Notification No. 07/2010-Service Tax,- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the Finance Act), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby rescinds the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.33/2009-Service Tax, dated the 1st September, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 627 (E), dated the 1st September, 2009, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such rescission.
For the purposes of this rule India includes the installations structures and vessels located in the continental shelf of India and the exclusive economic zone of India, for the purposes of prospecting or extraction or production of mineral oil and natural gas and supply thereof.
Notification No. 05/2010-Service Tax Central Government hereby rescinds the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 01/2000- Service Tax, dated 9th February, 2000, published vide number G.S.R. 98 (E), dated 9th February, 2000, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such rescission.
Notification No. 04/2010-Service Tax Central Government hereby makes the following amendment in the notification No.33/2004-Service Tax, dated the 3rd December, 2004 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 788 (E), dated the 3rd December, 2004 , namely:-
Notification No. 03/2010-Service Tax,- Seeks to amend Notification No. 24/2004 dated 10.09.2004 so as to substitute Explanation (i) to modify the meaning of vocational training institute as those institutes or centres affiliated to the National Council for Vocational Training notified under the Apprentices Act, 1961.
(i) the document providing the right to use such software, by whatever name called, if any, is packed along with the software; (ii) the manufacturer, duplicator, or the person holding the copyright to software has paid the appropriate duties of excise on the entire amount received from the buyer; and (iii) the benefit under notification No. 17/2010– Central Excise, dated the 27th February ,2010 is not availed of by the manufacturer, duplicator or the person holding the copyright to software.
It is, therefore, proposed to also allow deduction in respect of any contribution made to CGHS by including such contribution under the provisions of section 80D. The deduction will be limited to the current aggregate as mentioned in the section.
In tune with the policy thrust of promoting investment in the infrastructure sector, it is proposed to insert a new section 80CCF in the Income-tax Act to provide that subscription during the financial year 2010-11 made to long-term infrastructure bonds (as may be notified by the Central Government), to the extent of Rs. 20,000, shall be allowed as deduction in computing the income of an individual or a Hindu undivided family.
Under the existing provisions of section 56(2)(vii), any sum of money or any property in kind which is received without consideration or for inadequate consideration (in excess of the prescribed limit of Rs. 50,000/-) by an individual or an HUF is chargeable to income tax in the hands of recipient under the head ‘income from other sources’. However, receipts from relatives or on the occasion of marriage or under a will are outside the scope of this provision.
The Finance (No. 2) Act, 2009 provided for the taxation of LLPs in the Income-tax Act on the same lines as applicable to partnership firms. Section 56 and section 57 of the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 allow conversion of a private company or an unlisted public company (hereafter referred as company) into an LLP. Under the existing provisions of Income-tax Act, conversion of a company into an LLP has definite tax implications.
