose of valuation, according to SEBI.

Wednesday, 25 September 2019

25 September 2019 News and Updates

[© orporate Updates on 25.9.2019
 
Ø NPAs are giving Banks a new cause for worry

Ø India turns to UAE for extra LPG as Saudi cuts supplies

Ø The inadvertent effect of India's $20 Billion mega tax cut

Ø Labour Ministry notifies 8.65% Interest rate on EPF

Ø NCLT allows RP 90 more days to finish RCom insolvency

Ø Infy, TCS, HDFC among Forbes Best 'regarded' cos

Ø Coal Shortage puts Rs 5 Trn Investment in Power Plants at risk: Official

Ø Govt will maintain Borrowing Plan, likely sell Rs 2.68 Trn of Bonds: Report

Ø Supreme Court resuscitates Amtek Auto, allows fresh bids for Company

Ø GMR Infra, Reliance among 19 companies bidding to build Noida Airport

Ø IDBI Bank puts Rs 9,750 Crore non-performing loans on the block
 
Ø Corporate Tax stimulus might not lead to Higher Buyback or Dividends

Ø India must aspire to be top recipient of FDI: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Ø Lebanon’s Geo-Tech Engineering firm ACTS acquires two Indian companies

Ø Pennar Ind to double its cold drawn welded tubes capacity

Ø DLF reworking Strategy to increase food and beverages share to 18-20%

Ø RBI puts curbs on PMC Bank, Customers panic

Ø Recycle, Reuse Policy to drive India’s plan to become Resource efficient

Ø Lower Corporate Tax should fetch India Higher Investments : RBI’s Das

Ø India, US expected to sign Interim Trade Agreement today

Ø JSW Steel raises $400 Million in Overseas Debt
 
Ø India-US Trade Deal will help achieve Bilateral Trade Target of $500 Billion

Ø Textile Bodies urges Centre to come up with Stimulus Measures

Ø Leather Sector Exports can touch $9 Billion by 2020

Ø As NPA Resolution crawls, Banks stare at spike in Credit cost

Ø RIL's Tax Liability to fall by 4 Percentage Points: Morgan Stanley

Ø Steep jump in Demand for Basic Motor Insurance

Ø Rupee rises 22 Paise against US Dollar in early trade

ØWind Energy can light up the Entire World
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Goa records 26% deficit in GST, Centre to compensate:

READ MORE- https://www.gststation.in/goa-records-26-deficit-in-gst-centre-to-compensate/
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👉The Income Tax department has issued a clarification that a copy of notification, being circulated on social media, pertaining to extension of ITR filing deadline is fake.
Under Section 44AB of the Income Tax Act, September 30 is the last date for filing of ITR for all those whose accounts are to be audited.

👉With slower pace of resolution of bad loans, banks are staring at a spike in their credit cost, which is set to rise in the range of 1.9-4.6 percent for the second half of the current fiscal.

👉Task force on Direct Tax recommends 10% slab on income of Rs 5-10 lakh. The report also includes a proposal to drop surcharges and cess levied on income tax.

👉RBI  put severe curbs on Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank on Tuesday, including on cash withdrawals, amid a probe into accounting lapses, sparking speculation that the regulator may force a management change through a merger.

👉IRCTC  IPO may hit market on Sept 30, to fetch govt around Rs 600cr.

Tuesday, 24 September 2019

24 September 2019 News ans Updates

© orporate Updates on 24.9.2019

Ø Stimulus will take growth to over 7.5% in H2: NITI boss

Ø Telcos fight amid Trai's review of call connect rates

Ø India's container trade growth slows to 1% in Q2 2019

Ø Maruti sees higher sales in September

Ø ICICI Bank to set up 450 new branches this fiscal

Ø JSW Steel for 25% duty on steel imports

Ø Muthoot Fincorp’s NCD issue to offer up to 11.03%

Ø RBI turns down SEBI plan for credit rating agencies' access to defaults

Ø From ONGC to Coal India, PSUs set to pay higher dividend with tax savings

Ø Handle income tax related issues of startups with utmost care: CBDT

Ø Debenture trustee sells Rs. 200 crore of Zee Entertainment shares

Ø SEBI imposes Rs. 22 cr fine on Aurobindo Pharma, promoters, related entities

Ø Tata Realty, Actis look to raise $1 billion for commercial properties

Ø NCLT grants Amalgamation relief in 20-year row

Ø Parle Agro to invest in plastic waste management

Ø CCI gives green signal to rejig Apollo Hospitals’ pharma biz

Ø L&T Construction begins work for Telangana Fibre Grid Corporation

Ø MSMEs’ power costs need to be reined in: Nitin Gadkari

Ø GST cut in hotel tariffs will boost tourism sector: Minister

Ø Vacations upended, jobs lost as UK's Thomas Cook collapses

Ø India's corporate tax cut to boost smartphone manufacturing

Ø Govt. issues notification announcing amendments in pension rules

Ø Saudi Arabia to restore full oil output by next week: Report

Ø India, UAE discuss areas of cooperation to strengthen economic ties

Ø Government estimates kharif crop output at 140.57 MT in 2019-20

Ø RCEP: India readies tougher rules to curb dumping

Ø UK launches biggest peacetime operation after Thomas Cook collapse

Ø Closed sugar mills may see revival soon as Govt. mulls ethanol production

Ø Rupee ends flat at 70.94 against dollar despite steller stocks rally

Ø SENSEX jumps 1,075 points; Nifty reclaims 11,600 mark

Ø Petronet Board disfavoured USD 2.5 bn US LNG deal in Apr; signs non-binding MoU now

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NEWS & IMPORTANT UPDATES

✓MCA21 system will be intermittently unavailable from Saturday 28th September 2019, 21:00pm to Sunday 29th September 2019, 7:00am IST due to maintenance activity. Stakeholders are requested to plan accordingly.

✓Form BEN-2 is likely to be revised on MCA21 Company Forms Download page w.e.f 25th September, 2019. Stakeholders are advised to check the latest version before filing.

Source www.mca.gov.in

Due date for kyc and ben forms 30.09.2019

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👉The RBI has expressed disagreement over SEBI’s proposed framework enabling Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) to legally access borrower database, helping them in timely recognition of default.

👉New direct tax report urges sharp reduction in personal income tax .
Apart from slashing income tax rates, the direct tax report also suggested dropping surcharges and cess   levied on income taxes .

👉SEBI Circular: From April 1, 2020, liquid funds shall invest a minimum of 20 per cent in ‘liquid assets,’ defined as Cash, Government Securities, T-bills and Repo on Government Securities.
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GST cut in hotel tariffs will boost tourism sector: Minister:

READ MORE- https://www.gststation.in/gst-cut-in-hotel-tariffs-will-boost-tourism-sector-minister/
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Direct Tax collection : the government could mop-up only 4.7 percent more so far this year, with the direct tax kitty growing to Rs 5.50 lakh crore as of September 17, up from Rs 5.25 lakh crore a year-ago.

Schedule SH1 of ITR 6 for AY 2019-20 issues may be resolved with the following observations - Company has to file its ITR with the information it has with it. Details of shareholders as at year end is to be given AND Amount and date on which the Company received such amount is to be given.

SH1-ITR6: when did company allot the shares,  how much amount did it receive against those shares and who are the current owner of those shares is to be given. Consideration for transfer etc.. is not required to be report.

