Department of Sales Tax, Maharashtra State has displayed the return periodicity for the FY 2013-14 on their website. Enter your VAT TIN No. in the first box with ending V and click SEARCH. After result is displayed, click on the TIN No. appearing below.  To check your periodicity, visit mahavat.gov.in

Octroi v/s LBT: At present octroi is the main source of revenue of Municipal Corporations in Maharashtra. This is the exclusive State where octroi is levied. In fact it is not levy but it is forcibly collection at the check post. It is the spot of harassment for the traders.

TAX PROVISIONS – • Surveillance of transactions by Sales Tax Department to go up. • Tax exemption on essential commodities, Solapuri chadars and towels, wet dates to continue up to 31st March, 2014. • Tax exemption on currants and raisins to continue up to 31st March, 2014.

It is announced by the Government of Maharashtra that Local Body Tax (LBT) will be implemented in the Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Navi Mumbai, Thane, and Nagpur with effect from 1 April 2013.

Fresh hawala dealer list has been realeased by VAT Department in Maharashtra. New 148 dealer has been added to the list. Following three dealer has been removed from the previous list: 27890606500V   KRISH  CORPORATION

Commissioner of Sales Tax in Maharashtra has informed to defer the submission of VAT Audit Report in Form 704 under the MVAT Act, 2002 to 15th of January, 2013 from the scheduled due date of 30th November, 2012. A Notification to this effect is expected on coming Monday, the 12th November, 2012.

This office is in receipt of queries with regards to the admissibility of submission of returns, application for refund in Form-501, Audit Report in Form-704 or like documents and payment of amount towards VAT on the next working day immediately following due date which falls on Sunday or Public Holiday.

The facility of remittance of refund through ECS will be optional to all the dealers in Greater Mumbai. However, in future the department proposes to make ECS refund scheme mandatory. Therefore, all the dealers who do not have Bank account in an ECS enabled Bank are advised to open an account in an ECS enabled Bank.

Judgments of the Bombay High Court in the case of Marathi Bandhkam and Ashok Gokani (Flat buyer) vindicate my stand that the MCHI judgment had merely decided the constitutional validity of the amendment made to the definition of sale and not whether a particular contract is a works contract or not,

The Department of Sales Tax, Maharashtra State has declared UPDATED list of Suspicious Dealers on 3rd November 2012 totaling to 1555 nos.