Income Tax refund without matching TDS upto 3 lakh -Fy 2009-10

As per new rule of Income tax ,Tds claimed in the income tax return must be matched with data uploaded by the Deductor and data posted in form 26AS(Pan ledger) .Due to these instruction ,many refund orders are pending without any fault of assessee. Moreover Income tax rule has not empower deductee to enforce deductor to file revised return or upload the original return so that mismatching can be removed .So department has issued a Internal Instruction to their officer to settle the small cases of refunds without matching the 100% tds details. New rules are reproduced hereunder.
Processing of returns of Assessment Year 2009-10 – Steps to clear backlog
Instruction No. 5/2010 [F.No.225/25/2010-ITA-II], dated 21-7-2010
The issue of processing of returns for Asst. year 2009-10 and giving credit for TDS has been considered by the Board. In order to clear the backlog of returns, the following decisions have been taken:
(i) In all the returns filed in ITR-1 and ITR-2, for the Asst. Year 2009-10, where the aggregate TDS claim does not exceed Rs. Three lakh (3 lacs) and where the refund computed does not exceed Rs. 25,000; the TDS claim of the tax payer shall be accepted at the time of processing of the return.

(ii) In all the returns filed in forms other than ITR-1 and ITR -2, for the Asst. Year 2009-10, where the aggregate TDS claim does not exceed Rs. Three lakh (3 lacs) and the refund computed does not exceed Rs. 25,000 and there is 10% matching of TDS amount claimed, the TDS claim shall be accepted at the time of processing of the return.
(iii) In all remaining cases, TDS credit shall be given after due verification

CBDT AMENDS RULES RELATING TO TDS

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) have amended the Rules relating to TDS provisions date and mode of payment of tax deducted at source (TDS), TDS certificate and filing of ‘statement of TDS’ (TDS return) vide Notification No.41/2010; SO No.1261(E) dated 31.05.2010.

The amended rules will apply only in respect of tax deducted on or after 1st day of April 2010.

Forms for TDS certificate have been revised to include the receipt number of the TDS return filed by the deductor. Now the Tax-deduction Account Number (TAN) of the deductor, Permanent Account Number (PAN) of the deductee, and Receipt number of TDS return filed by the deductor will form the unique identification for allowing tax credit claimed by the taxpayer in his income-tax return.

Government Authorities (Pay and Accounts Officer or Treasury Officer or Cheque Drawing and Disbursing Officer) responsible for crediting tax deducted at source to the credit of the Central Government by book-entry are now required to electronically file a monthly statement in a new Form No. 24G containing details of credit of TDS to the agency authorised by the Director General of Income-tax (Systems).

Due date for furnishing TDS return for the last quarter of the financial year has been modified to 15th May (from earlier 15th June). The revised due dates for furnishing TDS return are

Sl.No.	Date of ending of the quarter of the f.y.	Due date
1.	30th June	15th July of the financial year
2.	30th September	15th October of the financial year
3.	31st December	15th January of the financial year
4.	31st March	15th May of the financial year Immediately following the financial year in which deduction is made

Due date for furnishing TDS certificate to the employee or deductee or payee is revised as under

Sl.No.	Category	Periodicity of furnishing TDS certificate	Due date
1.	Salary (Form No.16)	Annual	By 31st day of May of the financial year immediately following the financial year in which the income was paid and tax deducted
2.	Non-Salary (Form No.16A)	Quarterly	Within fifteen days from the due date for furnishing the ‘statement of TDS’

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Company Law Settlement Scheme, 2010

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has come out again with the much awaited Company Law Settlement Scheme in exercise of its powers under Section 611(2) and 637B (b) of the Companies Act, 1956 “Company Law Settlement Scheme, 2010.

Under the scheme an opportunity is given to the defaulting companies to make their default good by filing belated documents and to become regular compliant in future.

