The Bombay High Court has granted an interim stay on collection of Service Tax levied on buildings under construction, following a writ petition filed by the Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI). Mr Sunil Mantri, President, MCHI, said the chamber had urged the High Court to restrain the respondents (Union Government and others) from taking steps against the members of the Chamber in respect of transactions for construction,
Construction of a complex intended for sale by the builder before, during or after construction is deemed to be a service provided by the builder to the buyer;No service tax is leviable if entire payment for the property is paid by the buyer after completion of the construction including certification by the local authorities;
Service tax on Banking and other financial services was imposed w.e.f.16-07-2001. After going through many changes, expansion in scope, clubbing of some services, modification to the definition of service providers etc. the present coverage of this service , with abatement, exemption, clarification etc.
Ninety counters, 40 help desks and 150 staff. All this to assist Bangaloreans file their annual income-tax returns. “The process has been simplified. Staff will be increased to 300 by Saturday. There is stationery stall and photocopy shop. People can pay at the Axis Bank special counter using their Mastercard, Visa, credit and debit cards.
At a time when it is accused of doing little to unearth lakhs of crores of rupees stashed abroad illegally, the Centre on Wednesday invoked secrecy provisions of double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) to block all information about its efforts to retrieve them.
Most mutual funds have barred use of mobile phones in their dealing rooms to prevent front-running, though regulations didn’t require them to do so until recently. Last week, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) made this ban official on the heels of its recent order, which pulled up an equities dealer at HDFC Asset Management for leaking information of its planned trades to a few other investors.
In all the returns filed in ITR-1 and ITR-2, for the Asst. Year 2009-10, where the aggregate TDS claim does not exceed Rs. Three lakh (3 lacs) and where the refund computed does not exceed Rs. 25,000; the TDS claim of the tax payer shall be accepted at the time of processing of the return.
In cases where the application is filed before realization of export proceeds, Declaration No. 5 of ANF3E does not apply. However, the monitoring of realization of export proceed shall be carried out in terms of Paras 3.11.12 & 3.11.13 of HBPv1.
In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14 and Paragraph 1.1 of the Handbook of Procedures (Vol.I), the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendments/corrections in the Handbook of Procedures, Vol. 2, 2009-2014, as amended from time to time.
The regulator’s direction follows a June 17 order banning HDFC asset management company’s (AMC) former equities dealer, Nilesh Kapadia, from stock market transactions. Kapadia was barred after allegations that he had tipped off his friend before placing orders for the fund house.
