Reduction in number of levies: Education Cess and Secondary & Higher Education Cess on taxable services have been subsumed in Service Tax with effect from 06.2015. [Sections 153, 159 of the Finance Act, 2015 read with notification No.14/2015-Service Tax, dated 19.05.2015 refers].
Notification No. 3/2015 – Income Tax In exercise of the powers delegated by Central Board of Direct Taxes (‘Board’) under Sub rule (9)(a) and 9(b) of Rule 114G of the Income tax Rules 1962, the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) lays down the procedures, data structure and standards for ensuring secure capture and transmission of data, evolving and implementing appropriate security, archival and retrieval policies as under:
In this case ITAT examined the issue whether fee paid to golf club on behalf of director to develop links with other corporates leaders is an allowable business expenditure. On the basis of other judicial pronouncement ITAT decided this question in favour of assessee.
The ITAT president has constituted a special bench of the three members to hear the case of assessee by exercising his powers u/s 255 (3). A notice fixing date of hearing before special bench was served upon the assessee.
The Delhi High Court in the case of Commissioner of Customs vs. Orion Enterprises held that as per Basmati Rice Rules if the rice doesn’t qualify as Basmati rice then the same cannot be exported as the export of non-Basmati rice is illegal and liable to confiscation.
Delhi ITAT held in the case of Smt. Rutu Jindal Vs. ACIT, that if no statement has been recorded at the time of search and where there is no occasion for the assessee to state the fact at the time of search, the addition can not be made without taking in to account the fact of the case which is stated during the appellate proceedings.
The Entry No. 8 of Schedule- II B of The Uttarakhand Value Added Tax Act, 2005 is as under-All utensils and enamelled utensils (including pressure cookers and pans), buckets, jugs & mugs made of aluminum, iron & steel, plastic or other materials except precious metals.
The salient features of Strategic Debt Restructuring are: Conversion option stipulated in terms and conditions should be supported by necessary approvals/authorizations from the borrowing company as required under the rules and regulations of the Companies Act or any other law.
Krishna, the festival of Raksha Bandhan is coming soon. On this occasion Maharashtra Sales Tax Department has issued a Trade Circular for businessman for collecting taxes. Arjuna, Raksha Bandhan means expressing love, strengthening relations between brothers and sisters. Elder should save the younger. But Sales Tax department has done opposite of this. The department instead of saving the dealer who follows the VAT laws brought Bandhan for the year 2012-13.
CA Shishir Agrawal CA FINAL- DIRECT TAX (Income Tax)- Ready reference of case laws relevant for November 2015 About Notes: The case laws are summarized from supplementary study material issued by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for the Final Examination to be held in May 2015. For detail case study, please visit http://resource.cdn.icai.org/35311scasesp7.pdf. […]
