March - 2015
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March - 2015
` 5/- The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (Set up by an Act of Parliament) per copy Vol. XXI | Part I | March - 2015 HUBLI BRANCH OF SIRC From the Chairman’s desk at all India Level for the first time since the inception of Hubli Branch of SICASA in 1995. We heartily congratulate the newly elected President of ICAI CA Manoj Fadnis and Vice President CA M. Devaraj Reddy. We also heartily congratulate our newly elected team of SIRC headed by CA P.R. Aruloli Chairman and CA E. Palguna Kumar Secretary for the year 2015-16. With the feedback of the Managing Committee an Action Plan of Hubli Branch for the year 2015-16 is being prepared in line with the Action Plan of our Beloved President CA Manoj Fadnis. The agenda for the year is set and focused, to provide value added knowledge to our members and students. Dear Esteemed members It is a great privilege and pride movement to take over as the 30th Chairman of this Vibrant Branch. I thank the members of the managing committee for reposing the confidence in me. I also take this opportunity to thank all the Past Chairmen and members in profession for giving me this opportunity to serve the Branch and the Profession at large. I along with my managing committee members dedicate ourselves to the best of our ability, so at to take the branch to reach further heights. On the occasion I seek the guidance, support and well wishes of the entire galaxy of past Chairmen who have rendered their services relentlessly and persistently in achieving the laurels to this vibrant branch. I also seek the support and co-operation from all the senior members and my professionals colleagues to attain greater heights in the coming year thorough your active participation in the activities of the branch. The entire Managing Committee congratulate CA Hiteshkumar Modi Chairman for his effort in serving the branch and bagging the BEST BRANCH Award at All India Level for the year 2014. We also congratulate CA R. R. Joshi Chairman SICASA for bagging the Best Branch of Students Association Certificate of Appreciation I had the opportunity to meet the newly elected President, Vice President, Regional and Central Council Members on the occasion of Chairmen Meet at Chennai. We have discussed various issues and programmes of Hubli Branch. For the Month of March a host of programmes have been lined up. On the recently presented Union Finance Budget, we are conducting “Clause by Clause Analysis of Budget - 2015”. The budget proposals have made us to think in a different vision and opportunity. Lots of activity are going to happen at the central level and mark the beginning of MAKE IN INDIA PROJECT. We have planned to host this programme in association with other trade organization for the benefit of businessmen and society at large. Branch Bank Audit are likely to be announced in the first week and we have to gear up for the same. In this regard Hubli Branch is holding one day seminar on Branch Bank Audit. CA K. Sripriya Regional Council Member, Chennai have consented to address our members on the Bank Audit. We are also having a session on Practical hands on CAAT Tools also. Members are request to attend in large and take full benefit. The Certificate Course on Co-operative and NOP is schedule to commence on 23th May 2015, The registration process in on and limited seats are available. We request you all to get requested at the earliest and be benefited from this course. Govt. notifies new list of agricultural commodities which aren't "taxable commodities transactions" COMMODITIES TRANSACTION TAX (FIRST AMENDMENT) RULES, 2015 AMENDMENT IN RULE 3 NOTIFICATION NO.13/2015 [F.NO. 142/09/2013-TPL]/SO 424(E), DATED 10-2-2015 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 133 of the Finance Act, 2013 (17 of 2013) (herein after referred to as the Act), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to amend the Commodities Transaction Tax Rules, 2013, namely:1. 