[By Shaleen Shah (Partner), VNCA] The Finance Act, 2010 has amongst other amendments, proposed following new service on Copyrights w.e.f. 1-Jul-2010: The existing taxable service ‘Intellectual Property Right (IPR)’ excludes copyright from its scope. The service of transferring temporarily or permitting the use or enjoyment of Copyrights on (a) cinematographic films and (b) sound recording are now [...]
Panel shortlists five candidates, decision on winning entry in January. The long wait for a symbol of the rupee is expected to end by March next year. A committee headed by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor Usha Thorat has shortlisted five symbols from 4,000 entries for a public competition to select a design for [...]