value added tax

Trade Circular No. 6 T of 2008 Section 51 of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 deals with grant of refunds. The corresponding Rules are Rule 60 and Rule 61 of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Rules, 2005. The provisions of Bank Guarantee are prescribed in Rule 61. The Trade Circulars No. 33T of 2005 Dt. 21.10.2005 and 56 T Dt.23.08.2007 were issued by this office in respect of Bank Guarantee for the purpose of grant of refunds under the Maharashtra Value Added Tax.. Full Article

The State-level Value Added Tax (hereinafter referred to as ‘Value Added Tax’ or ‘VAT’) comes into effect from April 1, 2005, in place of the sales tax structure prevalent in various States. The VAT intends to bring harmonisation in the tax structure of various States and rationalise the overall tax burden. The essence of VAT is that it provides credit/set-off for input tax, i.e., tax paid on purchases, against the output tax, i.e., tax payable on sales. Full Article