There is no provision in Service tax law for deeming notional interest on security deposit taken as a consideration for leasing of the immovable property. Therefore, in the absence of a specific provision in law there is no scope for adding any notional interest to the value of taxable service rendered.
Text of the Intervention Made by the Minister of State of Finance in the G20 Finance Minister’s Meeting on International Tax; Calls for Implementation of the New Global Standards on Automatic Exchange of Information with A Common Timeline and with Coverage of as Many Countries as Possible
It was required that each Ministry/Public Authority should get its proactive disclosure package audited by third party every year and such audit should be communicated to the CIC through publication on their own website. It has been noticed that most of the Ministries/Public Authorities have not yet got their proactive disclosure package audited by a third party.
CBDT has constituted a Committee to appraise the existing Instruction No 4/2002 dated 07.05.2002 on the above mentioned subject and to suggest suitable modifications to the same.
In the Budget 2014-15, excise duty on Polyester Staple Fibre (PSF) and Polyester Filament Yarn (PFY) manufactured from plastic waste or scrap or plastic waste including waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles (which was already exempt w.e.f. 08.05.2012) has been exempted retrospectively w.e.f. 29.06.2010 to 07.05.2012 [section 110 of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2014 refer]
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will launch an updated version of the existing website of Income Tax Department today to enable taxpayers to file easily their I-T returns or apply for a PAN card. The updated version of the existing website of the Income Tax department– www.incometaxindia.gov.in– will now be acting as a single window for […]
Circular No. 985/09/2014-CX On implementation of cadre review there would be 23 Central Excise Zones and 4 Service Tax Zones with each zone having one or more Audit Commissionerates. Each Audit Commissionerate would cover assessees registered under the jurisdiction of 3 to 5 Executive Commissionerates
To, Hon’ble Chief Justice of India Supreme Court of India Subject: Bureaucracy in India – A Real Hurdle for Development of Country Respected Sir, “Minimum government, maximum governance” – is it fact or fantasy? Government has merged key ministries in an apparent attempt to bring in more synergy in governance and make decision making quicker […]
MVAT Act, has given some options for retail dealers through Composition scheme from April 2005 for payment of VAT. Maharashtra Government has made changes in composition scheme through notification dated 21st August which will be made applicable from 1st October 2014. This scheme is beneficial for the dealers who finds difficult to maintain books of accounts for e. g. Grocery Shopkeepers, etc. However there are some conditions of the scheme also.
The central Board of Direct taxes has extended the date of obtaining and furnishing the Tax audit report to 30/11/2014 though the Date of filing of Income tax returns is still 30/09/2014 and it is very unfortunate situation troubling the whole trade and Industry which is a very big part of the total tax paying fraternity.