Directors KYC (DIR-3 KYC-WEB) if not done for financial year 2019-20, last  date to file dir-3 kyc web is  30.09.2019. After 30.09.2019 late fee of  Rs. 5000 will charged on each director.

RBI is of the opinion that banks already have enough flexibility to introduce a repo-linked loan product, So RBI will not extend the October 1 deadline for banks to introduce repo-linked loan products, even as the regulator is open to reviewing the new anchor rate as time progresses.

Labour Ministry proposes revised social security code and has circulated the draft code seeking comments from stakeholders by October 25 following which tripartite consultations will be held to finalise the code

CBDT has notified the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 through which Corporate tax rates slashed to 22% for domestic companies and 15% for new domestic manufacturing companies and many other fiscal reliefs with effect from FY 2019-20 which allows any domestic company an option to pay income-tax at the rate of 22% subject to the condition that they will not avail any exemption/incentive.

CBDT has now notified e-assessment scheme 2019 as part of the government’s ambitious plan to usher in a countrywide paperless system of interface between the taxman and the assessee.

GST Council meeting recommended Relaxation in the filing of annual returns for MSMEs for FY 2017-18 and FY 2018-19 includes the waiver of the requirement of filing FORM GSTR-9A for Composition Taxpayers for the said tax periods and filing of FORM GSTR-9 for those taxpayers who have an aggregate turnover up to Rs. 2 cr  made optional for the said tax periods.

GST e-Way bills generation for the period April-June 2019 was almost 40 per cent higher at about 15.65 crore, compared to 11.19 crore in the same period last year. For transport companies, the system has saved considerable time, removing check-posts and facilitating the shift from a ‘departmental policing model’ to a ‘self-declaration model’. It has also helped in curbing tax evasion.

RBI may cut the benchmark rate by up to a quarter percentage point in October against an anticipated 25-40 basis points after FM Nirmala Sitharaman announced a host of fiscal measures.

Two days Bank strike from 26-27 September has been deferred with the discussion of Bank Unions with Shri Rajiv Kumar, Finance Secretary.

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CBI arrests GST inspector, BoB manager in separate cases of bribery:

READ MORE- https://www.gststation.in/cbi-arrests-gst-inspector-bob-manager-in-separate-cases-of-bribery/
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37th GST Council Meeting: Recommends Reduced GST Rates on Goods:

READ MORE- https://www.gststation.in/37th-gst-council-meeting-recommends-reduced-gst-rates-on-goods/

Monday, 23 September 2019

23 September 2019 News and Updates

📰© orporate Updates on 23.9.2019

Ø Blackstone REIT’s success lures global funds to India

Ø No plans to revise fiscal deficit target: Sitharaman

Ø SBI to roll out co-lending model with 4-5 NBFCs

Ø Committed to meet India's energy needs: Saudi envoy

Ø Default rating puts RCap's $5 bn debt at risk

Ø Scooters India strategic sale on hold amid auto slump

Ø Petronet signs $ 2.5 bn deal for stake in US LNG plant

Ø Top 1,000 listed firms may see tax savings of Rs 37k cr on tax cut: CRISIL

Ø PM Modi meets energy sector CEOs in US, discusses investment opportunities

Ø 361 infra projects show cost overruns of over Rs 3.77 trillion, says report

Ø Reliance Capital protests after rating agency downgrades debt to 'default'

Ø Hero MotoCorp might see reduction in earlier-projected capex of Rs 1,500 cr

Ø Tax cut a big boost for foreign firms to invest in India: FM

Ø India’s coal import declines about 4% to 19 mn tonnes in July

Ø Petrol price soars ₹1.59/ltr, diesel ₹1.31/ltr after Saudi Arabia attacks

Ø Oil and gas sector expects 5% GST to favour hydrocarbon exploration

Ø Dr Reddy’s halts worldwide supply of Ranitidine

Ø Govt. working on measures to make steel sector 'globally competitive'

Ø Altico says evaluating options after default

Ø Big Oil’s future may rest on climate debate over natural gas

Ø HKEX said to rope in UBS, other banks to court LSE investors

Ø Big Oil’s future may rest on climate debate over natural gas

Ø Cipla announces closure of USFDA inspection at Bengaluru facility

Ø US likely to escalate trade war with China if no deal is agreed soon

Ø WTO dispute over India’s tariffs on ICT goods: US seeks setting by up of dispute panel

Ø Government to make changes in rules of trade remedies to make them more effective

Ø Thomas Cook UK nears collapse as travel giant relying on unlikely Govt bailout

Ø Non-life insurers register 17 pc rise in Aug new premium income at Rs. 15,964 cr

Ø FPIs withdraw Rs. 4,193 cr from capital markets in Sept so far

Ø Sugar industry set to start exports to China, Iran

Ø SFIO challenges NCLT probe orders

Ø Banking, FMCG to benefit from corp tax cut; pharma, IT to remain untouched: Report
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🏦Capital Market Updates

🔺Gravita India’s subsidiary plans to enhance its West Africa lead recycling plant capacity to 12,000 TPA from 6,000 MTPA. A positive for the company. Accumulate.

🔺Biocon has licensed three generic formulation products to China Medical System Holdings. It is a 10-year agreement and the total addressable market size is ~$0.8 billion. Its future looks bright. Accumulate.

🔺Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories’ Visakhapatnam plant has received an Establishment Inspection Report (EIR) from the USFDA. A positive for the company. Accumulate.

🔺State Bank of India has raised ~Rs.3500 crore by selling 4.5% stake in its Life Insurance arm. This will help improve its liquidity. A good time to accumulate this share.

🔺The Delhi High Court has restrained BJP leaders and social media platforms from publishing false and defamatory remarks against Indiabulls Housing Finance while other on-going investigations are likely to be in its favour. Investors with a risk appetite may accumulate this share.

🔺Reliance Industries plans to list Jio, which ended Q1FY20 with 331.3 million subscribers, in about two years. Its future looks bright. Buy for the long term.

🔺Tata Power Co. plans to sell 50% stake in South African joint venture Cennergi for ~Rs.761 crore. Accumulate.

🔺V-Mart Retail expects about 7% growth in sales this year. Its prospects look bright. Buy.

🔺REC and Power Finance Corporation have fallen sharply in line with the market sentiment. This may be the best time to invest in these stocks.

🔺Hotel stocks are likely to gain on expectations of a GST rate cut on luxury hotels. A positive for companies like Indian Hotels Co. and Chalet Hotels.

🔺Prabhat Dairy, which sold its dairy business for ~Rs.1700 crore (more than its market cap), is worth adding. Investors with a risk appetite may accumulate.

🔺This is a good time to accumulate defensive stocks like Granules India, which has consistently reported strong profitability.

🔺Graphite India, which manages its liquidity well, has become very volatile as it attempts to break the upper bands. Accumulate.

🔺NTPC, a Maharatna company, remains one of the best investment bets in times of crisis despite the operational glitches at some of its plants.

🔺The launch of CNG busses and phasing out of diesel variants augurs well for Mahanagar Gas. Accumulate.

🔺ITC sees growth in its non-cigarette business. This FMCG company has a liberal pay-out policy. Accumulate.

🔺63 Moons Technologies is on its northward journey after the court lifted the ban on its assets. Good times are not far off. Accumulate.

