Vat

Government of Maharashtra has made it mandatory for all dealers to file their VAT returns only through electronic format. Dealers can e-file periodical returns from any place at any time through Government of Maharashtra website  ( http://www.mahavat.gov.in ) using the Internet. Government of Maharashtra has taken lot of measures to ensure that the return filing information is made [...] Full Article

THE Bombay High Court appears to have served a body blow to realtors in Maharasthra. The HC today dismissed their petition that challenged the applicability of Value Added Tax (VAT) on sale of flats. The builders argued that VAT is not payable on immovable property. Full Article

1. The tax rate shall be uniform – ONE per cent on value of goods. 2. No collection of any tax at any checkpost. 3. No question of vehicles being detained anywhere within the local area including checkpost. 4. Self declaration and self assessment of tax. Full Article

Due date for submission of all returns for the year 2010-11 under Rule 19 and Rule 19A of the Rajasthan Value Added Tax Rules 2006 has been extended by CCT Rajasthan upto 30-04-2012. Full Article

About 38 per cent or Rs 26.22 in petrol price of Rs 68.64 a litre in Delhi is because of central and state government taxes. State-owned oil firms had last week hiked petrol price by Rs 1.80 a litre, the fifth increase this year as oil imports became costlier due to fall in rupee value. The new rate is based on a basic price of petrol, without including any taxes, refining cost or margin, of Rs 41.38 per litre, oil company officials said. Full Article

Consumers will have to pay more for sugar and textiles as States on Friday decided to impose four-five per cent value added tax (VAT) on sugar and textiles from the beginning of next fiscal. A move that will shore up their state governments revenue, but also stoke inflationary pressures. Full Article

Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra has promulgated an Ordinance introducing amendments to the VAT Act, 2005, making cross Line of Control (LoC) trade tax-free for goods manufactured in the state. The Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor yesterday on the recommendations of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah as the Assembly is not in session. Full Article

The government will come out with a draft 'negative list' for service tax in two weeks, meaning services which are not mentioned in it would be taxed under the proposed GST regime. The draft paper (on negative list of services) is nearly ready and you should see this paper in two weeks, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, V K Garg, told PTI. Full Article