Ravaged by many scandals and widely criticised the Prime Minister (PM) Manmohan Singh (MMS) eventually decided to break silence to reveal all. He has taken a heavy beating on his image as being the founders of India’s economic boom to someone who did
Tribunal has exercised the powers under Section 80 of the Act and therefore setting aside the penalty under Section 76 by the Commissioner (Appeals) cannot be held to be unreasonable. Further, the respondent has admittedly paid 25% of the penalty within one month from the date of the order of the original authority. Therefore, the waiver of penalty in excess of 25% of the Service Tax evaded under Section 78 is also justified and, therefore, order of the Commissioner (Appeals) calls for no interference.
. The respondent functions as loan processor between ICICI bank, Home Finance Co. Ltd. and the borrowers. The bank collects processing fee from the borrowers. Out of the amount so collected as processing fee, some portion is paid to the respondent as commission for their services. The department was of the view that the respondents rendered “Business Auxiliary Services” to the bank and, therefore, service tax was payable on the commission fee received by them from the bank. On being pointed out by the department, th
Whereas the designated authority in its preliminary findings vide notification number 14/25/2008-DGAD, dated the 16th February, 2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 16th February, 2010, had come to the conclusion that various parameters relating to domestic industry collectively and cumulatively established that the domestic industry had suffered material injury
The Centralized Processing Center of the Income Tax Department at Bangalore, which was established to mass-process Income Tax Returns has bagged the Gold Award in the category “Excellence in Government Process Re-engineering” at the 14th National e-G
The Board of Studies has been bringing out publications in the area of direct and indirect tax laws to help the students update their knowledge regarding statutory developments and judicial rulings on a continuous basis. “Select Cases in Direct and I
The growth outlook for major industrialised economies is picking up, although big differences in momentum remain between countries, the OECD’s leading indicator for December showed on Monday. The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Development an
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will soon give the green signal to the payment of 9.5 per cent interest rate on provident fund deposits during 2010-11, a senior government official said on Tuesday. “We can get ratification on 9.5 per cent for th
No suo-moto investigation is being carried out by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs into telecom companies involved in 2G Spectrum case within the Provisions of the Companies Act 1956. However, clarification and/or information are provided as and whe
CIRCULAR NO. IRDA/CHM/MISC/CIR/029/02/2011, DATED 10-2-2011 All the insurers are required to comply with the File and Use procedure for each product that is being offered in the market. However, with regard to the insurance products offered by insurers for schemes sponsored by the State and Central Governments, it is noted that the insurers are expected […]
