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INCOME TAX |
 | Eligibility for claiming capital gains exemption 19/08/2008 |
| No TDS for use of franchisee infrastructure facilities 19/08/2008 |
| Liability to pay interest on advance tax 19/08/2008 |
| Practical aspects of withholding tax 18/08/2008 |
| Tribunal ruling to help cos save tax on share sale 18/08/2008 |
| TDS rate for players raised to 10 per cent 18/08/2008 |
INTERNATIONAL TAXATION |
| Foreign firms engaged in offshore Indian projects not taxable: ITAT 18/08/2008 |
Misc. - Direct Tax |
| Ministry sees scope for higher direct taxes share in overall tax kitty 21/08/2008 |
| Advance tax growth slows 20/08/2008 |
| Revenue dept tells FIPB to reject telecom FDI from tax havens 19/08/2008 |
| 12% rise in I-T returns, e-filing a runway success 19/08/2008 |
| IDRs to attract securities transaction tax 18/08/2008 |
SERVICE TAX |
| ONGC to reimburse service tax dues to shipping cos 21/08/2008 |
| Services spilling out of SEZs may get tax sops 21/08/2008 |
| SC’s blanket stay on retailers service tax cases in HCs 19/08/2008 |
| Taxability of imports of services 18/08/2008 |
Misc. - Indirect Tax |
| Government may refund export duty on iron ore to NMDC 19/08/2008 |
| Circular should give way to notification: SC 18/08/2008 |
| Ministry for refund of unremitted state taxes 18/08/2008 |
SEBI |
| Cap on single holding in Stock Exchanges may treble to 15% 20/08/2008 |
| Boost for PIPE deals as Sebi amends QIP guidelines 19/08/2008 |
| Sebi eases disclosure norms for debt issues 19/08/2008 |
| `Institutions will have to pay 100% for IPOs soon` 18/08/2008 |
COMPANY LAW |
| ‘Mismanagement charge can stick from acts of subsidiary cos’ 21/08/2008 |
EPF AND MISC PROVISIONS ACT, 1952 |
| HSBC, ICICI Pru may be lead PF caretakers 21/08/2008 |
| CVC to look into EPFO’s fund manager choice 21/08/2008 |
RBI |
| NRIs, FIIs not eligible to trade in currency futures 21/08/2008 |
| RBI hops between spot, forward for a stable Re 20/08/2008 |
| RBI must step up inflation fight: finance ministry 20/08/2008 |
| RBI to review foreign banks roadmap in 2009 20/08/2008 |
IRDA |
| RDA to frame benchmarks for valuing insurance firms 18/08/2008 |
Banking Regulation |
| Bankers agree, current scenario offers room for introspection 21/08/2008 |
Misc. Corporate Laws & Policies |
| New policy ignores life-cycle cost factor for defence deals 21/08/2008 |
| FDI cap in DTH may rise to 74% 21/08/2008 |
| Investment panel for discom power to govt 21/08/2008 |
| New policy to spin copters into growth trajectory 21/08/2008 |
| You can soon pick your best STD plan 20/08/2008 |
| Big cars may come with a bigger price tag soon 19/08/2008 |
| Centre weighs special drug stores for poor 19/08/2008 |
| New fertiliser policy will attract investment by private sector: Crisil 19/08/2008 |
Audit & Acc - Misc. |
| IFRS calls for decisive shifts in strategic management 21/08/2008 |
| Accounting for customer loyalty schemes 21/08/2008 |
| CII’s guide to IFRS convergence 18/08/2008 |
| Transition to IFRS - PPE 18/08/2008 |
Finance & Money Markets |
| Currency futures on NSE from Aug 29 21/08/2008 |
| Fund houses may soon get to sell insurance cover 21/08/2008 |
| Banks want higher interest rate subsidy on crop loans 21/08/2008 |
| Raise automatic ECB limit: NTPC to govt 20/08/2008 |
| Fund managers list didn’t have finmin nod 20/08/2008 |
| Microfinance must embrace the free market 20/08/2008 |
| Lens on treaty shoppers 20/08/2008 |
| MFs reduce exposure to low-grade corporate debt 19/08/2008 |
| ICICI sells $275-million risky papers overseas 19/08/2008 |
| Is not interim dividend a more investor-friendly option? 18/08/2008 |
| Endgame for commodity boom 18/08/2008 |
| Govt mulls expansion of collateral facility for FIIs 18/08/2008 |
| Govt to review portfolio investment policy 18/08/2008 |
| Govt to put rider on states for transport project funds 18/08/2008 |
| Should curbs on PNs be relaxed? 18/08/2008 |
CORPORATE WATCH |
| ONGC Videsh gets ok for Imperial Energy bid 21/08/2008 |
| Idea slots Rs 800 cr for Mumbai 21/08/2008 |
| RIL mulling JV with Petrobras 21/08/2008 |
| LIC beefs up its investment role 21/08/2008 |
| Tata Motors reworks JLR funding 21/08/2008 |
| Ansal, Raheja plan specialised SEZs 21/08/2008 |
| Hindujas want to fast-track Marriott case 21/08/2008 |
| Kirloskar set to buy Germany`s LDW 20/08/2008 |
| ITC Info buys US firm for Rs 105 cr 20/08/2008 |
| Toyoda Machine to make India manufacturing hub 20/08/2008 |
| It’s curtains: Balaji, Star to go separate ways 20/08/2008 |
| General Atlantic to buy 20% in Wockhardt Hospitals 20/08/2008 |
| Opto Circuits buys Criticare of US for $70 mn 20/08/2008 |
| NMDC in joint venture with Rio Tinto for iron ore mining 19/08/2008 |
| GAIL may take over gas marketing from ONGC 19/08/2008 |
| TCS may beat IBM to buy Citigroup BPO 19/08/2008 |
| Mahindra buys 51% in Chinese tractor co 19/08/2008 |
| IIFCL to raise $1.2 billion from foreign lenders 18/08/2008 |
| PNB to join credit card bandwagon 18/08/2008 |
| NMCE to enter currency futures trading, to rope in PSBs as co-promoters 18/08/2008 |
| Rel Big, Soros deal stuck over valuation |