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The SC held that central excise duty can be levied on furniture permanently fixed to the walls or ground. It set aside the decision of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore, which took a contrary view. This Mumbai Company was engaged in interior decoration of luxury hotels. It entered into turn-key contracts with its clients and furniture was part of the work contract. When the revenue authorities demanded excise duty, it protested the woodwor.. Full Article

THE Supreme Court has asked the finance ministry and Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex body in charge of administering India’s taxation system, to amend transfer pricing, or TP, laws if it wishes to bring domestic transactions under thei Full Article

Notifications & Circulars :-Circular No.888/8/2009-CX dated 21/5/2009 F.No.276/109/2007-CX.8A New Delhi, the 21st May, 2009. Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, (Central Board of Excise & Customs) Legal Section Subject : Power to condone delay beyond 180 days by High Court in application/appeals filed under Section 35H and 35G of Central  Excise Act, 1944 – Larger Bench decision of Supreme [...] Full Article

Notification No. G.S.R. 349(E) In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 46 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999) and in consultation with the Reserve Bank, the Central Government, having considered it necessary in the public interest, hereby makes the following further [...] Full Article

The I-T department has found over Rs 1,200 crore lying unaccounted in lakhs of frozen demat accounts across the country and has sought a detailed probe on the possibility of their use for illegal transaction and tax evasion. The department has now sent the reports of such accounts to the respective Chief Commissioners of Income [...] Full Article

THE CBI has arrested an Inspector of Customs & Central Excise posted in the office of Commissioner, Central Excise, CR Building, ITO, New Delhi for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 8,000/- from the complainant. The complainant, an Accountant in a private firm had deposited a bank guarantee of Rs.1,00,000/ – with Central Excise [...] Full Article

The Central Government has notified from on 20th May, 2009, the provisions of the Competition Act, 2002 relating to anti-competitive agreements (section 3) and abuse of dominant position (section 4) alongwith other related and miscellaneous provisions. This will enable the Competition Commission of India to enforce these provisions of the Competition Act, 2002. The Central Government has also notified the [...] Full Article

The government has turned down a proposal of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to allow public sector banks to select auditors independently. Last year, RBI had made the proposal to the finance ministry, which forwarded it to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), the nodal body for auditors. The proposal was in line with [...] Full Article