🔺Jindal Saw has managed to withstand the headwinds. The stock looks very attractive for investment at Rs.84.6.

🔺Once the energy sector revives, BGR Energy Systems will be one of the first ones to move ahead. Accumulate in small quantities.

🔺Laurus Labs is likely to acquire Phekolong Pharmaceuticals (South Africa). A positive for the company. Accumulate.
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👉🏻CBDT issues order to set-up National centre for e-Assessment
(A National e-Assessment centre (NeAC) will be setup in the national capital as part of the government’s ambitious plan to launch faceless and nameless assessment for income tax payers from next month)
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http://bit.ly/2kZqsyb

👉🏻GST Council takes in-principle decision to link Aadhaar with registration
(link Aadhaar with registration of taxpayers under GST and also examine the possibility of making the 12-digit unique identification number mandatory for claiming refunds)
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http://bit.ly/2m6L3kE

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Exemption from TDS on cash withdrawal under section 194N for making payment to farmers – Central Government specifies the commission agent or trader, operating under Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC)- Notification No. 70/2019-Income Tax Dated 20th September, 2019.

Tax Audit & Penalty of Rs. 10,000/- on chartered Accountants for error in the audit report. any mistake by the Chartered Accountant in the Tax Audit Report will cost him Rs. 10,000/- as per Section 271J of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

Income-tax (9th Amendment) Rules, 2019 – Additional depreciation on motor cars and motor vehicles shall be allowed in certain conditions- Notification No. 69/2019-Income Tax Dated 20th September, 2019.

GST Council reduced the taxes on hotel rooms to the 0-18% range depending on their tariffs and cut the rate for outdoor catering to 5% without an option to claim input tax credit. Besides, the Council increased the tax rate for caffeinated drinks to 28% from 18%; as these beverages, touted to be harmful to health, are now in the highest tax bracket, they will now also be subjected to a 12% cess.

GST Council did away with the requirement of filing annual returns for taxpayers up to Rs 2 crore turnover, as part of the moves to reduce compliance burden. However, it also introduced some new slabs for items like semi-precious stones, complicating the GST structure even further.

GST Council took an in principle decision to link Aadhaar with registration of taxpayers under GST and also examine the possibility of making the 12-digit unique identification number mandatory for claiming refunds.
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Railway equipment-makers welcome 12% hike in GST:

READ MORE- https://www.gststation.in/railway-equipment-makers-welcome-12-hike-in-gst/
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GST sleuths raid rice millers for tax evasion:

READ MORE- https://www.gststation.in/gst-sleuths-raid-rice-millers-for-tax-evasion/
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Govt expects Rs 40k-cr GST shortfall:

READ MORE: https://www.gststation.in/govt-expects-rs-40k-cr-gst-shortfall/
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ITC surges 8% on GST cut for hotel rooms:

READ MORE- https://www.gststation.in/itc-surges-8-on-gst-cut-for-hotel-rooms/
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👉GST Annual filing waived off for taxpayers below Rs 2 cr turnover.

👉Shares of hotel industry rallied up to 13 per cent in early trade on Monday after the GST Council last week cut tax rate on hotel room tariffs.

👉The RBI may cut the benchmark rate by up to a quarter percentage point in October against an anticipated 25-40 basis points after Finance Minister announced a host of fiscal measures on Friday .

👉A national e-assessment centre (NeAC) will be set up in the national capital as part of the government’s ambitious plan to launch faceless and nameless assessment for income tax payers from next month.

👉The government is expecting a shortfall of around Rs 40,000 crore in the GST collections over what has been budgeted for 2019-20.

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Lower GST on diamond job work, sector cheers over Rs 200-cr export refund:

READ MORE- https://www.gststation.in/lower-gst-on-diamond-job-work-sector-cheers-over-rs-200-cr-export-refund/

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Sunday, 22 September 2019

22 September 2019 News and Updates

© orporate Updates on 22.9.2019
 
Ø Oil crisis to have limited impact on inflation: RBI Guv

Ø Banks won't declare NPA for MSME loans till March: FM 

Ø TRAI floats paper to simplify, speed up M&A approvals

Ø Coming up: Rs 20k-cr fund for non-NPA housing projects

Ø Rana Kapoor sells 2.3% stake in YES Bank

Ø Telecom body approves Rs. 8,588 crore infra projects

Ø JSW Steel promoters release pledged shares worth Rs. 1,150 crore

Ø Bank stake sales in mutual fund, insurance subsidiaries hit a wall

Ø RCom resolution professional seeks status quo on spectrum licences

Ø Lenders approve Rs 5071 crore debt restructuring plan of three IL&FS firms

Ø Aluminium producers likely to see pressure on profits, says NALCO chief

Ø Reliance Jio has widest 4G network, Airtel's network grows 3-fold: TRAI
 
Ø Tata Motors rolls out new EV powertrain tech

Ø Apollo Hospitals in pact with US firm to launch healthcare drones

Ø Modi to attend two round tables with CEOs of US companies

Ø No economic crisis in India, Govt. taking steps to make it stronger: Javadekar

Ø Sitharaman may announce more measures on Friday to support economy

Ø Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting sets up venture fund to invest in startups

Ø RBI caps term for banks' concurrent auditor at three years

Ø Banks to hold public meets with NBFCs until 15 Oct in 400 districts: Sitharaman

Ø Coal mine allottees must do their bit to start output: Secy
 
Ø Factory investment at 3-year low of Rs 3.31 lakh cr in 2017-18: Survey

Ø Global steel industry facing surplus production, says Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan

Ø CBDT member hints at lower tax rates in direct tax code regime

Ø Essel Group seeks time till March 2020 from mutual funds to clear dues

Ø Rupee slips 10 paise to 71.34 against USD

Ø Maruti Suzuki crosses 10-lakh-exports milestone from Mundra Port

Ø Parliament nod on pesticide and seed bills likely next session: MoS Agri

Ø Carcinogen scare sets off global race to contain ranitidine
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👉🏻RBI issued Revised Guidelines for Concurrent Audit System of Banks
(The Reserve Bank of India ( RBI) has revised the norms for concurrent audit system of banks)
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http://bit.ly/2kqi8Hx

👉🏻NFRA to cover Public Sector Banks' Auditors too
(has made it clear that it has oversight powers on the auditors of nationalised banks (public sector banks) as well)
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http://bit.ly/2kI0mjo

👉🏻Govt notifies 8.65% interest rate for EPFO members
(Government has approved 8.65 per cent interest rate on deposits in Employees Provident Fund for 2018-19)
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http://bit.ly/2mmsqZS

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👉Sebi sets up panel to suggest norms for social stock exchanges .

👉RBI revises norms for concurrent audit system of banks .

👉The government has set a direct tax collection target of Rs 13.35 lakh crore for the current fiscal, which includes Rs 7.66 lakh crore from corporate tax and Rs 5.69 lakh crore as income tax.

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🍓Finance Minister Proposals

👉🏽Corporate tax rate to be 22%

👉🏽No Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) applicable on such companies

👉🏽Effective corporate tax rate after surcharge to be 25.17 percent

👉🏽To attract investment in manufacturing, local companies incorporated after 1st October 2019 will pay tax at 15 percent

👉🏽That effective tax for new companies shall be 17.01 percent, including cess and surcharge. Companies enjoying tax holidays would be able to avail concessional rates post the exemption period.

