Weekly Updates from CA Cult (February 2022- Fourth Week)
Important Updates from last week:
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
- REMINDER: Important Announcement on One-time relaxation for verification of all income tax-returns e-filed for the Assessment Year 2020-21 which are pending for verification and processing of such returns https://cacult.com/important-announcement-on-verification-of-income-tax-returns/
Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC)
- The Shipping Bill (Post export conversion in relation to instrument based scheme) Regulations, 2022- NOTIFICATION No. 11/2022-Customs (N.T.).
- Seeks to further amend notification No. 01/2017-Customs (ADD) to extend the levy of ADD on jute products originating in or exported from Nepal and Bangladesh- NOTIFICATION No. 10/2022-Customs (ADD).
- NOTIFICATION No. 09/2022-Customs (ADD) dated 24th February, 2022.
- Upcoming enhancements & improvements in the GSTR-1.
- 2 held by Faridabad CGST Commissionerate for issuing fake invoices of over Rs 200 crore and availing involving fraudulent ITC of Rs 31.85 crore.
- Delhi South CGST unearths fake invoicing racket of Rs 611 crore involving tax evasion of 38.5 crore.
- Implementing e-invoicing for the taxpayers having aggregate turnover exceeding Rs. 20 Cr from 01st April 2022- NOTIFICATION No. 01/2022 – Central Tax.
- Composition of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).
- Important update for all the stakeholders on SRN.
- FAQs on MCA V3 – a new way of e-filing for LLP- 5th March Go Live.
Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)
- Mandatory filing/issuance of Registration Cum Membership Certificate (RCMC)/ Registration Certificate (RC) through the DGFT common digital platform from 01.04.2022- Trade Notice No. 35/2021-2022.
- Amendment in import policy of items under ITC(HS) 8524 and 8525 of Chapter 85 of ITC(HS) 2022, Schedule – I (Import Policy)- Notification No. 55/2015-20.
- Amendment in Export Policy of Remdesivir Injection and API, Amphotericin-B Injections, Enoxaparin (Formulation and API) and Intra-Venous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) (Formulation and API) – Notification No. 56/2015-20.
- DGFT Helpdesk for Russia-Ukraine related International Trade Issues- Trade Notice No. 36/2021-2022.
- RBI Announces USD/INR 2-year Sell Buy Swap Auction.
- RBI cautions the public against Prepaid Payment Instruments (non-closed) issued by unauthorised entities.
- Inclusion in the Second Schedule to the (RBI) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934- Sikkim State Co-operative Bank Ltd.
- Payment and Settlement Systems Regulations, 2008 (As amended upto February 2022).
- Implementation of ‘Core Financial Services Solution’ by Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs).
- Reporting and Accounting of Central Government transactions of March 2022.
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (Depositories and Participations) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022.
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (Stock Brokers)(Amendment) Regulations, 2022.
- Segregation and Monitoring of Collateral at Client Level –Extension of timeline.
- Nomination for Eligible Trading and Demat Accounts –Extension of timelines and relaxations for existing account holders.
- Approach to securities market data access and terms of usage of data provided by data sources in the Indian securities market.
- Extension to SEBI Circular on “Relaxation in adherence to prescribed timelines issued by SEBI due to Covid 19” dated April 13, 2020.
- Swing pricing framework for the mutual fund schemes – Extension of timeline.
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)
- Proposed amendments to IRDAI (Health Insurance) Regulations, 2016.
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (CA Fraternity)
Updates for Members/Students
- LIST OF PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS FOR CAMPUS PLACEMENT PROGRAM FEBRUARY – MARCH 2022.
- Advanced Integrated Course on Information Technology and Soft Skills (Advanced ICITSS) -Adv. Information Technology Test – Computer Based Mode (CBT).
- The results of the Chartered Accountants Intermediate Examination (Old Course & New Course) held in December 2021 are likely to be declared on Saturday, the 26th February 2022(evening)/Sunday, the 27th February 2022.
- Results of the Chartered Accountants Intermediate Examination (Old Course & New Course) held in December 2021 declared.
- ICAI Press Release on the results of CA Intermediate Examination (Old Course & New Course) held in December 2021.
- Certificate Course on Public Finance & Government Accounting – 19th Online Batch commencing from 3rd April, 2022.
- Registration Open – 9th Online Batch of Certificate Course on Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR) commencing from March 7, 2022
- Important Announcement on Convocation 2021-22 – Pune.
General Updates
- Announcement – Declaration Form – Peer Review Mandate – Phase I
OTHER UPDATES
- EPFO Payroll data: 14.60 lakh net subscribers added during the month of December, 2021.
- Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Amendment Rules, 2022- NOTIFICATION.
- Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman interacts with the leaders of financial & capital markets.
- Auction for Sale (re-issue) of (i) ‘GoI Floating Rate Bond 2028’, (ii) ‘6.54% GS 2032’, and (iii) ‘6.95% GS 2061’.
- PM CARES for Children Scheme Extended up to 28th February, 2022.
- Issue of (i) Non-interest bearing (Non-transferable) Special Gol Security, 2032; (ii) Non-interest bearing (Non-transferable) Special Gol Security 2033; (iii) Non-interest bearing (Non-transferable) Special Gol Security 2034; (iv) Non-interest bearing (Nontransferable) Special Gol Security 2035; (v) Non-interest bearing (Non-transferable) Special Gol Security 2036; and (vi) Non-interest bearing (Non- transferable) Special GoI Security 2037.
- The Central Civil Accounts Service (Accountant Group ‘C’ post) Recruitment Rules, 2021- NOTIFICATION.
- Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2021-22– Issue price Series-X.
- Revised Calendar for the Auction of Government of India Treasury Bills (For the remaining part of Q4 of 2021-22)
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