The Finance Ministry has specified July 1 as the date from which service tax levy would be applicable on the eight new services brought under the tax net in Budget 2010-11. The eight new services include services of promoting, marketing or organising of games of chance, including lottery, health services undertaken by hospitals for employees of business organisation and health services provided under health insurance schemes offered by insurance schemes, services provided for maintenance of medical records of employees of a business entity and promoting a ‘brand’ of goods, services, events and business entity etc.
Corporate earnings from trading in certified emission reduction or carbon credits has caught the eyes of income-tax department. Tax authorities plan to closely look at companies found active in carbon trading after finding non-payment of taxes on such earnings.
ITR 5 is applicable to firms, Association of Firms (AOPs) and Body of Individuals ( BOIs). Income Tax department on Friday releases the online return filing software utility in respect of ITR-5 for A.Y. 2010-11 which can be downloaded from the link given below:-Download ITR-5 E-filing Return Preparation Software For A.Y. 2010-11
Can there be any reasonable justification for more exemption to females. Is it just gender biased taxation. Suppose a woman is working as a clerk and earning salary of Rs 190000, similarly a man is working in the same office in the same designation as the woman is and earning same salary of Rs 190000, then in such case man will be paying tax of Rs 3000 and woman will be paying no tax. Is it equality before law? Isn’t it violation of article 14 of the constitution?
The tug of regulatory war over unit linked insurance plans (ULIPs) has ended with regulatory regime to be retained with insurance regulatory body (IRDA). The Central Government has promulgated an Ordinance (legislation) to the effect that ULIPs shall be regulated by IRDA only, thus ending the ongoing claims by both regulators- SEBI and IRDA to regulate the ULIP schemes.
Introduction:The issue involved in this piece was dealt by us in an earlier article titled “Controversy on Education Cess and Secondary & Higher Education Cess in SS cold rolled Patta/Patti Industries”. Now we are writing another piece discussing the continuing controversy on the issue of inclusion of or non inclusion of Education cess and SHE cess in excise duty under compound levy on SS Patta/patti & Aluminium circles.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) read with sections 136 and 138 of the Finance Act, 2007 (22 of 2007), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts all goods specified in the Tenth Schedule to the Finance Act, 2010 (14 of 2010) from the Higher Education Cess leviable thereon under the said sections 136 and 138 of the said Finance Act.
It is well known that the government is the largest litigant in the courts. It is less known that it starves the judiciary of funds. It is even less known that it chokes the courts with unnecessary suits. The last one frequently invites drubbing from the Supreme Court. Two judgments delivered last week analyse the psychology of bureaucrats in the legal departments.
Domestic and international air fares would rise by Rs 100 and Rs 500 respectively from July one with the government issuing a notification to bring air travel into the service tax ambit.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) read with sections 91 and 93 of the Finance (No.2) Act, 2004 (23 of 2004), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts all goods specified in the Tenth Schedule to the Finance Act,2010 (14 of 2010) from the Education Cess leviable thereon under the said sections 91 and93 of the said Finance (No.2) Act.