👉🏽Will give MAT relief for those opting to continue paying surcharge and cess. MAT has been reduced to 15 percent from 18.5 percent for companies who continue to avail exemptions and incentives.

👉🏽To stabilise flow of funds into the market the enhanced surcharge announced in Budget 2019 will not apply on capital gains arising on sale of any security, including derivatives by foreign portfolio investors (FPI)

👉🏽For listed companies which made announcement for public buyback before July 2019, it is provided that tax on buyback on shares of such companies will not be charged

👉🏽Total revenue foregone by undertaking these measures is Rs 1.45 lakh crore per year.
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🍓GST Council Meeting Outcome-

1. Hotel Tariffs Rs. 7,500 and above GST at 18%.

2. Hotel Tariffs Rs. 1,000 upto 7,500 GST at 12%.

3. Hotel Tariffs below Rs. 1,000 GST at Nil rate.

4. Outside Catering GST rate reduced at 5%.

5. Diamond Job-work GST rate reduced at 1.5% and Other Job-work GST rate reduced to 12% from 18%.

6. Council amended rules regarding Refund by Appellate Authority.

7. Council amended rules regarding GST Practitioners and Consumer Welfare Fund.

8. Cups/Plates made from Flowers leaves GST rate Nil from 5%.

9. GST Annual Returns GSTR-9, 9A Optional for those with turnover upto 2cr for FY 17-18 & 18-19.

10. Those with turnover above 2cr to still file GSTR9.

11. No relief in case of GSTR-9C as it’s applicable only where turnover exceeds 2cr.

12. GSTR-9 also to be made “Saral”.

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Total revenue forgone for Government is estimated around Rs 1.45 lakh crore per year because of tax cut. CSR 2% spending to include government, PSU incubators and public funded education entities, IITs.

RBI has revised Concurrent Audit Fees which should be commensurate with the scope and coverage of audit, skill sets required, number of staff required and the time to be devoted for the audit. https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/NotificationUser.aspx?Id=11691&Mode=0

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FAQ on Presentation of Dividend and Dividend Distribution Tax on 17th September 2019.

Post amendment in Ind AS 12 Vide MCA notification dated March 30, 2019, Para 57A has been introduced in Ind AS 12 and due to which there was an ambiguity regarding recording of DDT in P&L, OCI or Equity.

The recently published FAQ clarifies following presentation:

Presentation of Dividend:

If a financial instrument is classified as debt, the dividend or interest paid thereon is in the nature of interest which is recognized in profit or loss. Dividend or interest paid on a financial instrument which is classified as equity, should be recognized in the Statement of Changes in Equity.

Presentation of DDT:
DDT should be recognised in P&L if the dividend/interest itself is recognized in P&L. If the dividend is recognized in equity, the presentation of DDT should be consistent with the presentation of dividend, i.e., to be recognized in equity. The FAQ issued by ICAI has suggested that the DDT in India to be treated as Withholding tax, thus it will get covered by Para 65 A and hence, it should be presented in equity.

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Thursday, 19 September 2019

19 September 2019 News and Updates

© orporate Updates on 19.9.2019

Ø Fed cuts rates by 25 bps, gives mixed signals

Ø Govt. doing everything to bring high growth: Kant

Ø FDI norms in coal mining, single-brand retail relaxed

Ø Nalco declares record Rs. 1,073 cr dividend for FY19

Ø RBI plans to structure loan rates of NBFCs, HFCs

Ø Trump orders more Iran curbs, Saudi shows evidence

Ø Jio adds 85.39 lakh users, rivals lose 60 lakh: TRAI

Ø Govt. plans to give Rs 10L-cr EPFO corpus to a body
 
Ø NTPC contains tariff rise with fall in coal imports, power blending

Ø Govt. bans e-cigarettes amid global concern over health risks

Ø RBI decision to cut risk weights for retail loans credit negative: Moody's

Ø ICRA sees FY20 steel demand growth shrinking to 5-6% from 7.9% in FY19

Ø NCLAT asks RCom's RP to approach NCLT for refund of Rs. 577 cr from Ericsson

Ø Chinese cheer for Indian cancer-drug manufacturers

Ø India’s steel consumption growth likely to slow to 6 per cent: ICRA

Ø Government scraps import duty on open cell LED TV panels

Ø NTPC to build 5GW solar park in Gujarat

Ø SRF shuts technical textiles plant in Thailand

Ø Essar to double CBM gas production to 1 mmscmd
 
Ø Strategic sale of BEML, NMDC unit accelerates

Ø Electricity discoms owe ₹74,710 crore to gencos

Ø Amazon partners with Western Union to allow purchases in cash

Ø Government open to sell part of Air India to foreign airline: Report

Ø Bankers can now take decision without fear; CVC sets up panel to examine fraud

Ø After banks, RBI plans to structure loan rates of NBFCs, HFCs

Ø London overtakes Mumbai in rupee trading

Ø Tax collection misses target by a wide margin; inches up 4.7%

Ø 44 lawmakers urge Trump administration to reinstate GSP for India
 
Ø Rupee stems losses, rallies 54 paise to 71.24 vs USD on easing oil prices

Ø Coffee Day sells tech park for Rs 2,700 cr to Blackstone to reduce debt

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🍒 Boards of Corporation Bank, Allahabad Bank give in-principal approval for respective merger plans :  Corporation Bank on Monday said the board has given its in-principle approval for the merger with Union Bank of India. "The board of directors in its meeting held on September 16, 2019 has given in-principle approval for the amalgamation of the Corporation Bank into Union Bank of India," it said in a regulatory filing. Earlier on September 9, Union Bank of India had informed about an in-principle approval of its board for the amalgamation of Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank into it. While, Andhra Bank board on September 13 had given its in-principle approval for the amalgamation of the lender alongside Corporation Bank into Union Bank of India. In a separate filing, Allahabad Bank said that "board of directors of the bank in its meeting held on September 16, 2019 has considered and accorded its in-principle approval for amalgamation of Allahabad Bank into Indian Bank. The union government in late August had approved to merge 10 state-run banks into four entities with an aim to strengthen them as also to cut down number of publicly hold banks into of the global sized banks. - economic times

🍒 Allahabad Bank board approves merger with Indian Bank : The board of Allahabad Bank on Monday approved the merger proposal with Indian Bank, making the amalgamated entity the seventh largest public sector lender of the country. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had on August 30 announced the consolidation of 10 state-run banks into four large-scale lenders."In terms of SEBI (listing obligations and disclosure requirements), the board of directors in a meeting held today has considered and accorded its in-principle approval for amalgamation of Allahabad Bank into Indian Bank," sources in the bank said.Meanwhile, employees and officers of Allahabad Bank staged a demonstration in front of its headquarters here to protest against the merger.A office-bearer of the staff association said the amalgamation is being opposed as Allahabad Bank has higher levels of CASA (current account and savings account), more staff strength and a bigger volume of business compared to the other lender."The merger proposal with Indian Bank is illegal," he claimed. - economic times