2. We are also planning to conduct 2nd Batch of Certificate Course on Concurrent Audit of Banks and Post Qualification Course on Information Systems Audit (ISA). Interested members may please enroll their names with the Branch. Regarding the Infrastructure development, the process of furnishing the Interiors of Auditorium is taken up on priority basis and be completed at the earliest. I and on behalf of Managing Committee members wish all the members and their family a HAPPY COLORFULL HOLI F E S T I VA L a n d a H A P P Y U G A D I , beginning of Hindu New Year. The success of every event lies with the active involved participation and cooperation of every member. Hence we seek your whole hearted support, guidance and participation in all the events which will strengthen the brand image of Hubli Branch and keep our Institute Flag flying High. With Kind Regards Yours professionally, CA PRAKASH R KADUR Chairman 02 3. (l) These rules may be called the Commodities Transaction Tax (First Amendment) Rules, 2015. (II) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. In the Commodities Transaction Tax Rules, 2013, for rule 3, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:Agricultural commodities.- For the purposes of clause (7) of section 116 of the Act, the agricultural commodities shall be the following, namely:(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) (xi) (xii) (xiii) (xiv) (xv) (xvi) (xvii) (xviii) (xix) (xx) (xxi) (xxii) (xxiii) (xxiv) (xxv) (xxvi) (xxvii) (xxviii) (xxix) (xxx) (xxxi) (xxxii) Almond Barley Cardamom Castor Seed Channa/Gram Copra Coriander/Dhaniya Cotton Guar Seed Isabgul Seed Jeera (Cumin Seed) Kapas Maize Feed/Maize Pepper Potato Rapeseed/Mustard Seed Raw Jute Red Chilli/Chillies Soya bean/seed Soymeal Turmeric Wheat Aniseed Arhar Chuni Bajra Betelnuts Celeryseed Chara or Berseem (Including Chara seed or Berseem seed) Cinnamon Cloves Cotton pods Cotton seed (xxxiii) (xxxiv) (xxxv) (xxxvi) (xxxvii) (xxxviii) (xxxix) (xl) (xli) (xlii) (xliii) (xliv) (xlv) (xlvi) (xlvii) (xlviii) (xlix) (l) (li) (lii) (liii) (liv) (lv) (lvi) (lvii) (lviii) (lix) (lx) (lxi) Ginger Gram Dal Gram Husk (Gram Chilka) Groundnut Jowar Kulthi Lakh (Khesari) Linseed Masur Methi Moth Mung Mung Chuni Mung Dal Nutmeg Onion Peas Ragi Rice Bran Rice or Paddy Safflower Seedlac Sesamum (Til or Jiljilli) Small Millets (KodanKulti, Kodra, Korra, Vargu, Sawan, Rala, Kakun, Samai, Vari and Banti) Sunflower seed Tur (Arhar) Tur Dal (Arhar dal) Urad (Mash) Urad Dal Highlights Of UNION FINANCE BUDGET 2015 INCOME TAX • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • No change in rate of personal income tax. Reduce corporate tax from 30% to 25% over the next four years, starting from next financial year. Rationalisation and removal of various tax exemptions and incentives to reduce tax disputes and improve administration. Generation of black money and its concealment to be dealt with effectively and forcefully Acceptance or re-payment of an advance of `20,000 or more in cash for purchase of immovable property to be prohibited. PAN being made mandatory for any purchase or sale exceeding Rupees 1 lakh. Rate of Income-tax on royalty and fees for technical services reduced from 25% to 10% to facilitate technology inflow. Balance of 50% of additional depreciation @ 20% for new plant and machinery installed and used for less than six months by a manufacturing unit or a unit engaged in generation and distribution of power is to be allowed immediately in the next year. Wealth-tax replaced with additional surcharge of 2 per cent on super rich with a taxable income of over `1 crore annually. Monetary limit for a case to be heard by a single member bench of ITAT increase from `5 lakh to `15 lakh. Domestic transfer pricing threshold limit increased from `5 crore to `20 crore Donation made to National Fund for Control of Drug Abuse (NFCDA) to be eligible for 100% deduction u/s 80G of Income-tax Act. 100% deduction for contributions, other than by way of CSR contribution, to Swachh Bharat Kosh and Clean Ganga Fund. Seized cash can be adjusted towards assessees tax liability. Limit of deduction of health