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Penalty leviable even if service tax is paid before SCN

December 17, 2014 4498 Views 0 comment Print

Recently, Hon’ble Karnataka High Court in the matter of K. Madhav Kamath Brother & Co. v. Asst. Comm. of Central Excise, pronounced that even if service tax is paid prior to Show Cause Notice, still the penalty shall be leviable u/s 76/78, 77 of Finance Act’94.

Once reasonable cause is established, no penalty is imposable

December 17, 2014 3173 Views 0 comment Print

V.M. Engg. Works (the Assessee) made late payment of Service tax, consequent to which a Show Cause Notice was issued to the Assessee proposing to impose penalty for late payment of Service tax under Section 76 of the Finance Act, 1994 (the Finance Act).

SIT Submits suggestion / Actions to Control Black Money

December 17, 2014 1271 Views 0 comment Print

Placed below are the relevant portions of the Second Report of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Black Money which was recently submitted by the SIT to the Hon’ble Supreme Court: I. In response to the directions issued by the SIT, CBDT has directed various Assessing Officers to finalize the assessments for all actionable cases (427), whose names are appearing in the HSBC list received by the Department.

Devising a Simple Compensation Structure for Staff

December 17, 2014 8036 Views 0 comment Print

Devising a Simple Compensation Structure The objective of this article is to explain the basic Compensation structure in its simplest form. Information about Statutory compliance with Labor Laws and Tax requirements will also be explained in brief. Every organization aspires to devise a compensation structure that is easily understood, while taking into account all the […]

S. 194H TDS not applicable on Charges for use of Swipe Machine paid to banks

December 17, 2014 22560 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee was engaged in the business of trading in readymade garments. A letter was received from the Assessing Officer, TDS Circle Mumbai that the respondent-assessee had paid 3commission’ to HDFC on payments received from customers who had made purchases through credit cards.

Goods & Service Tax Will Be A Reality by April 2016

December 17, 2014 5306 Views 0 comment Print

The Central Government has finally agreed to many demands of various states during the most successful meeting held so far on 15th December , 2014. This is claimed to be a win win deal and passing of first hurdle in rolling out the long awaited goods and service tax(GST) in India from April, 2016.

What You Should Know About Employer’s Tax Responsibilities

December 17, 2014 2891 Views 0 comment Print

This is an informative article that explains in brief the tax responsibilities of an employer towards his employee in order to generate timely and accurate payroll. Payroll taxes Payroll related tax involves a good understanding of a typical compensation structure in an organization. An employer has 2 parties that he has to consider when computing […]

Government/DGFT cannot amend Foreign Trade Policy or withdraw any export benefit with retrospective effect

December 17, 2014 2264 Views 0 comment Print

Hon’ble High Court decided the matter in favour of the Petitioners and held that neither the Central Government, nor the DGFT would have the power to amend the FTP or withdraw any export benefit with retrospective effect.

Assessee is entitled to refund of Anti-Dumping Duty paid provisionally

December 17, 2014 757 Views 0 comment Print

Circuit Systems India Pvt. Ltd. (the Appellant) imported Glass Epoxy Copper and filed 5 Bills of Entry for the period October 2003 to January 2004 (Impugned period). During the Impugned period, the Anti-Dumping Duty was payable by the Appellant provisionally in terms of the Notification No. 141/2003 dated September 19, 2003 (the Notification).

Amends Exchange Rate notfn. 113/2014-Customs (NT) effective from 18th December, 2014

December 17, 2014 1842 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise & Customs hereby makes the following further amendments in the Notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance

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