contracts

The Income Tax department is expecting to collect Rs 5,000 crore as taxes from the payments and salaries relating to award of contracts and payments made by various agencies in the Commonwealth Games . Full Article

The framework for SLB was specified vide circular no. MRD/DoP/SE/Dep/ Cir- 14/2007 dated December 20, 2007 and was operationalised with effect from April21, 2008. The SLB framework was revised vide circular no. MRD/DoP/SE/Cir-31/2008 dated October 31, 2008. Pursuant to feedback received from market participants and proposals for revision of SLB received from NSE and BSE, the framework is now modified as under: Full Article

As regards the settlement mechanism for the IRF contracts, it has been decided that all entities having short (sold) position in the IRF contracts and required to deliver securities on the appointed date will move these securities from their respective Subsidiary General Ledger/Constituents ' Subsidiary General Ledger (SGL/CSGL) accounts with the RBI to a special "Settlement" SGL account of the respective Clearing Corporations of the Exchanges [Exchange Clearing House (E.. Full Article

After amendment to the constitution by inserting Article 366(29A) providing definition of the term “taxes on sale or purchase of goods” to include deemed sales, States were empowered to levy tax on sale or purchase of goods involved in execution of works contracts. However, the power of States to levy tax on deemed sales including works contract sales are subject to restrictions contained in Article 286 of the Constitution of India. Under Article 286 State has no pow.. Full Article

Finance minister made many changes in rules and section related to TDS in his Final budget presented in July 2009 which resulted in change in TDS rates which created confusion on applicability of surcharge and cess on TDS. It also created confusion about the date of applicability of 20% rate of TDS when PAN not given. In his Budget finance minister made most of the provisions applicable from 1st October 2009. We are presenting below the TDS rates from 01st October 2009 t.. Full Article

Allowability of exemption under section 54EC of IT Act, 1961 When there is no bar to take possession by an agreement and transfer can be treated to have taken place on the basis of an agreement and advance payments deposited in specified bonds as required under section 54EC, simply because the sale deed was executed later on, the assessee cannot be charged with default of violation of the provision of section 54EC. Full Article

Question: What would be the rate of service tax on contract entered after July 7th, 2009 where the developer supplies steel and cement free of cost to contractor? CA Madhur Khandelia Reply: - The Works Contract (Composition Scheme for Payment of Service Tax) Rules, 2007 has been amended vide Notification No. 23/2009-ST, dated 07.07.09. The [...] Full Article

The interest paid on delayed compensation to land owners by companies or entities engaged in the creation of Special Economic Zones, industrial parks and infrastructure developments,and payments by electricity distribution companies to transmission line owners,will now attract tax . The Central Board of Direct Taxes has also issued instructions to take all returns filed by [...] Full Article