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Denial of refund of accumulated CENVAT credit to exporter on post-clearance Services

March 9, 2016 1537 Views 1 comment Print

The taxable services availed by the appellant were to occasion the exports. There appears nexus between export and the service so availed which cannot be ruled out by the authorities below. Once that is present, denial of the refund of the accumulated CENVAT credit to the exporter is unreasonable.

Cenvat Credit refund cannot be denied when utilisation not possible

March 9, 2016 3022 Views 1 comment Print

What the learned counsel says is that its right not being abrogated by law and also in absence of any provision in law to deny refund, the unutilised credit of AED is refundable. Following the ratio laid down by the Hon ble High Court of Andhra Pradesh in the aforesaid judgment, appellant is entitled to refund. When law itself does not deny grant of refund of unutilised credit there shall be no question of limitation to apply.

CENVAT credit admissible on Service tax on health care service expenses of factory staff

March 9, 2016 2569 Views 0 comment Print

Learned counsel says that maintenance of health of the factory workers where they work in hazardous situation is an essentiality both under statute as well as requirement of the conditions of the employment.

Cenvat Credit eligible on Service Tax Paid on pollution control expenses

March 9, 2016 2221 Views 0 comment Print

Learned counsel says that pollution control being necessity of law appellant has complied to that law incurring certain expenditure which have suffered service tax. Inadmissibility of CENVAT credit in respect of the service tax suffered having direct relation and intimate connection with the manufacture to prevent pollution, shall be mis-carriage of justice.

FM withdraws proposal to tax EPF/Superannuation Fund

March 9, 2016 19033 Views 1 comment Print

In View of pressure from all quarters Finance Mister Arun Jaitley has withdrawn the Proposal to Tax 60% of EPF/Superannuation Fund Proposed in Union Budget 2016 and which was to come into effect from 01.04.2016.

Monetary appeal filing limit also applies to cross objections & references filed by dept

March 8, 2016 1816 Views 0 comment Print

The monetary limits for filing appeals before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunals and High Courts were raised to ₹ 10 lakhs and ₹ 20 lakhs respectively by Circular 21 of 2015 dated 10.12.2015. Queries have been received regarding the applicability of Circular 21 of 2015 to cross objections filed by the Department before the ITAT under section 253(4) of the Income-tax Act and to references to the High Court under sections 256(1) and 256(2) of the Act.

Regarding Scrutiny of Delhi VAT Returns

March 8, 2016 4318 Views 0 comment Print

As you are aware that a return furnished by a person required under section 26 of Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004 is treated as self-assessed as per provisions of section 31 of the said Act. This was a major departure from the erstwhile Delhi Sales Tax Act, 1975, repealed by the aforesaid Act. Under erstwhile Delhi Sales Tax Act, all cases used to be assessed mandatorily to find out from the returns filed or otherwise, whether tax has been paid properly or not.

Dispensing of Customs Baggage Declaration Form for domestic passengers

March 8, 2016 3823 Views 0 comment Print

Kind reference is invited to minutes of the meeting taken by Chairman, CBEC, on 19.12.2015 of Principal Commissioners/ Commissioners of major airports and other officers issued under F. No. 520/43/2015-Cus VI dated 23.12.2015. It was decided in the said meeting that the Customs Declaration form which is prescribed for the domestic passengers travelling along with international passengers in the international flight flying in its domestic leg would be dispensed herewith.

More Rationality for higher credit in Rule 6 of Cenvat Credit Rule 2004

March 8, 2016 6577 Views 4 comments Print

Rule -6(1) Rule is amended to provide that CENVAT Credit shall not be available on input used for manufacture of exempted goods and input used for empted services. Rule further direct that procedure for calculation of credit not allowed is stated in sub rule (2) and (3) for different situation.

Union Budget 2016-17 – Quick Bites On Economy

March 8, 2016 4240 Views 0 comment Print

The Economy Survey, tabled by Finance Minsiter in the Lok Sabha on 26.02.2016 describes India as a refuge of stability and an outpost of opportunity at a time of global turbulence and volatility. The targeted growth for 2016-17 is pegged at 7-7.5 per cent , put out in the Economic Survey, does not paint a very glowing picture of the economy.

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