🍒 Mega mergers fail to lure funds to PSB stocks :  India’s biggest bank overhaul in decades to merge state-run lenders beset with bad loans and low capital has not convinced investors to increase holdings of the shares. Fund managers, including Aberdeen Standard Investments and JPMorgan Chase & Co, are shying away from increasing their positions in government-owned lenders. As well as poor asset quality at the banks, they cited uncertainty about the merger’s time-line. “State-run banks do have a large asset-quality burden,” said Rukhshad Shroff, who oversees more than $660 million in India equities at JPMorgan Chase & Co’s asset management unit in Hong Kong. Many also have very little capital. There is some evidence to show that digesting large mergers ends up being more complicated than was originally expected. - Business Line

🍒 Strike call given by officers' union may affect normal business at branches: SBI : The State Bank of India (SBI) on Monday said the operations of the bank could be affected if the two-day strike call given by officers' unions materalises. Four unions of officers of public sector banks have threatened to go on a two-day strike from September 26 to protest against the announced consolidation of 10 state-run lenders into four."While bank has made all arrangements to ensure normal functioning in its branches and offices, it is likely that work in our bank may be impacted to some extent by the strike," SBI said in a regulatory filing. - economic times

🍒SBI research report calls for abolition of capital gains tax to boost savings : Saying that the slowdown in the economy cannot be addressed by monetary policy in isolation and also needs fiscal policy focus, a State Bank of India (SBI) economic research report on Monday called for abolition of capital gains tax. “Abolish capital gains tax to boost financialization of savings that gained momentum in FY18, but might have lost pace in FY19," said Soumya Kanti Ghosh, group chief economic adviser, SBI, in the report cited above.Ghosh said abolishing capital gain tax will boost households’ savings and encourage people to invest more in financial assets than physical assets.“Past trend also suggest, financial assets have grown at a faster pace than last year and a bulk of this comes from equity. We expect this pattern to remain inclined to equities and removing long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax will again give a boost to financialization of savings," he said. - Live Mint

🍒 SBI chief slams 'selfish' private sector bank for Altico crisis : State Bank of India chairman Rajnish Kumar has slammed a “selfish” private sector lender for the crisis at Altico Capital, as its unilateral move to secure its own money can potentially cause troubles to the wider financial system. The realty-focused non-banking lender Altico, which owes over Rs 4,500 crore to the system (mostly banks), defaulted on a nearly Rs 20 crore interest payment late last week on an external commercial borrowing (ECB) loan.The default by Altico has resulted in concerns over the wider implications.According to reports, a leading private sector bank allegedly moved in to secure its exposure by “netting-off” money from a fixed deposit maintained by Altico.“If any bank makes a selfish move, it can have a negative impact on the rest of the system,” State Bank of India (SBI) chairman Rajnish Kumar told reporters here over the weekend.“You have taken care of the Rs 50-100 crore (exposure), and felt happy for saving your money, but if you are damaging the system, then it is not proper,” Kumar said, without naming the private sector lender.“Even in the case of the biggest of the companies, if a bank pulls the trigger or stops credit flow, the negative impact can come,” he added. - Economic Times

🍒 PSBs, private sector banks biggest players in NEFT transaction, shows report :  Private sector banks, followed by public sector banks (PSBs) are the biggest players in the National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) network, both in terms of volume and value, according to an article published by the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) economic and policy research department. “Our findings show that out of the public sector, private sector and foreign banks that constitute around 83% and 87% of the total transactions by value on NEFT in the month of March and April (2019), respectively, the flow from private sector to public sector banks is very large, with public sector banks being net receivers in the system," the article titled ‘Network Analysis of NEFT transactions in India’ said.The RBI has said the views expressed in the article do not represent the regulator’s view.“Payment flows are particularly strong within the public-to-public sector and private-to-private sector banks network. The flow from private-to-public sector banks is also very large with public sector banks being the net receivers in the system," the article said. - Live Mint

🍒 RBI allows payment of all recurring bills through BBPS :  In a consumer friendly initiative, the RBI on Monday expanded the scope of Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) to cover all repetitive bill payments, which may include school fees, insurance premiums and municipal taxes. Currently, the facility of payment of recurring bills through BBPS is available only in five segments -- direct to home (DTH), electricity, gas, telecom and water."...it has been decided to expand the scope and coverage of BBPS to include all categories of billers who raise recurring bills (except prepaid recharges) as eligible participants, on a voluntary basis," the RBI said in a circular.BBPS functions under the aegis of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).As per BBPS website, the facility would be expanded to include other types of repetitive payments like insurance premium, mutual funds, school fees, EMIs, and municipal taxes, among others. - economic times

🍒 Visa, BillDesk partner to roll out interface for recurring payments : Visa, a global leader in payments technology, and BillDesk, leader in the Indian payments business, have partnered to roll out of SI-Hub, a seamless and secure way to make recurring payments using cards with a one-time enrollment. With this, the banks and merchants will be able to offer recurring payments/ standing instructions (SI) services (powered by BillDesk’s SI-Hub and Visa’s global recurring transaction framework for merchant-initiated transactions) to their cardholders to help manage payment across utilities, subscription services, and mutual fund SIPs, among others. The RBI had recently released guidelines for e-mandate on cards for recurring transactions. - Business Line

🍒 Start-ups to grab banks’ $280-b payments revenues by 2025 : Banks are set to miss out on as much as $280 billion in revenue from their payments operations by 2025, as new start-ups muscle in and more of the business of sending money to individuals and companies becomes instant and free, according to a new report. The global payments business, which covers anything from card payments to wiring money overseas, is dominated by banks and this year was worth around $1.5 trillion, professional services firm Accenture said in a report published on Monday. That is expected to grow to $2 trillion globally by 2025, but banks are likely to lose out on $280 billion, or 15 per cent of their global payments revenues, Accenture estimates. - Business LIne

🍒RBI re-evaluates GDP forecasting after Q1 print caught it off guard : RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday said India's June quarter GDP growth print at 5 per cent came in as a big surprise for the central bank, whose growth forecast at 5.8 per cent was way off the mark. This, he said, has set off an internal review within the Reserve Bank of India to find out "what we missed out, where we went wrong.""We are examining the GDP much more closely now," the governor told ETNOW in an exclusive interview. "In inflation forecasting, we are almost on the dot now. The margin of error has come down significantly. We want to get more accurate with GDP forecast too," he said. Asked when RBI expects growth to recover, Das refused to give a timeline. "We have to see the Q2 numbers, and figure out whether the slowdown will sustain," he said. Das, however, said as early as in February, RBI had recognised the slowdown in the economy, which led it to cut in policy rate by 25 basis points. - economic times

🍒 Prop Equity says funds worth Rs 90,000 cr required for stressed housing units : PropEquity-- a realty online data, risk management and analytics platform--on Monday said around Rs 90,000 crore will be required to complete a total of 7.4 lakh stressed housing units across the country. On Saturday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the government will set up a special window to provide last-mile funding for housing projects which are non-NPAs and non-NCLT in the affordable and middle income category. In the fund, Rs 10,000 crore will be contributed by the central government and roughly the same amount will come from outside investors."The government has been magnanimous and sensitive in its allocation of the stress fund and in adopting this crisis which got created due to many factors that were well beyond the government's control," PropEquity Founder and MD Samir Jasuja said.This is definitely a positive move and the company hopes that the government will take more steps in future to help the industry tide these turbulent times, he added. - economic times