insurance premium increased from `15,000 to `25000, for senior citizens limit increased from `20,000 to `30,000. Senior citizens above the age of 80 years, who are not covered by health insurance, to be allowed deduction of Rs. 30,000 towards medical expenditures. Deduction limit of `60,000 with respect to specified decease of serious nature enhanced to `80,000 in case of • • • • • • • senior citizen. Additional deduction of `25,000 allowed for differently abled persons. Limit on deduction on account of contribution to a pension fund and the new pension scheme increased from `1 lakh to `1.5 lakh. Additional deduction of Rs. 50,000 for contribution to the new pension scheme u/s 80CCD. Payments to the beneficiaries including interest payment on deposit in Sukanya Samriddhi scheme to be fully exempt. Yoga to be included within the ambit of charitable purpose under Section 2(15) of the Income-tax Act. To mitigate the problem being faced by many genuine charitable institutions, it is proposed Modify the ceiling on receipts from activities in the nature of trade, commerce or business to 20% of the total receipts from the existing ceiling of `25 lakh. SERVICE TAX • • • • • • • • • • Service-tax plus education cesses increased from 12.36% to 14% to facilitate transition to GST. Central excise/Service tax assesses to be allowed to use digitally signed invoices and maintain record electronically. Time limit for taking CENVAT credit on inputs and input services increased from 6 months to 1 year. Services by common affluent treatment plant exempt from Service-tax. Service-tax exemption on Varishtha Bima Yojana. Service Tax Exemption on All ambulance services provided to patients Service Tax Exemption on Admission to museum, zoo, national park, wild life sanctuary and tiger reserve Service Tax exemption extended to certain pre cold storage services in relation to fruits and vegetables so as to incentivise value addition in crucial sector. Negative List under service-tax is being slightly pruned to widen the tax base. Service-tax to be levied on service provided by way of access to amusement facility, entertainment events or concerts, pageants, non recognised sporting events etc. 03 EXCISE DUTY • • • • • • • • • • Education cess and the Secondary and Higher education cess to be subsumed in Central Excise Duty. Excise levy on cigarettes and the compounded levy scheme applicable to pan masala, gutkha and other tobacco products also changed. Excise duty on footwear with leather uppers and having retail price of more than `1,000 per pair reduced to 6%. Online central excise and service tax registration to be done in two working days. Excise duty on sacks and bags of polymers of ethylene other than for industrial use increased from 12% to 15%. Excise duty exemption for captively consumed intermediate compound coming into existence during the manufacture of agarbathi. Basic Custom duty on certain inputs, raw materials, inter mediates and components in 22 items, reduced to minimise the impact of duty inversion. All goods, except populated printed circuit boards for use in manufacture of ITA bound items, exempted from SAD. SAD reduced on import of certain inputs and raw materials. Excise duty on chassis for ambulance reduced from 24% to 12.5%. • • • • • • • • OTHERS • • • • • Sovereign Gold Bond, as an alternative to purchasing metal gold scheme to be developed General Anti Avoidance Rule (GAAR) to be deferred by two years. GAAR to apply to investments made on or after 01.04.2017, when implemented Commence work on developing an Indian gold coin, which will carry the Ashok Chakra on its face. IIT to be set up in Karnataka Micro Units Development Refinance Agency (MUDRA) • • Bank, with a corpus of `20,000 crores, and credit guarantee corpus of `3,000 crores to be created. MUDRA Bank will be responsible for refinancing all Microfinance Institutions which are in the business of lending to such small entities of business through a PradhanMantri Mudra Yojana. A Trade Receivables discounting System (TReDS) which will be an electronic platformfor facilitating financing of trade receivables of MSMEs to be established. Comprehensive Bankruptcy Code of global standards to be brought in fiscal 2015-16 towards ease of doing business. Postal network with 1,54,000 points of presence spread across villages to be used for increasing access of the people to the formal financial system. NBFCs registered with RBI and having asset size of `500 crore and above may be considered for notifications as 'Financial Institution' in terms of the SARFAESI Act, 2002. Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojna to cover accidental death risk of `2 Lakh for a premium of just `12 per year. Atal Pension Yojana to provide a defined pension, depending on the contribution and the period of contribution. Government to contribute 50% of the beneficiaries' premium limited to `1,000 each year, for five years, in the new accounts opened before 31st December 2015. Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana to cover both natural and accidental death risk of Rs.2 lakh at premium of ` 330 per year for the age group of 18-50. A new scheme for providing Physical Aids and Assisted Living Devices for senior citizens, living below the poverty line. Unclaimed deposits of about `3,000 crores in the PPF, and approximately `6,000 crores in the EPF corpus. The amounts to be appropriated to a corpus, which will be used to subsidize the premiums on these social security schemes through creation of a Senior Citizen Welfare Fund in the Finance Bill. Congratulations 04 CA.K.S.Chetty, CA.Suresh Chenni, Past Chairman of Hubli Branch of SIRC for being nominated as ViceChairman of The Merchant Urban Cooperative Bank Ltd, Gadag for the year 2015-2020 Past Chairman of Hubli Branch of SIRC for being elected as Director of The Laxmi Urban Co-operative Credit Bank . Gajendragad for the year 2015-2020 MANAGING COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THE YEAR 2015-2016 We are happy to inform you that in the Managing Committee Meeting held on 19th February, 2015 the following members have been elected as officer bearers of hubli branch of SIRC of ICAI for the year 2015-2016. CA. KADUR PRAKASH RUDRAPPA CHAIRMAN Chartered Accountant, 2nd Floor, R,No-2,Corporation Bldg Broadway.HUBLI-580 020. Ph : 0836:2264656, Cell:9449644393, E Mail ID : [email protected] CA. SHIVAKUMAR G. GURULINGADEVARMATH VICE-CHAIRMAN & CHAIRMAN SICASA Chartered Accountant, #Sd IInd Floor, Shreyas Apartments, Plot No 35, Vidyanagar. HUBLI-580021 Ph: 0836-2376438, Cell:9448344077, 9449763533, E Mail ID : [email protected] CA. KHATAVKAR NANDRAJ SECRETARY Chartered Accountant, Divate Complex, Club Road, HUBLI-580 029. Ph : 0836: 2258841, Cell No. 94488 37388, E Mail ID : [email protected], [email protected] CA. JOSHI RAGHAVENDRA TREASURER M/s R.R.Joshi & Associates, Chartered Accountants, Vikram Building, K.C.Road Extn., GADAG-582 101 Ph: 08372-278880, Cell: 98803 00881, 93436 49882, E Mail ID: [email protected], [email protected] CA. MADHUSUDAN D. PISE MEMBER Chartered Accountant, “Ashirwad” Sonali Building, 1st Cross Mahindrakar Chawl, K C Park Road, DHARWAD-580 001. Ph : 0836-2447663, Cell: 94488 21589, Email Id : [email protected], [email protected] CA. HITESH KUMAR MODI MEMBER Chartered Accountant, No-T2, R.R.Mahalaxmi Mansion, Above Indusind Bank, Pinto Road, Desai Cross. HUBLI-580 029. Ph : 0836-2213526, Cell:9448473525 Email Id : [email protected] CA NITHIN M EX OFFICIO MEMBER Chartered Accountant, No. 163, Second Floor, Rajeshwari Complex, Above Karnataka Bank Limited, Near Minerva Circle, R V Road, BENGALURU - 560004 Ph : 080-2657 7870, Cell: 9945682356, E Mail ID : [email protected] 05 Congratulation to Newly elected President & Vice-President of ICAI, New Delhi CA. Manoj Fadnis President CA.Devaraja Reddy Vice-President PROGRAM FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2015 CENTRAL BUDGET ANALYSIS AND ENABLING MAKE IN INDIA PROJECT Jointly with Karnataka Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Hubli and NKSSIA, Hubli Day and Date : Wednesday 11th March 2015 Time : 5.00 pm to 8.00 pm Venue : ICAI Bhavan, Hubli