C K P Mandal (the Appellant) is a Charitable Trust. It has two halls which are given on hire for various functions. On hire charges, the Appellant was paying Service tax under the category of Mandap keeper. The Appellant also received donations from caterers and decorators for permitting them to use the halls.
The Hon’ble High Court of Madras after observing that there was no audit initiated/ conducted against the Petitioner or in business premises of the Petitioner, held that: Audit of service recipient, SIPL is not relevant and the Petitioner was never put to notice before March 1, 2013;
The sub-clause (v) of Section 65(12) of the Finance Act, 1994 (the Finance Act) providing the definition of ‘Banking and Other Financial services’ was amended vide the Finance Act, 2007 (effective from June 1, 2007) by deletion of the expression ‘but does not include cash management’.
Securities and Exchange Board of India (hereinafter known as SEBI) in its Board Meeting held on 21st January, 2015 has approved proposal to carry out some amendments in SEBI (ICDR) Regulations, 2009 ( Regulations, 2009) with FEMA Act so as to harmonize the norms on receipt of upfront payment and tenure of partly paid shares / warrants.
Nilkamal Ltd. (the Appellant) was engaged in the manufacture of excisable goods and for the manufacture of these goods, they had purchased some moulds as Capital Goods. Upon receipt of the said moulds in the factory, the Appellant availed 50% of the eligible Cenvat credit on the moulds as Capital Goods and the moulds were put to use for some time in the factory for further manufacturing of excisable goods.
Following documents are required to be submitted by the first time importers, namely:- i) Copy of VAT/sales Tax Registration Certificate. ii) Certificate from the Bank with whom the Bank account is being maintained by the importer certifying the signatures, name and address of the importer.
Twenty fourth February of every year is celebrated as Central Excise Day and different programmes are organized by different formations to mark the day Board vide its letter of even number dated 6.2.2014 had listed certain suggested activities that could be organized to celebrate the day.
Applications are invited from the tax lawyers of substantial standing and repute and with good academic credentials for the empanelment of Senior and Junior Standing Counsels for representing tax matters of the Income Tax Department in the High Court of Delhi and other fora.
Notification No.09/2015 – Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (viii) of sub-section (2) of section 80C of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby specifies the ‘Sukanya Samriddhi Account’ for the purposes of the said clause.
I write this article on 20th January 2015, one day after the CA Final results were declared. As with any result there were moments of ecstasy on one side and then there were moments of sorrow and crying for those who couldn’t clear. Those who cleared were apparently visible and vociferous all over the social media be it Facebook or LinkedIn or emails.
