himachal pradesh

Below is an extract of significant tax proposals by Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand States in their State Budget announced in March, 2011: Full Article

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today launched new web portal of Excise and Taxation department for e-payment of VAT at his Office Chamber here today by accepting payment of Rs. 99,999 from Sanjay Guleria, Director, Symbiotic Drugs Full Article

Effective 15 July, 2010, the rate of VAT in Himachal Pradesh has been enhanced, as mentioned below: Full Article

The Government of Himachal Pradesh has introduced a new Entry tax legislation wef 7 April 2010. The new Entry tax legislation (The Himachal Pradesh Tax on Entry of Goods into Local Area Act, 2010) seeks to levy Entry tax on specified goods brought into a local area for the purpose of use, consumption or sale therein. Full Article

Notification No. 14 / 2010 - Customs (N.T.) Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby appoints the Commissioner of Customs, The Mall, Amritsar to act as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on the Commissioner of Customs (Export), Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Nhava Sheva, Raigad, Maharashtra for the purpose of adjudicating the matters relating to Show Cause Notice pertaining to M/s Tristar Airconditioning .. Full Article

Area based exemption is available to the units in the specified areas in the North-East region, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand under different notifications. The exemption is applicable to the new industrial units set up after the specified date and also to the existing units which have undertaken substantial expansion by way of increase in installed capacity by not less than 25%. Full Article

Circular No.908/28/ 2009-CX, New Delhi dated the December 23, 2009. Subject: Clarification regarding peripheral activities for Area Based Exemption notification Nos. 49 & 50/2003-CE, both dated 10.06.2003 as amended by notification No. 01/2008-CE dated 18.01.2008. Full Article

The state of Punjab has challenged in the Supreme Court the validity of Union government notification giving concessions in taxes and also providing subsidy to the new as well as existing industries in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Contending that such concessions provided on selective basis would adversely affect the industrial development of Punjab, the state government prayed for quashing of these notifications as null and void. Full Article