Chief Guest : Sri.Vijay Sankeshwar, Chairman, VRL Ltd, Hubli 3 HRS CPE CREDIT Guest of Honor : Sri.Aravind Bellad, MLA, Dharwad Subjects : Enabling Make in India Project Clause by Clause Budget Analysis Speaker : CA. Yagnesh M. Desai, FCA, Mumbai Coordinators : CA.Gajanan Neelakari, Past Chairman, Hubli Branch of SIRC CA.Chandan Pai, FCA, Hubli SEMINAR ON BANK AUDIT INAUGURAL SESSION Day and Date Time Venue Chief Guest : : : : 6 HRS CPE CREDIT Saturday, 14th March y 2015 8.30 am ( Registration and Breakfast) ICAI Bhavan, Hubli TECHNICAL SESSIONS Session-I "Bank Audit - Important perspectives” CA T R Chandrasekharan FCA, Chennai Session-II Using excel in bank audits and documentation CA.Sripriya.K, SIRC Member, Bangalore Session-III Practical Hands on Data Analysis using CAAT Tools Sri.Sanjay Vaidya , Finance Executive, Sankalp Semi Conductor PVT LTD, Hubli Open House for above subjects Delegation fees • Rs. 750/- for Members 06 • Rs. 1000/- Non Members • No delegation fees for Annual Subscriber-2015 Congratulation to Newly elected Chairman & Secretary of SIRC of ICAI, Chennai CA.P.R.Arulili Chairman CA.E.Phalguna Kumar Secretary Cont..previous issue Not Just fine, evading tax could soon invite jail term “The SIT recommends that a ceiling be imposed on the maximumcash/currencythat an individual/entity is allowed to possess at aparticular point of time. SIT has recommended Rs 15 lakh as thepermissible limit, however, even a higher threshold may be fixed. Thegovernment should examine this issue and come up with suitable legalframework to implement this recommendation," it added.To curb creation of bogus bills, a major tool for evasion of tax, the SIT said,"One important step which can be taken to curb this menace is to makedeclaring PAN number mandatory for all sales where payment is in cash orthrough bank, above the value of Rs 1 lakh. The purchaser would also beunder obligation to ensure that the invoices he gets have the PAN numberof the seller."Sale and purchase of goods by cash was rampant at present, whichundoubtedly utilized/generated unaccounted money in society, the SITsaid and recommended appropriate amendment in income tax rules."By such amendment, purchaser is required to disclose his identity by PANnumber or UID (Aadhaar card) or any other centrally recognizeddocument of identity. It is the firm belief of the SIT that furnishing of PANin the aforementioned fashion will facilitate the traceability of suchindividuals/entities which raise such bogus/fake bills," the SIT said. The SIT also recommended that the government set up a dedicated unitalong the lines of Trade Transparency Unit set up by the US to examinemismatch between India's export/import data with import/export data ofother countries. Implementation of such a measure would ensure that thegovernment has a fair idea of the quantum of black money that is beingsiphoned off outside the physical boundaries of the country through misinvoicing of imports and exports through trade based money laundering, itsaid. STATUTORY COMPLIANCE FOR MARCH 2015 DATES COMPLIANCE 6th March 2015 - E-payment of Service Tax and Central Excise Duty 7th March 2015 - Deposit of TDS deducted for the Month of Feb -15 15th March 2015 - Payment of Final Instalment of Advance Tax for the Financial year 2014-15 - Deposit of PF Contribution and filing of Returns 20th March 2015 - Payment of Net VAT Tax and Filing of Monthly VAT Returns - Payment of Employee Profession Tax and Filing of Return Under KPTC Act 21st March 2015 - Deposit of ESIC Contribution and filing of Returns. 31st March 2015 - E-payment of Service Tax and Central Excise Duty - Filing of Revised Return of Income for the F.Y. 2012-13 - Last date for filing Belated Return for the A.Y. 2013-14 OBITUARY HUBLI BRANCH OF SIRC MOURNS THE SAD DEMISE OF OUR SENIOR MEMBER CA. M.B.KADKOL ON 14.02.2015. MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE 07 Photo Feature Note : "The Branch does not accept any responsibility for views expressed or contributions published in this News Letter." 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