🍒 Jet Airways lenders make presentation to Synergy Group : The lenders to the bankrupt Jet Airways Monday made a presentation to the South American conglomerate Synergy Group, which has reportedly emerged as sole potential buyer of the airline, according to a source. After the August 10 deadline, Synergy Group Corp, which owns majority stake in Colombian carrier Avianca Holdings, had reportedly evinced interest in the airline, which had already received expressions of interest (EoIs) (which were subsequently withdrawn) from energy baron Anil Agarwal's family trust-backed Volcan Investments, Russian Fund Treasury RA Partners and the Panama-based Avantulo Group."The lenders of Jet Airways Monday made a presentation to the Synergy Group, which is likely to invest in the carrier. They shared information about the airline's assets, manpower, liabilities, among others," a source told PTI. - economic times

🍒 SEBI flags corporate governance issues at CDSL : Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has taken a serious view of the overall conduct of Central Depository Services (India) Ltd (CDSL) and its former chief PS Reddy for delaying the appointment of a new chief at the Depository. The regulator has specifically flagged two governance issues — delay in framing the nomination and remuneration policy (NRP) and the delay in the commencement of the process of appointment of new MD & CEO — in its recent communication to CDSL. Such delay has eventually resulted in the depository functioning without an MD & CEO till date, SEBI said in the letter. - economic times

🍒 Rupee skids to 71.5 on oil : Logging its first fall in eight sessions, the Indian rupee on Monday plunged by 68 paise to 71.60 against the US dollar amid concerns over soaring crude prices following drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities. Surging crude oil prices have emerged as major fears for India — the world’s third largest oil importer — in form of fiscal slippage and inflationary pressure.

🍒 Gold prices rally ₹460 on weak rupee, rise in crude prices : Gold on Monday climbed ₹460 to ₹38,860 per 10 gram in the national capital on a weak rupee and higher oil prices, which led to investors opting for safe haven commodities, according to HDFC Securities. In the bullion market here, gold prices for 24 Karat rose to ₹38,860 per 10 gram from Saturday’s closing price of ₹38,400 per 10 gram, according to the data. Silver also zoomed ₹1,096 to ₹47,957 per kilogram. In the previous trading, silver closed at ₹46,861 per kilogram.
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Income Tax Dept has decided not to levy 2 % TDS on cash payments of over Rs 1 crore made through Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMCs). The provision is set to come into force from October 1.

RBI has intensified its “fit and proper” checks on the managements of Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) and Indiabulls Housing Finance (IHF), which plan to merge, following fresh accusations of wrongdoing and the sudden exit of the bank’s CEO.

EPFO Authorities have issued circular to provide E-nomination facility for EPF account holders. A member can avail of the e-nomination facility by logging in to their account on the EPFO's member sewa portal.

Lenders engaged in micro lending have come together to safeguard their loan asset. A common ‘Code for Responsible Lending’ has been unveiled to bar more than three lenders offering loans to a single borrower and cap the size of total lending to Rs 1 lakh per borrower.

No need to inform government about gift received abroad if valued up to Rs 1 lakh as Govt  has amended Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act. Earlier, the threshold value was Rs 25,000, as per the market value of the gift item in India.

Peer Review Board of ICAI has announce the holding of a One Day Training Programme on Saturday the 21st  September, 2019 at ICAI Bhawan, Sector 62,  Noida, UP hosted by Gautam Budh Nagar Branch of CIRC of ICAI.
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👉 The GST Council meeting, as per the agenda paper, may take up automobiles, hotels, biscuits, matchsticks and outdoor catering segments for resetting of the GST rates.

👉 Overseas direct investment stance of RBI stumps companies .

👉Debt woes worsening despite RBI rate cuts. Aggregate profit growth declined 5.41% in Q1 from a growth of 20% in the year earlier for 335 listed firms .

👉 Investing in mutual funds has become less expensive in India due to several investor-friendly measures taken by SEBI including ban on upfront commissions as well as front loads and a cap on expenses charged from investors .

👉 NCLAT said secured financial creditors should not be discriminated on the ground of dissenting vote and should not be treated separately in settlement of claims.

👉Govt scraps 5% import duty on open cell TV panel .

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GST Council unlikely to favour tax cut for automobile sector: Sources

READ MORE- https://www.gststation.in/gst-council-unlikely-to-favour-tax-cut-for-automobile-sector-sources/
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Government looks at 28% GST on lottery:

READ MORE- https://www.gststation.in/government-looks-at-28-gst-on-lottery/
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Major ICAI Council Decisions

UDIN Generation Time Limit:

Council has decided to allow 30 days grace period to generate UDIN from the date of issuance of report/ certificates. This time limit is till 31 December 2019. Thereafter time limit will be 15 days. Scheme for the cases of default is also under consideration.

Extension of payment of ICAI Membership Fees:
The due date for payment of ICAI Membership fee including COP fee is extended upto 30th November, 2019. So many other forms filling due date also extended upto 30th November, 2019.

Relevant notifications would be issued soon and accordingly portal will also update.
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MCA

FAQ ON DIR-3 KYC

Link:
http://www.mca.gov.in/MinistryV2/dir3kycfaq.html
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IBC & RESTRUCTURING RELATED NEWS
 
🍇CBIC goes to NCLT, claims Rs 4.6 crore CGST dues from Videocon

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs approached the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Tuesday, to register a claim of Rs 4.6 crore as central GST dues from the Videocon group.

The board is an operational creditor to Videocon Industries in the ongoing resolution process at the company, and had sent several letters to its resolution professional, Mahender Khandewal, about the claim.
 
🍇Fashion company Provogue set to be liquidated
 
A two-judge division bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in Mumbai has ordered the liquidation of readymade garment maker Provogue (India) after lenders did not agree on the offers on the table for the company.

The division bench of justices BP Mohan and V Nallasenapathy pronounced an oral order on Monday. The final written order will be put on the NCLT website in the next few days. The liquidation of the company was a culmination of more than a year of insolvency proceedings in the NCLT after the case was admitted on July 25 2018.
 
MSME RELATED NEWS
 
 
🍇Microsoft to mentor startups in tier 2 cities in India
 
Microsoft on Tuesday launched a new initiative called "Highway to a Hundred Unicorns" to mentor and support startups in tier 2 cities in India.

Organised in collaboration with the Industries Commissionerate and Gujarat's Industrial Extension Bureau (iNDEXTb), more than 250 startups attended the first such event here.
 
🍇MSMEs’ overall export credit cost to be reduced with new loan scheme for exporters, says FIEO
 
Enhancing the scope of Export Credit Insurance Scheme (ESIC) by Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India (ECGC) will help lower the overall export credit cost including interest rates particularly for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME), said Sharad Kumar Saraf, President, FIEO. The initiative, which is part of the new scheme —  Nirvik announced by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman last week in order to boost exports by giving more credit access to exporters, will provide much-needed support to them for exporting to countries with little or more risks, according to Saraf.
 
Under the new scheme, insurance cover has been increased from the current 60 percent to 90 percent of the principal and interest. “In order to facilitate banks further Ministry of Commerce & Industry has enhanced Insurance cover for banks up to 90% for the working capital loans and moderation in premium incidence for the MSME sector,” the commerce ministry said in a statement.
 
