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Weekly Newsletter - August 21, 2024

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Latest additions to CAalley:

News Update:

Indian News

Budget 2024

International News

Exposure Drafts:

IFSCA Draft

SEBI Drafts

Acts & Regulations:

IBBI Regulations

Reference Section:

CA's Referencer

Legal Updates:

Income Tax

GST

MCA

RBI

SEBI

DGFT

Customs

Central Excise

 


  

News Update:

Indian News:

GST sleuths tracking merchants skipping tax via digital payments

Who needs an income tax clearance to travel overseas? CBDT clarifies

D-Street bull run brings windfall gains for Sebi too

Latest global audit norm adoption on regulators' table to address gaps

RBI move to allow AMC license to IndusInd Bank could open route for para-banking activities by banks

Wealthy Indians' plan to invest abroad via GIFT city hits roadblock

RBI guv Shaktikanta Das ranked as top central banker for 2nd straight year

RBI asks banks to monitor credit-deposit gap to avoid liquidity issues

Sent money to the wrong UPI address? Here's how to get a quick refund

In a setback to BSE, Sebi denies relief on payment of regulatory fee

NFRA imposes ₹10 crore penalty on BSR & Associates, debars two partners

RBI releases framework for financial market self-regulatory organisations

Sebi releases guidelines for market borrowing by Category I, II AIFs

India will need around 1 lakh company secretaries by 2030: Top body

Sebi categories dues worth Rs 76,293 crore as 'difficult to recover'

NPCI launches 'UPI Circle' for secure delegated payments with trusted users

FinMin must identify high risk taxpayers in GST composition scheme: CAG

Customs academy, ICAI join hands for capacity building of GST officers

CBIC asks GST officers to consult board on law interpretation while conducting audit

Check high-value cash transactions at hotels, hospitals: CBDT to I-T Dept

Sebi proposes to introduce liquidity window facility for bond investors

Foreign exchange rules amended: Cross-border share swaps eased by govt

RBI flags breach of regulations by some NBFC-P2P lending platforms

RBI imposes penalties on BoM, Hinduja Leyland Finance, Poonawalla Fincorp

GST evasion: DGGI shoots over 1,000 tax notices ahead of 5 August deadline

RBI might ask banks dealing with UAE to push direct rupee-dirham settlement

Fintechs asked to sign up on financial cyber fraud reporting portal

ED freezes ₹209.08 cr assets in 4,037-cr CPL loan fraud case

SGBs turn costly affair for govt, fail to curb imports

MCA notifies new accounting standard Ind AS 117 on ‘insurance contracts’

RBI proposes risk-based pricing for bank deposit insurance

Fitch Ratings: Indian Banks Have Sufficient Buffers for IFRS 9 Transition

MCA launches probe into Snapdeal operator

HC sets aside assessment proceeding against NRI over faceless issue

 

Budget 2024:

The Finance Act, 2024

 

International News:

SEC approves tougher rules around auditor 'negligence'

Can PwC recover from it's latest audit failure fine?

PCAOB Defends New Quality Control Standard Amidst Opposition by Auditors, Businesses

PCAOB ramps up enforcement against auditors

PwC loses major client Bank of China amid regulatory probe

BDO sinks to bottom of US audit quality league table

PCAOB sees audit deficiencies level off at largest firms, but problems remain


Exposure Drafts:

IFSCA Draft:

Consultation paper on the Proposed IFSCA (Informal Guidance) Scheme, 2024
[Last date for Comments: September 10, 2024] 
  

 

SEBI Drafts:

Consultation Paper on Faster Rights Issue with flexibility of allotment to Selective Investor(s)
[Last date for Comments: September 10, 2024] 

Consultation paper on streamlining disclosure in respect of appointment of Debenture Trustee (DT) in the offer document
[Last date for Comments: September 6, 2024] 

Consultation paper on expanding the scope of Sustainable Finance framework in the Indian securities market
[Last date for Comments: September 6, 2024] 

Consultation paper on measures towards Ease of Doing Business and streamlining compliance requirements for Non-Convertible securities – review of LODR Regulations
[Last date for Comments: September 6, 2024] 

Introduction of Liquidity Window facility for investors in debt securities through Stock Exchange mechanism
[Last date for Comments: September 6, 2024] 


Acts & Regulations:

IBBI Regulations:

IBBI (Information Utilities) Regulations, 2017 (Amended upto 13.08.2024)

IBBI (Inspection and Investigation) Regulations, 2017 (amended upto 13.08.2024)


Reference Section:

CA's Referencer:

Background Material on GST Demands & Appellate Remedies [Issued by ICAI - November 2023]

Handbook of GST Law & Procedures  [For Departmental Officers]


Legal Updates:

Income Tax:

CBDT issues clarification in respect of Income-tax clearance certificate (ITCC) [Press Release]

CBDT Central Action Plan 2024-2025 [For Department Use]

  

GST:

Applying para 2(g) of Instruction No. 01/2023-24-GST (Inv.) dt. 30-3-2024 in Audit [Instruction No.3]

  

MCA:

The Companies (Indian Accounting Standard) Amendment Rules, 2024 - Introduction of Ind AS 117 "Insurance Contracts"

The NFRA appointment of part-time members (Amendment) Rules, 2024

Appointment of chairperson and members of IEPF

  

RBI:

Review of Master Direction - Non-Banking Financial Company – Peer to Peer Lending Platform (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2017

  

SEBI:

Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framework (CSCRF) for SEBI Regulated Entities (REs)

Modalities for migration of Venture Capital Funds registered under erstwhile SEBI (Venture Capital Funds) Regulations, 1996 to SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012

Guidelines for borrowing by Category I and Category II AIFs and maximum permissible limit for extension of tenure by LVFs

  

DGFT:

Export of Non-Basmati White Rice under ITC(HS) code 10063090 to Malaysia through National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL) [Notification No.24]

Launch of Revamped Non-Preferential Certificate of Origin (eCoO) 2.0 System [Trade Notice No.13]

Amendment in Export Policy of De-Oiled Rice Bran [Notification No.23]

Amendment in the Para 10.06 of Handbook of Procedure 2023 [Public Notice No.17]

  

Customs:

Use of ICETABs for efficient examination and clearance process [Circular No.10]

Fixation of Tariff Value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver [Notification No.54(NT)]

  

Central Excise:

Seeks to amend No. 18/2022-Central Excise, dated the 19th July, 2022 to reduce the Special Additional Excise Duty on production of Petroleum Crude [Notification No.20]


  

  

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