Notification No. 39/2009 – Service Tax, The Central Government has issued a notification granting a limited exemption from the levy of Service Tax under the category of Business Auxiliary Services to taxable services provided by a service provider during the course of manufacture or processing of alcoholic beverages for or on behalf of the service recipient. The exemption granted is limited to the value of the inputs, excluding capital goods, used for providing the taxable services.
Notification No. 38/2009 – Service Tax * Legal Consultancy Services provided in relation to immovable property are classified under the group where export of services is based on the criteria that the immovable property is located outside India. Legal Consultancy Services which is not in relation to immovable property shall be classified under the residual category, where the following specific conditions are required to be fulfilled –
Notification No. 37/2009 – Service Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by section 93 and sub-section (1) of section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Taxation of Services (Provided from outside India and Received in India) Rules, 2006, namely :-
The main issue involved in these appeals is whether the loss shown by the assessee is assessable under the head income from business as claimed by the assessee company or under the head income from other sources as held by the authorities below.
We are of the considered opinion that the activity relating to one of the categories could not be subjected to service tax under other category. In other words, the activities relating to Freight forwarding cannot be thought under CHA. The appellants had clearly explained the nature of the charges collected such as Charge Collect fees, Break bulk fees, Profit share from margin Unallocated income, Currency adjustment factor, Air/sea Freight rebate, Commission/ Brokerage, Air freight incentive, Expenses reimbursement billing, etc.
Even as income-tax payers grapple with non-acceptance of their returns, it’s surely not a good time to expect refunds. Refunds across the country will be enormously delayed as the software at the new Centralised Processing Centre (CPC) of the I-T department is yet to be rid of bugs. The net result is that processing tax returns […]
Quarterly cost audit by internal auditors in the listed companies should be explored in consultation with the market regulator SEBI to improve corporate governance, an expert group appointed by Corporate Affairs Ministry has suggested. “The possibility of introducing quarterly limited review of cost details, in case of listed companies, may be examined in consultation with SEBI,” […]
Request for revalidation may be submitted to the concerned Regional Authority (who have issued the DFIA) within a maximum period of 60 days from the date of the issuance of this Public Notice. DFIA shall be revalidated for a period of six months from the date of endorsement of revalidation. RAs shall endorse revalidation within a period of maximum 7 working days from the date of receipt of the request.
However, in case the application is filed along with BRC, the time period for filing shall be within a period of twelve months from the date of exports or six months from the date of realisation of export proceeds or the date of up-linking of EDI shipping bill details in the DGFT website or within three months from the date of printing / release of shipping bill, whichever is later, in respect of shipments for which claim has been filed.
In pursuance of sub-rule (1) of rule 11 of the Customs Tariff (Transitional Product Specific Safeguard Duty) Rules, 2002, the Central Government hereby extends the period upto, and inclusive of, 15th day of October, 2009 for submission of final findings on safeguard investigation concerning import of Soda Ash into India.