🍇How the Government Will Help MSME Bad Loans
 
Recent data suggests bad loans in the MSME sector have surged from (INR) 7,290 in the first quarter of fiscal year 2018-19 to (INR) 8,974 crore in the same quarter of fiscal year 2019-20, which indicates that Non Performing Assets NPAs in the MSME sector showed a sharp 23 per cent rise in just a year. For the massive slump in MSMEs’ records, bankers specified economic slowdown as its reason.
 
On Monday, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Railways Piyush Goyal revealed the details regarding Export Credit Insurance Scheme (ECIS) by Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India ECGC named ‘NIRVIK’.
 
Read more at:
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/339607
 
‘Each district in Punjab to have MSME facilitation centre’

To promote ease-of-doing business and attract investment, the Punjab government is going to set up micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) facilitation centres in every district of the state.

Punjab would be the first state in the country to take such a step, said state additional chief secretary (industries and commerce) Vini Mahajan on Monday at the CII 7th Regional SME Summit.
 
RERA RELATED NEWS
 
🍇Small builders threaten protest over govt plans to bring them under RERA

The decision to bring small real estate developers under the ambit of the Rajasthan Real Estate (Regulation and Development) 2016 has evoked sharp reaction.
 
To create a healthy competition in the market, the RERA has proposed to lower the threshold limit for registration of projects from 500 square metre to 250 square metre and from eight units (flats) to four units. Opposing the decision and demanding other relaxations in the building bylaws, the small developers association has decided to stage a massive protest against the government at Civil Lines on Wednesday.
 
GOVERNANCE & COMPLIANCE RELATED NEWS
 
🍇Indian cos need to follow global standards of governance: Kumar Mangalam Birla
 
Indian corporates need to hold themselves accountable to global standards of governance if India wishes to re-shape the global economic order, Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said on Tuesday.

Speaking at an event, Birla said that with changing times the core business philosophy is rapidly moving away from shareholder capitalism to stake holder capitalism which includes investors, customers, employees and value chain partners.
 
OTHER NEWS
 
🍇Fitment panel rules out GST cut for auto, consumer durables or biscuits
 
A panel tasked with recommending producer levies has ruled out changes in taxes on cars, consumer durables or cookies, dashing hopes of a reduction in Goods and Services Tax (GST) for automobiles and other consumption oriented industries.

The Fitment Committee’s recommendations, which will be discussed by the 37th GST Council in its meeting on 20th September, blamed the current liquidity crisis and troubles of non-bank lenders for the woes of the automobile sector, which has seen its worst sales decline in about two decades.
 
🍇GST Council meet: Relief for cars, hotels likely; sin goods may be at receiving end

A host of consumer-facing sectors are in focus in the runup to Friday’s GST Council meeting, where the indirect tax panel may announce some reduction in levies on cars, biscuits and some other consumer goods to spur demand ahead of the festive season.

Sectors such as hotels, cement and textiles are also hoping for some GST relief.

On the other hand, the so-called sin stocks could be at the receiving end, as the council may try to partly cover the revenue losses for states by raising the cess on sin goods such as tobacco products
 
🍇Companies drag government to court over GST on long-term land lease pacts
 
Some companies have dragged the government and the indirect tax department to court over goods and services tax (GST) levied on these deals in what could jeopardise longterm land lease deals.

As per the current regulations, 18% GST is levied on any long term lease transactions, and industry trackers said the GST paid becomes pure cost as it cannot be used as input tax credit in case the recipient wishes to construct any commercial building there.
 
🍇RBI considering bringing payment aggregators and gateways under direct supervision
 
The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday released a discussion paper detailing the possibility of bringing all payment aggregators and payment gateways under its direct regulation.

Such a move would make it mandatory for all these companies to adhere to regulatory compliances prescribed by RBI on minimum net worth, fit and proper criterion for board members and other entry point norms on technology, data storage and security.
 
🍇CCI keeping close watch on Ecomm’s deep discounts

India’s competition regulator is closely watching the issue of deep discounting by ecommerce players as it gears up to deal with possible anti-competitive behaviour in the sector.

Deep discounts could make some businesses unviable as it erodes the value of products and services in the mind of the consumer if done for extended periods, Ashok Kumar Gupta, chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCI), told ET.
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RET1 is the new simplified return to be filed by taxpayers from January 2020 as GSTR3B will be phased out. ANX-1/2 will replace GSTR-1/2A and are effective from October 2019. Council had also agreed to run GSTR-3B and ANX-1 in parallel for 2 months for Monthly Filers.

Centre is now proposing to have two deadlines for new simplified returns, which will be for the GST Council to finalise. The proposal is:

Last date to file RET1 for Large tax payers – 20th of next month

Last date to file RET1 for small taxpayers – 25th of next month

Last date for filing of Anx 1 for large taxpayers – 10th of next month

Last date for filing of Anx 1 for small taxpayers – 13th of next month

Last date for filing of Anx 2 – for both large and small taxpayers – 17th of next month

The GST Council in its 35th meeting held on 21 June decided that the implementation of new return should be carried out in a phased manner.

There will be different last dates after this GST Council meeting
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According to companies (appointment and qualification of directors) amended rules 2018, if directors kyc(DIR-3 KYC-WEB) not done for financial year 2019-20, then pls get done. last  date to file dir-3 kyc web is  30.09.2019. After 30.09.2019 late fee of  Rs. 5000 will charged on each director.

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Does Tribunal have power to dispense with the meetings of Shareholders and Creditors in a scheme of arrangement or amalgamation?

Section 230(9) provides power to the Tribunal for dispensation of such meetings and Tribunal is required to exercise its discretion in accordance with the legal precedents.

Read full article at : https://dasgovernance.com/2019/09/19/does-tribunal-have-power-to-dispense-with-the-meetings-of-shareholders-and-creditors-in-a-scheme-of-arrangement-or-amalgamation/
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Please note that September 19 return due date is last date to rectify any error pertaining to year 2018-19.

1) You can claim any missed ITC of 18-19 till september 19 return.

2) If any RCM unpaid, pay it & claim ITC till september 19 return.

3) Issuance of debit note/credit note related to your supply pertaining to year 2018-19.

4) If forgot to upload any invoice in GSTR-1 than upload it otherwise it will be blocked after September 19 return.

5) Any rectifications/amendments need to be done in GSTR-1 than rectify/amend it otherwise it will be blocked after September 19 return.

6) Reconcile your GSTR-2A with ITC claimed.

7) In maximum cases your 'Other incomes' are taxable, please look to it. Raise invoice for year 18-19 & pay the tax.

8) Reconcile your Sales figure/ ITC claimed/ RCM liability with books & GSTR-3B. If any mismatch arises,rectify it before September 19 return. Also maintain a register of reconciliation done.
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👉Govt proposes to corporatize Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO),Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC); appointment of CEOs for first time .

👉Finance Minister  to hold review meeting with public sector banks today .

👉After banks, RBI plans to structure loan rates of NBFCs, HFCs .

👉GST Council to cut rates, luxury hotels and catering firms on the list .

👉CBDT has laid down fresh rules to classify certain corporate transactions as tax avoidance schemes under the General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR) .

