It is proposed to provide that donations made by any donor to the Swachh Bharat Kosh and donations made by domestic donors to Clean Ganga Fund will be eligible for a deduction of hundred per cent from the total income. However, any sum spent in pursuance of Corporate Social Responsibility under sub-section (5) of section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, will not be eligible for deduction from the total income of the donor.
Budget 2015-16 One hundred per cent deduction for National Fund for Control of Drug Abuse Under the existing provisions of section 80G, an assessee is allowed a deduction from his total income in respect of donations made by him to certain funds and charitable institutions. The deduction is allowed at the rate of hundred percent […]
Budget 2015-16 Relaxing the requirement of obtaining TAN for certain deductors Under the provisions of section 203A of the Act, every person deducting tax (deductor) or collecting tax (collector) is required to obtain Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number (TAN) and quote the same for reporting of tax deduction/collection to the Income-tax Department. However, currently, […]
Budget 2015-16 – Enabling of filing self-declaration in Form No.15G/15H for non-deduction of tax at source onpayment made under life insurance policy The Finance (No.2) Act, 2014, inserted section 194DA in the Act with effect from 1.10.2014 to provide for deduction of tax at source at the rate of 2% from payments made under life insurance […]
Seeks to notify the “resident firm” as the class of persons for the purpose of sub-clause (iii) of clause (b) of section 96A of the Finance Act, 1994. CBEC vide Notification No. 11/2015-Central Excise (N.T.), Dated: March 1, 2015, Notification No. 27/2015-Customs (NT), Dated: March 1, 2015 & Notification No. 9/2015- ST, Dated: March 01, […]
CBEC with effect from 1st April 2015 vide Notification No. 8/2015-ST, Dated: March 01, 2015 has amended the Abatement Notification No. 30/2012 dated 20.06.2012 as follows: (i) The taxable portion of service of transportation by rail, road and vessel shall be 30% subject to a uniform condition of non-availment of CENVAT Credit on inputs, capital goods and input services.
Seeks to amend notification No. 30/2012-Service Tax dated 20th June, 2012, so as to prescribe, the extent of service tax payable by the service provider and any other person liable for paying service tax other than the service provider. CBEC with effect from 1st April 2015 vide Notification No. 7/2015-ST, Dated: March 01, 2015has amended […]
16. Services by an artist by way of a performance in folk or classical art forms of (i) music, or (ii) dance, or (iii) theatre, if the consideration charged for such performance is not more than one lakh rupees
Notification No. 5/2015-ST, Dated: March 01, 2015, Seeks to amend Service Tax Rules, 1994 so as to prescribe,- (i) definition of an ‘aggregator’ and the ‘brand name or trade name’ (ii) the person liable to pay service tax for certain specified services; (iii) for issuing digitally signed invoices and their authentication by means of digital […]
Seeks to amend notification No. 31/2012-Service Tax, dated 20th June, 2012, so as to exempt services provided for transportation of export goods by road from the place of removal to a land customs station (LCS). CBEC vide Notification No. 4/2015-ST, Dated: March 01, 2015 has exempted services provided by goods transport agencyto an exporter for […]
