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Can Indians Invest Abroad Without RBI Approval?

The RBI  has under Liberalized Remittance Scheme allowed all resident Indians to invest abroad in all kinds of investment except  prohibited items . The limit of  remittance abroad without approval of RBI is upto US Dollar 2,00,000  in one financial year. So now an Indian resident can approach its bank for remitting US Dollar 2,00,000 for following types...

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Forex Derivative Loss Arises on Last Date Even if The Contract Date Matures Later on .

The assessee was a non-resident company carrying on banking business in India. It entered into forward contracts with its clients to buy or sell foreign exchange at an agreed price on a future date.In some cases, the date of maturity of the contract fell beyond the end of the accounting period. Following guidelines laid down...

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What no banker in India will tell you about gold coins sold by them?o you??

The craze about investment in gold in India  is not just based on custom and cultural practices. Many Indians purchases it for its ability to come handy in case of emergency. If you have also the idea that buying gold coins from banks will be very good in case of emergent need of money , then yu...

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Can a foreign national acquire property in India?

No, in general . The forign companies are allowed to buy the property in India . However , foreign national resident outside are clearly prohibited to acquire any property  in India.The Reserve bank of India has stated in its FAQs no 5,6 & 7 as under
Q.5. Can a foreign national of non-Indian origin be

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Is Rectification u/s 154 Possible For Revising Capital Gains in case Compensation Received For Compulsory acquisition of Land or Property Gets Reduced by authority or Court or Tribunal?

Section 155(16)of the Income Tax Act was introduced from Asst Year 2004-05 (F.Y 2003-04 ) . This relates to capital gains on compensation .The reason for bringing such provision was that the land property were being acquired by government or private bodies for major infrastructure development. In that event

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How RBI rate hike hits the common man

Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) is the amount of funds that the banks have to keep with the Reserve Bank of India. If RBI decides to increase the percent of this, the available amount with the banks comes down. RBI is using this method (increase of CRR rate), to drain out the excessive money from the