sometimes the amendments to these provisos bring utter confusion which shivers a particular industry to which the notification relates. This is the exact situation of the textile sector which is being shivered by the recent amendments made in the proviso to notification no. 30/2004-CE dated 9.7.2004. Similar amendments have been made in two more notifications – 1/2011-CE & 12/2012-CE covering a number of other industries too. In this article, an effort has been made to analyze these three amendments and their impact on the industry as a whole.
GST is levied at every stage of the production distribution chain with applicable set off in respect of the tax remitted at previous stages. It is basically a tax on final consumption. GST is to be a comprehensive indirect tax levy on manufacture, sale and consumption of goods as well as services at the national level.
Now a day’s cooking of foods products by the Hotel Industry/ Restaurants are mostly done with the help of Liquefied Petroleum Gas. Liquefied Petroleum Gas is the major ingredient used for converting raw food into final product. However the Excise & Taxation Department is disallowing Input Tax Credit on the purchase of Liquefied Petroleum Gas on the basis of Section 13 (5) of the Act while ignoring 1st Proviso to Section 13(1). This had led to many controversies all over the State.
The last decades have been one of the most important decades in human history. In these decades the internet and World Wide Web has been invented. The internet and www are the two boon of the modern humanity. They became essential part of every one’s life.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC or the Board) vide Circular No. 185/4/2015-ST dated June 30, 2015 had laid down the procedure for carrying out detailed scrutiny of Service Tax Returns, to be followed by the Revenue with effect from August 1, 2015. Now, on similar line, the Board has now issued instructions/ guidelines on detailed scrutiny of Central Excise Returns vide Circular No. 1004/11/2015-CX dated July 21, 2015 (the Circular)
It cannot be said that the land owned by the assessee was a vacant land. The character of the land has changed and it was no more plot of the land. Urban land, no doubt, is subject to the tax under the Wealth Tax Act, but, in our opinion, it will cover only the vacant land.
ITAT Chandigarh held in the case M/s Himlayan Expressway Limited vs. ITO that it is clear that the borrowed funds were not required by the assessee for business purposes. Therefore, the same funds were surplus funds in nature for that period which was utilized for making term deposits on which the assessee earned the interest.
In the modern income-tax regime the ‘individual’ status is proving to be better option to assessees keeping in view the tax-saving instruments & tedious/ TDS provisions of income-tax & structure of tax as well as statutory provisions and laws like Indian Companies Act, 2013.
Electricity is an important source of commercial energy. In recent years increased price of electricity has raised many socioeconomic and political issues. Although, there are any reasons for rise in the price of electricity but this article high lights the cascading effects of taxes in power sector. The power sector should be included in the […]
In the present case the Hon’ble High court while deciding two vital issues held that the estoppels does not apply against a statute and Mere expansion of the Existing Units can’t be termed as a separate undertaking in order to claim deductions under section 10A.