Monday, 16 September 2019

18 September 2019 News and Updates

Quick recap

Economic Times
 
Ø  Apple takes on EU’s Vestager in record $14-bn tax fight
Ø  Allahabad Bank board okays merger with Indian Bank
Ø  Next Trump tariffs may hit Europe’s luxury products
Ø  ED slaps Rs 230 cr fine on PwC for FEMA violations
Ø  Piramal Enterprises to raise Rs 690 crore via NCDs
Ø  Govt to cut insurance premium rates for small exporters
Ø  RBI reviews GDP forecasting after Q1 print surprise

Business Standard
 
Ø  Saudi attacks to hit India's oil import bill, rupee immediate casualty: DBS
Ø  Govt reveals slew of measures to increase export credit to 30% in FY20
Ø  Tata to invest Rs 580 cr in realty biz for new projects, debt reduction
Ø  Warburg Pincus may buy Andhra Bank's 20.5% stake in IndiaFirst, says report

Business Line
 
Ø  Bhushan Power case: NCLAT seeks govt’s response on JSW Steel’s plea
Ø   Ashok Leyland in talks with Michelin, Marubeni, SBICap for e-Mobility venture
Ø  Hero MotoCorp announces voluntary retirement scheme for employees
Ø  Cost of credit for exporters to come down under expanded scheme, says Goyal
Ø  IL&FS invites bids for sale of six land parcels, enlists services of JLL
 
Mint

Ø  Slump in steel sector spreads to small, medium companies
Ø  Current account under threat if oil surge continues, says Shaktikanta Das
Ø  Farm bodies exempted from 2% tax at source on payments above ₹1 crore
Ø  Govt to cut insurance premium rates for small exporters: Piyush Goyal
Ø  Spike in oil prices couldn’t come at worse time for a slowing world economy

Financial Express
 
Ø  Reliance Communication’s undersea cable unit GCX files for bankruptcy
Ø  Jet Airways lenders make presentation to Synergy Group
Ø  TRAI seeks views on maximum duration for phone calls to ring
Ø  Government asks Apple to manufacture, export more from India
 
Deccan Chronicle

Ø  Saudi assures India of no oil supply shortage: Oil Min
Ø  Unsold spectrum resulted in Rs 5.4 lakh crore losses, claims BIF
Ø  P-note investments continue to drop; stands at Rs 79,088-cr in Aug-end
Ø  Govt keen to bring India among top 25 countries in ease of business: Kant
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18th September 2K19

Economic Times
 
Ø  3 yr lock-in period on NRI's bond investments waived
Ø  Mutual Fund units held by non-residents decline
Ø  Discom sector needs drastic reforms: Power secy
Ø  Sitharaman to announce another booster dose this week
Ø  Saudi attack: India may raise oil imports from Russia
Ø  Cos drag govt to court over GST on land lease pacts
Ø  CG Power case: Sebi bans Gautam Thapar, 3 others from mkts; orders forensic audit

Business Standard
 
Ø  FDI in coal mining requires better pricing, logistics and regulation
Ø  Sebi seeks RBI help to attract corporate participation on comexes
Ø  Sebi seeks RBI help to attract corporate participation on comexes
Ø  Srei Infra moves regulators for buyback of NCDs from retail investors
Ø  Coffee Day inks deal with Blackstone to sell Global Village for Rs 2,700 cr

Business Line
 
Ø  SAIL allowed to offload 25% of iron ore output
Ø  Trade interests, not diplomacy, will decide the RCEP pact, says Jaishankar
Ø  Over 6 crore EPFO subscribers to get 8.65% interest for 2018-19: Gangwar
Ø  AIAHL to issue bonds worth Rs 15,000 crore in September
Ø  Adani Power arm gets nod to charge Rajasthan discoms higher coal cost
 
Mint

Ø  Oil prices sink 5% as quick Saudi output recovery seen
Ø  IL&FS group firms to sell 494 acres land to pare debt
Ø  Indian equity, hybrid MFs have highest expense ratios in the world: Morningstar
Ø  Saudi oil output to recover in two or three weeks after attack
Ø  Meddo raises $3 million in pre-Series A funding led by SRI Capital

Financial Express
 
Ø  Srei seeks Sebi, RBI nod to buy back NCDs from retail investors
Ø  Icra revises outlook on auto component sector to ‘negative’
Ø  Tata Power arm to exit South African JV Cennergi for $106 million
Ø  $45 billion at stake: Global investors unwinding as Narendra Modi euphoria wanes
 
Deccan Chronicle

Ø  Sensex crashes 642 points as crude oil woes persist
Ø  Investor wealth plummets Rs 2.72 lakh crore in two days of market fall
Ø  Rupee furthers loss by 18 paise as crude worries hurt sentiment
Ø  Emerging economies like India more vulnerable to big oil price moves: Report

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# Tax Audit Update : ICAI submitted representation for extension of due date till 30 November 2019. Please keep on tempo of audits on. It will help you, in any case.

# Pay Membership Fees Online simply with Membership No. and DoB. Members with Individual/Proprietary practice can also claim GST credit.
https://www.icai.org/new_post.html?post_id=15946

# IBBI:  List of provisions for Valuation required under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 vide IBBI/RVO/026/2019 dated 16 September 2019

# Due Date- 20-09-2019 - GSTR-3B for the m/o August 2019

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To boost the automobile sector additional 15% Depreciation will be allowed under Income Tax Act. 2% TDS in case of cash payments more than 1Cr through APMCs.

CBDT has eased the norms for initiating prosecution for various defaults including failure to transfer TDS and TCS to the government, under-reporting of income and non-filing of tax returns. CBDT said that there won’t usually be prosecution if the TDS/TCS not deposited is up to Rs 25 lakh and the delay is of less than 60 days.

Government having detected frauds of close to Rs 50,000 crore, the Centre is looking to tighten processes, including those related to claiming input tax credit (ITC), and will focus on getting states to okay plans to shut down leaks and evasions at this week’s GST Council meeting.

Sebi is planning to set up a new whistle-blower mechanism for auditors and other 'gate-keepers' to report cases. The proposed move assumes significance in the wake of several auditors in the recent past decided to exit from their audit mandate after certain listed companies failed to take remedial actions despite financial wrongdoings having been flagged in their auditors' observations.

Bank strike announced on 26th & 27th September, 28th September is 4th Saturday, 29th is Sunday. 30th half yearly closing. Oct 2 Gandhi Jayanthi holiday.

ICAI Membership/ COP Fees for the year 2019-20 has already become due for payment on 1st April, 2019. The last date for payment is 30th September, 2019.  Non-payment of above fees by last date may result in removal of Membership/COP from 1st October, 2019.

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👉🏻Applicability of ICDS with respect to ITR Forms
(Applicability of ICDS with respect to ITR Forms by CA.Rajiv Jain)
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https://youtu.be/6dJH48MHJ9s

👉🏻SEBI mulls new whistle-blower mechanism to stem Auditor exits
(The proposed move assumes significance in the wake of several auditors in the recent past decided to exit from their audit mandate after certain listed companies failed to take remedial actions)
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http://bit.ly/2kkKhjg

👉🏻Farm bodies exempted from 2% TDS on payments above Rs.1 Cr
(To give relief to the rural economy, the government has exempted agriculture produce marketing committees (APMCs) from the purview of the 2% TDS on payments above Rs.1 Cr)
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http://bit.ly/2mlYai1

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👉RBI allows payment of all recurring bills through Bharat Bill Payment System ( BBPS ).

👉SEBI to move Supreme Court against SAT on Price Waterhouse order .

👉The Income Tax department is warning all holders of PAN to not share their ten-digit alphanumeric PAN publicly on social media.