Archive for April, 2008

 In the case of Ranomal Vs. State of M.P. (1985) 18 VKN 53 (M.P.)= 1984 MPLJ 585 it has been held by a Division Bench of this Court that the burden which rests on the dealer is discharged by producing a bill which does not contain rubber stamp endorsement in the nature required to be [...] Full Article

The Supreme Court has held that services rendered by the office of Regional Provident Fund Commissioner of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation will fall within the ambit of ‘service’ under the provisions of Consumer Protection Act (1986) and the subscriber under the Provident Fund scheme is a ‘consumer’ under this Act. Full Article

Whether oil rigs engaged in operations in the exclusive economic zone/ continental shelf of India, falling outside the territorial waters of India, are foreign going vessels as defined by Section 2(21) of the Customs Act, 1962, and are entitled to consume imported stores thereon without payment of customs duty in terms of Section 87 of the Customs Act, 1962? Full Article

The applicant can send an SMS to 53030 with a message containing the word PAN followed by a space and the 15-digit acknowledgment number provided at the time of submission of application i.e., PAN ACKNOWLEDGMENT NUMBER (e.g., PAN 123456789012345 – this is an illustrative acknowledgment number. Actual acknowledgment number should be provided in the SMS). Full Article

Whether the activity of booking the residential units to be undertaken by the applicant is a taxable service liable to Service Tax under the provisions of section 65 (105) of the Finance Act, 1994? Whether the applicant is liable to service tax under section 65 (105) (zzzh) of the Finance Act, 1994 under the notified taxable service of construction of Complex? Full Article

To check the status of their Income Tax refund, taxpayers can log in at https://tin.tin.nsdl.com/oltas/ refundstatuslogin.html . If there is a problem, they can contact the assessing officer or the refund banker, the State Bank of India. In case of any grievance, taxpayers can also contact the additional commissioner in charge of the range or the income tax ombudsman. Full Article

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) said on Thursday it will launch a course of accounting technicians from April 22 for undergraduate students. "We are launching this course considering that there is a need for second tier of accountants, with so many accounting jobs coming up in the country," ICAI president Ved Jain told reporters here. Full Article

Following an agreement between the Central Government and the State Governments, the rate of Central Sales Tax was reduced from 4 per cent to 3 per cent in this financial year. It is now proposed to reduce the rate to 2 per cent from April 1, 2008. Consultations are underway on the compensation for losses, if any, and once agreement is reached the new rate will be notified. I am also happy to report that there is considerable progress in preparing a roadmap for introduci.. Full Article