For the purposes of this notification, “landed value” means the assessable value as determined under the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and includes all duties of customs except duties levied under sections 3, 3A, 8B, 9 and 9A of the said Customs Tariff Act.
(i) the subject goods have entered the Indian market from the subject country at prices less than their normal values in the domestic market of the exporting country; (ii) the dumping margins of the subject goods imported from the subject country are substantial and above de minimis; and
The principal notification No. 52/2003-Customs, dated the 31st March, 2003 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R 274 (E), dated the 31st March, 2003 and last amended by notification No. 84/2007-Cus, dated the 6th July, 2007 published vide number G.S.R. 473 (E), dated the 6th July, 2007.
Even as the limited liability partnership (LLP) law is soon to become a reality, the issue of tax treatment for such entities has not yet been finalised. The Ministry for Corporate Affairs (MCA) has left it to the Finance Ministry to take a final call on the contentious issue of tax treatment for LLP firms.
Though the rulings of the Authority are binding only on the applicant and the service tax department; but since the issue has been settled in favour of service tax department; all the Builders and Real Estate Developers who are not paying service tax on construction of residential flats and units are going to be slapped the demands of service tax. Majority of the Builders are neither charging nor paying any service tax on construction and sale of residential flats. The costs of residential flats and units is also going to witness a hike due to service tax liability. This may lead to a further slowdown in Real Estate market.
The Income Tax department had on 26.3.2008 advised all tax deductors to invariably quote PAN in their TDS returns in all cases wherein they have deducted tax and deposited it into the government account. This has been emphasized as non-quoting of PAN results in inability to give credit to the deductees while processing their cases.
