Date of exchange of currency notes prior to 2005 extended up to 30th June 2015 – RBI press releases

Soliciting cooperation from the public in withdrawing these notes from circulation, the Reserve Bank of India has urged them to deposit the old design notes in their bank accounts or exchange them at a bank branch convenient to them. The Reserve Bank of India has stated that the public can do so till June 30, … Read more

RBI cancelled the certificate of registration of two NBFCs

The Reserve Bank of India has cancelled the certificate of registration of the following non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) in exercise of the powers conferred on it under Section 45-IA (6) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. Sr.No. Company’s Name Address of Registered Office Certificate of RegistrationNo. & Date Date ofcancellation 1. Kabra Commercial … Read more

Know Your Customer (KYC) Guidelines for banks – FAQ

This is a summarised and simplified version of the Reserve Bank of India’s Know Your Customer guidelines updated up to December 22, 2014. Q 1. What is KYC? Why is it required? Response: KYC means “Know Your Customer”. It is a process by which banks obtain information about the identity and address of the customers. This process … Read more

RBI imposed penalty on Rajputana Mahila Urban Co-operative Bank Limited, for violation of KYC and AML

The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs. 5.00 lakh (Rupees five lakh only) on Rajputana Mahila Urban Co-operative Bank Limited, Jaipur in exercise of powers vested in it under the provisions of Section 47(A) (1)(b) read with Section 46(4) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (As Applicable to Co-operative Societies), for violation … Read more

Performance of Tax audit of Chartered Accountants – Shocking report by C&AG

The executive summary of report of comptroller and auditor General of India on performance audit on appreciation of chartered accountant reporting in assessment proceeding is given blow. The Income Tax Act, 1961 (Act) contains several provisions which mandate the assessees to furnish audit reports and certificates issued by the ‘Accountant’ in the prescribed Form for meeting … Read more

Public Holidays in the State of Maharashtra during the calender year 2015 as notified

Tuesday 11 Maharashtra Din 01-May-2015 Friday 12 Buddha Pournima 04-May-2015 Monday 13 Ramzan Id (Id-UI-Fitar) (Shawal-1) 18-Jul-2015 Saturday 14 Independence Day 15-Aug-2015 Saturday 15 Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi) 18-Aug-2015 Tuesday 16 Ganesh Chaturthi 17-Sep-2015 Thursday 17 Bakri Id (Id-UI-ua) 25-Sep-2015 Friday 18 Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti 02-Oct-2015 Friday 19 Dasara 22-Oct-2015 Thursday 20 Moharum 24-Oct-2015 Saturday … Read more

Classification of non-cooperative borrowers – RBI Circular

RBI/2014-15/362DBR.No.CID.BC.54/20.16.064/2014-15 December 22, 2014 All Scheduled Commercial Banks(Excluding RRBs)All-India Term-Lending and Refinancing Institutions(Exim Bank, NABARD, NHB and SIDBI) Dear Sir / Madam Non-Cooperative Borrowers Please refer to our circular DBOD.BP.BC.No.97/21.04.132/2013-14 dated February 26, 2014 on ‘Framework for Revitalising Distressed Assets in the Economy – Guidelines on Joint Lenders’ Forum (JLF) and Corrective Action Plan (CAP)’ which inter-alia, … Read more

Main features of Kisan Vikas Patra

Government has formulated a number of schemes having different features for different segments of the saving population. Each of the available saving option has different features in terms of eligibility to invest, rate of interest, maturity period, lock-in-period, tax treatment, pledging facility, minimum and maximum ceilings etc.  Main features of KVP, are:  Amount invested in … Read more

Last date for electronic uploading of form e-704, for the financial year 2013-2014, is 15th January, 2015 and the last date for Physical Submission of Audit Report is 27th January, 2015

    Office of the Commissioner of Sales Tax, 8th Floor, Vikrikar Bhavan, Mazgaon, Mumbai – 400 010. TRADE CIRCULAR To —— No. 704 COI /20/4,– 15/                             Mumbai, dt. Trade Circular No. 21 T 2014 2 0/ 1 2 / 2014   Subject: Physical Submission of Audit Report in Form 704 for the financial year … Read more