CST

We aim to be an efficient and effective tax administration respected for fairness, transparency and professionalism.” If a registered dealer/company is not issuing form C, even though the same is mentioned in their purchase order, the invoices are raised accordingly, Sale tax dept collects additional tax, penalty from the Seller & the Buyer is not penalized? No questions are asked to the Buyer for non issuing of Form C, against applicable purchases! Sale tax.. Full Article

Central Sales Tax Act 1956 envisages single point of taxation i.e. tax at the first point of sales. Subsequent sales during the movement of the goods from one state to another have been exempted under section 6(2) of CST Act. Before proceeding to understand which sale is exempted under section 6(2) and the conditions for exemption, one should understand some relevant concepts relating to it. Full Article

M/s Azad Coach Builders Pvt. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “the Assessee”) has received an order to build bus bodies, by an Indian exporter (Tata Engineering Locomotive Co. Ltd.) in accordance with an export order placed on the Indian exporter by and specifications provided by the foreign buyer (Lanka Ashok Layland Ltd., Colombo). The Assessee manufactured the bus bodies, in accordance with the specifications stipulated by the foreign buyer and mounted the same on.. Full Article

under CST Act as lot of Assessments are pending under VAT and CST Acts and many dealers are facing problems in getting and producing the C forms for finalization of their assessments. Some important issues relating to the C forms are discussed as below for the benefit of dealers all around India: Full Article

The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee had a meeting with the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers to finalize the draft Constitutional Amendments on Goods and Services Tax, here today. Addressing the meeting, the Finance Minister emphasized that the primacy of the Legislature in the area of taxation is supreme and inalienable and that the proposed draft on GST did not seek to disturb or alter this in any manner. Full Article

Further, the Hon'ble High Court distinguished the judgments of the Supreme Court in the case of A & G Projects and Technologies Limited Vs. State of Karnataka (2009 (2) SCC 326] and the High Court of Andhra Pradesh in the case of Jadhavjee Laljee Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh (1989 (74) STC 201 (DB)]. Full Article

The state governments have urged the Centre to continue levying central sales tax (CST) for the first few years as it will provide some comfort in terms of protecting revenue and fiscal autonomy. This demand came after the union government proposed a three-rate structure for the goods and services tax(GST) last week. Full Article

Before the recent amendment in Explanation 2 of the Rule 2 (k) the assessee was claiming credit on Cement and steel items as inputs used in the manufacture of capital goods. To this the argument by the assessee was that the said items were being used indirectly in relation to the manufacture of finished goods and whatever is used in the manufacture of final product will be available for Cenvat credit. Full Article