The Supreme Court (SC) last week dismissed the appeal of Maharashtra against the order of the Bombay high court in an arbitration dispute with Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. The company was given Stage IV of the Koyna Hydro Electric Project and differences arose over the amounts due and other issues. The disputes were referred to arbitration under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act.
It is well known that exporters of services had faced serious problems in obtaining refunds of input taxes for a variety of reasons. In order to ameliorate the problem, the CBEC had issued Circular No. 120/01/2010-ST dated 19th January, 2010 to clarify several important points on exports of services from India and to also lay down a simplified procedure for grant of refunds.
The Delhi HC in a recent ruling has held that the Income tax Law does not fasten an obligation on the payer to withhold tax if such payments (to non-residents) are not chargeable to tax. In a departure from Karnataka HC decision, Delhi has held that the withholding provisions cannot be given effect if the charging provisions fail.
Effective 1 April, 2010, the basic rates of VAT in Jammu and Kashmir have been enhanced as mentioned below: Goods falling under Schedule C and liable to tax at 4%, other than the declared goods, as specified under Section 14 of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 which will continue to be liable to tax at 4%
Effective 1 April, 2010, the basic rates of VAT in Karnataka have been enhanced as mentioned below: Rate of tax on goods falling under Schedule III, other than the declared goods, as specified under Section 14 of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 which will continue to be liable to tax at 4%
BJP today rapped the city government for large scale financial irregularities as pointed out by the just-released CAG report and said it will approach the Central Vigilance Commission and Delhi Lokayukta for appropriate action against those involved in bunglings.
The panel discussion here tomorrow is a landmark attempt by the Comptroller General of India to view the audit and results of audit through the perception of the stakeholders in specific and in general. The panel discussion will provide a forum for insight into what the stakeholders i.e., government, political leaders, media and other financial sector experts as well as public, expect from the audit against what they are actually getting.
The Lok Sabha Speaker Mrs Meira Kumar has pointed out that it was necessary to re craft the legal framework in a manner that enables the CAG to effectively discharge his constitutional responsibilities. She emphasized that the legal framework has to be suitably strengthened so that any ambiguities or inadequacies in the powers of the CAG, to discharge his mandate in the present day scenario, can be removed. The Speaker was inaugurating the XXVth Conference of the Accountants General in New Delhi today.
