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Weekly Newsletter - October 9, 2024

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Latest additions to CAalley:

News Update:

Indian News

International News

Exposure Draft:

IFSCA Draft

RBI Draft

SEBI Drafts

Useful Forms:

ITR eFiling Utilities

From the ICAI:

ICAI Publications

CA's Referencer:

NFRA Circular

Legal Updates:

GST

MCA

IFSCA

SEBI

RBI

DGFT

Customs

 


  

News Update:

Indian News:

Man declares income of Rs 9.6k, pays tax on Rs 43.5L after US earnings added

SEBI issues show cause notices to over 120 stockbrokers for continued association with algo platform Tradetron: Report

Sebi proposes new rules for sharing for financial market data for research and analysis

Banks, NBFCs not permitted to levy foreclosure charges or pre-penalty on loans to micro and small enterprises: RBI

Growth at any cost approach of some NBFCs would be counterproductive: Das

Beneficiary account name look-up facility for RTGS, NEFT transactions soon; how it will reduce wrong money transfers

RBI MPC meet: UPI Lite per transaction limit hiked to Rs 1,000; UPI Lite wallet limit hiked to Rs 5,000

RBI MPC changes stance to neutral; keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5%

NFRA aims to adopt best global accounting, auditing standards: Chairman

Sebi specifies checks for AIFs to curb circumvention and ever-greening

Beware of recruitment fraud! Why Infosys is discontinuing issuing job offer letters to new recruits through emails

Consumers can port their health insurance midway: Here is what they must do

India reduces arbitration time for foreign investors in UAE agreement

Sebi extends timeline for social enterprises to submit annual disclosures

Tax dept invites public inputs for I-T Act review to simplify provisions

RBI instructs banks to stop making aggressive bets against rupee: Report

India eases certain conditions for UAE in bilateral investment treaty: GTRI

India-UAE investment treaty implemented from Aug 31, 2024: FM Sitharaman

SFBs knock RBI door as credit-deposit ratio go over 90%

MTNL defaults on repayment of Rs 326cr, SBI declares it NPA

Govt extends term of RBI deputy governor Rao for another one year

CBIC orders immediate de-mapping of retired, transferred officers from GST portal

RBI says banks' group entities cannot be used to circumvent norms

SC lays down ‘functionality’ and ‘essentially’ test for Input Tax Credit eligibility

Supreme Court allows claiming input tax credit on construction expenses

NFRA circular warns against selective application of audit standards

Observed 'gross negligence and audit failure' in audits of GFS: NFRA

NFRA seeks to enforce scalable audit system

91% Indian CEOs want to link rewards, promotions to office attendance: KPMG

Big win for taxman: SC favours tax department in case that will impact fate of 90,000 income tax notices

Sebi reduces trading lot size of privately placed InvITs to Rs 25 lakh

Big auditors now move away from non-audit work

Panel considers lower GST on several mass-use items

DGGI sends 300 notices to cos' top brass over input tax credit

Finance ministry releases new norms for handling delayed tax refund claims

 

International News:

Internal auditors say AI risks are the toughest

Clients expect auditors to use AI

Auditors play important role in responding to fraud risk: CAQ

What must-have AI skills do finance execs need? First, dig in

IFAC guide helps smaller firms monitor quality management systems


Exposure Draft:

IFSCA Draft:

Consultation Paper on Principles to Mitigate the Risk of Greenwashing in ESG Labelled Debt Securities in the IFSC
[Last date for Comments: October 25, 2024] 
  

 

RBI Draft:

Draft Circular on Forms of Business and Prudential Regulation for Investments
[Last date for Comments: November 20, 2024] 

 

SEBI Drafts:

Consultation paper on draft circular for “Policy for Sharing Data for the Purpose of Research /Analysis”
[Last date for Comments: October 29, 2024] 

Draft Circular for “Facilitation to SEBI registered Stock Brokers to access Negotiated Dealing System-Order Matching (NDS-OM) for trading in Government securities- Separate Business Units (SBU)”
[Last date for Comments: October 25, 2024] 


Useful Forms:

ITR eFiling Utilities:

The following ITR eFiling Utilities have been updated:

Common Offline Utility (ITR 1 to ITR 4) - MAC Utility
ITR 6 - MAC Utility
ITR 7 - MAC Utility

Common Offline Utility (ITR 1 to ITR 4) - Windows Utility
ITR 6 (Windows Utility)
ITR 7 (Windows Utility)


From the ICAI:

ICAI Publications:

ICAI Publications: Internal Audit [New addition]

ICAI Publications: Valuation [New addition]


CA's Referencer:

NFRA Circular:

Responsibilities of Principal Auditor and Other Auditors in Group Audits


Legal Updates:

GST:

Implementation of Decisions of 54th GST Council meeting - Waiver of Late Fee Payable u/s 47 [CGST Notification No.23]

Implementation of Decisions of 54th GST Council meeting - Special Procedure for Rectification of Order u/s 73 / 74 / 107 / 108 [CGST Notification No.22]

Implementation of Decisions of 54th GST Council meeting - Due Date for tax payable in response to demand/order [CGST Notification No.21]

Advisory for Biometric-Based Aadhaar Authentication and Document Verification for GST Registration Applicants of Kerala, Nagaland and Telangana

Advisory on Proper Entry of RR No./Parcel Way Bill (PWB) Numbers in EWB system Post EWB-PMS Integration

Systemic improvement with respect to mapping / de-mapping of the officers on the GSTN portal [Instruction No.4]

 

MCA:

The IEPFA (Form of Annual Statement of Accounts) Amendment Rules 2024

Appointment of Chairperson of IEPFA

 

IFSCA:

Format for providing information by a Payment Service Provider

Guidelines for utilisation of office space or manpower or both by Finance Company(ies)/ Unit(s) undertaking ship leasing activity in the International Financial Services Centre (“IFSC”)

 

SEBI:

Specific due diligence of investors and investments of AIFs

Timelines for disclosures by Social Enterprises on Social Stock Exchange (“SSE”)

 

RBI:

Interest Equalization Scheme (IES) on Pre and Post Shipment Rupee Export Credit

Due diligence in relation to non-resident guarantees availed by persons resident in India

 

DGFT:

Amendment in Appendix 10M of Para 10.15 in the Handbook of Procedures of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023 to include more items under the purview of Global Authorization for Intra-Company Transfer (GAICT) of SCOMET items/software/technology [Public Notice No.26]

Provision for Import/ Re-Import of 'Exhibits and Samples' [Trade Notice No.20]

Clarification on RCMC Requirements for Post-Export Remission-Based Schemes under FTP 2023 [Trade Notice No.19]

 

Customs:

Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority i.r.o M/s. Penta Gold Limited [Notification No.65(NT)]

Seeks to extend the levy of countervailing duty on "Continuous Cast Copper Wire Rod" originating in or exported from Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand [Notification No.6(CVD)]


  

  

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