Archive for February, 2010

Section 56(2) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 inter alia deals with receipts without considerations. Since most of such receipts tantamount to gifts, the provisions are popularly named as those of gifts and deemed gifts. Till 30 09 2009 only sum of money received without consideration was treated as income in the hands of the recipient being either an individual or a HUF. Full Article

WHEN section 11A(2B) of the CEA, 1944 made its appearance in the statute by the Finance Act, 2001 it came as a whiff of fresh air for assessees who had not paid, short paid, short levied/paid any duty of excise. The provision allowed a manufacturer to pay such un-paid Central Excise duty along with interest under section 11AB of the CEA, 1944 and inform the Central Excise officer who after being satisfied of this ascertainment lets go of the formality of issuance of the .. Full Article

SECTION73 (3) of Finance Act, 1994, provides for non-serving of notice under Section 73(1) by department in such cases where service tax has been paid before issuance of notice. However, there is no clarity whether department can still initiate proceedings for imposing penalty under Section 76 or 78. Though, CBEC clarified sometime back that all such cases where tax has been paid before issuance of notice can be closed without imposing penalty, Full Article

"vocational training institute" means a commercial training or coaching centre which provides vocational training or coaching that impart skills to enable the trainee to seek employment or undertake self-employment, directly after such training or coaching; Full Article

All the Excise duty Notification including Tariff and Non Tariff issued by Custom department in respect of budget proposals/provisions in Union Budget 2010-11. Read our earlier Post on Major Amendment in Excise Duty made in Budget 2010-11 at the Link given below:- Budget 2010-11: Major Amendment in Central Excise Duty. . Notifications are as given below: - Please click the Notification No. to view the Notification. Full Article

All the Custom duty Notification including Tariff and Non Tariff issued by Custom department in respect of budget proposals/provisions in Union Budget 2010-11. Read our earlier Post on Major Amendment in Custom Duty made in Budget 2010-11 at the Link given below:-Budget 2010-11: Summary of Major Amendment in Custom duty Laws Full Article

document providing the right to use such software, by whatever name called, if any, is packed along with the software;(ii) the importer has paid the appropriate duties of customs on the entire amount received from the buyer; and(iii) the benefit under notification No. 31/2010– Customs dated the 27th of February, 2010 is not availed of by the importer. Full Article

Seeks to amend rule 2, for clause (e) of the Taxation of Services (Provided from outside India and Received in India) Rules, 2006, so as to amend the definition of India to explain certain activities in the continental shelf and exclusive economic zone of India. Also, seeks to amend rule 3 to change the category of certain services from one to the other and. Full Article