The Income Tax Department has slapped a bill of Rs50 crore on leading private telecom company Bharti Airtel for “non-payment of taxes on interest paid on loans taken by it” and allegedly furnishing wrong information to the tax department. Bharti has contested the claim, but has also paid more than Rs40 crore to the department, […]
The Supreme Court last week ruled that the buyer of assets of a company in liquidation had no liability to clear the arrears of property tax, setting aside the judgment of the high court in the case, Champdany Industries Ltd vs The Official Liquidator. In this case, Wool-Combers of India Limited went in liquidation. The […]
Representations have been received by the Board pointing out divergent practices being followed by field formations with regard to levy of service tax on maintenance and repair of roads
The principal notification No.21/2002-Customs dated the dated the 1st March, 2002, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide G.S.R.118 (E), dated the 1st March, 2002 and was last amended Notification No. 13/2009-Customs, dated the 11th February, 2009 [G.S.R. 93 (E), dated the 11th February, 2009].
The principal notification No.2/2008-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2008 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, part II, section 3, sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R.130 (E), dated the 1st March, 2008, and was last amended by notification No. 58/2008-Central Excise, dated the 7th December, 2008 published vide number G.S.R. 840(E), dated the 7th December 2008.
The validity period of the observations issued by SEBI has been enhanced from the existing period of three months to twelve months.
The principal notification No.21/2002-Customs dated the dated the 1st March, 2002, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide G.S.R.118 (E), dated the 1st March, 2002 and was last amended Notification No. 13/2009-Customs, dated the 11th February, 2009 [G.S.R. 93 (E), dated the 11th February, 2009].
The principal notification No. 14/2009-Customs, dated the 19th February, 2009was published in the Gazette of India, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i) Extraordinary vide number GSR 103 (E), dated the 19th February, 2009.
In both the aforesaid judgements, it has been held by the Apex Court that beneficiary of exemption under section 10(5) of the Income-Tax Act, 1961 (the Act), relating to leave travel concession / assistance is the individual employee. There is no Circular of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), requiring the employer to collect and examine the supporting evidence in respect of declaration furnished by the employee
In the facts and circumstances of this case, the determining of date when the loss was incurred will have to be derived from the admitted facts. It is not a matter of dispute that the fire which resulted in destruction of the stock of the applicant-assessee took place on 26.3.1978. The aforesaid fire destroyed the stock/goods of the applicant-assessee lying with the PSWC