Reliefs provided in scheme are:

1. Condoning the delay in filing documents with the Registrar.
2. Granting immunity from prosecution and
3. Charging additional fee of 25 percent of actual additional fee payable for filing belated documents under the Companies Act,1956 and the rules made there under.

Defaulting company shall mean a company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 and a foreign company falling under section 591 of the Act, which has made a default in filing of documents on the due date(s) specified under the Companies Act, 1956 and rules made there under;

The scheme is valid from 30th May, 2010 to 31st August, 2010.

The Scheme shall not apply to following:

1. Filing of documents for incorporation or establishment of place of business in India
2. Where specific order for condonation of delay or prior approval under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 is to be obtained from the Company Law Board or the Central Government or Court or any other Competent Authority is required.
3. Companies against which action under sub-section (5) of section 560 of the Act has been initiated by the Registrar of Companies
4. Any defaulting private company or public company which has not increased its paid capital up to the threshold limit of rupees one lakh and rupees five lakh respectively as provided in sub section (3) and (4) of section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956.

How the Scheme will function

• The defaulting company shall pay statutory filing fees as prescribed under the Companies Act and rules made there under along with an additional fee of 25 percent of the actual additional fee standardized under sub-section (2) of Section 611 of the companies Act, 1956,payable on the date of filing of each belated document;

• The application for seeking immunity in respect of belated documents shall be made electronically in the Prescribed Form.

Delhi High Court grant the stay on service tax on renting of immovable property

The Hon’ble Delhi High Court in the aforesaid Writ Petition filed by Home Solutions Retail Ltd. has granted a stay from recovery of Service tax under the newly amended taxing entry of “Renting of Immovable Property service”, which amendment was made retrospective w.e.f. 01.06.2007 by the Finance Act, 2010.

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Conditions of listing for issuers seeking listing on SME Exchange

In recognition of the need for making finance available to small and medium enterprises, SEBI has decided to encourage promotion of dedicated exchanges and/or dedicated platforms of the exchanges for listing and trading of securities issued by Small and Medium Enterprises (“SME”). Consequently, SEBI amended SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009 (“SEBI (ICDR) Regulations”) by inserting a Chapter XA on “Issue of specified securities by small and medium enterprises”, through notification dated April 13, 2010. In continuation of the same and to facilitate listing of specified securities in the SME exchange, “Model Equity Listing Agreement” to be executed between the issuer and the Stock Exchange, to list/migrate the specified securities on SME Exchange, is specified through this circular.

1. The full text of “Model Equity Listing Agreement – for SME Exchange” is given at Annexure A. This agreement shall be executed for listing of specified securities issued or migrated on SME exchange, in terms of Chapter XA of the SEBI (ICDR) Regulations.

1. Certain relaxations are provided to the issuers whose securities are listed on SME exchange in comparison to the listing requirements in Main Board, which inter-alia include the following:

a. Companies listed on the SME exchange may send to their shareholders, a statement containing the salient features of all the documents, as prescribed in sub-clause (iv) of clause (b) of proviso to section 219 of the Companies Act, 1956, instead of sending a full Annual Report;

b. Periodical financial results may be submitted on “half yearly basis”, instead of “quarterly basis” and

c. SMEs need not publish their financial results, as required in the Main Board and can make it available on their website.

1. The above listing conditions are specified in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 11 read with Section 11A of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992.
2. The Model SME Equity Listing agreement specified in the „Annexure A‟ shall come into force with immediate effect. 6. All Stock Exchanges are advised to:

(i) execute the Listing Agreement with the issuing companies in line with the Model Listing agreement specified in the Annexure, without limiting or diluting any of the requirements thereof;

(ii) make necessary and consequential amendments, if any , to their bye-laws for the implementation of the above decision;

(iii) disseminate the same on their website for easy access to the Issuers and investors; and

(iv) communicate to SEBI, the status of the implementation of the provisions of this circular in the Monthly Development Report.

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