Month: March 2021

MSMEs

Government amends Insurance Ombudsman Rules for better resolution of policyholders’ complaints regarding insurance service deficiencies

The Government on 2nd March 2021 notified comprehensive amendments to the Insurance Ombudsman Rules, 2017, with a view to improve the working of the Insurance Ombudsman mechanism to facilitate resolution of complaints regarding deficiencies in insurance services in a timely, cost-effective and impartial manner. The amended rules have enlarged the scope of complaints to Ombudsmen from …


Chartered Accountants

Chartered accountant firms, hospitals under taxman’s lens

Chartered accountant firms and hospitals are under scrutiny after the revenue department found mismatches between their income tax and indirect tax filings. Tax authorities have also decided to slot consultant doctors as ‘intermediaries’ for taxation purposes even as medical services are outside the purview of goods and services tax (GST), people aware of the development …


CGST

CGST Commissionerate Delhi officials arrest man for input tax credit fraud of Rs 50.03 crore