During January 2017, the net indirect tax grew at the rate of 9% compared to corresponding month last year. The growth rate in net collection for Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax was 10.1%, 26.3% and 9.4% respectively during the month of January 2017, compared to the corresponding month last year.
As you are aware, the assessment proceedings in all cases selected under scrutiny are now to be conducted through e-mail based communications unless the taxpayer concerned himself desires to opt out of the Paperless Assessment Scheme.
As a mechanism to monitor quality of scrutiny assessment orders, it was laid down in para 4 of Instruction No. 4 of 2016 of CBDT dated 13.07.2016 that Pr. CCsIT/CCIT(Central)/Pr. CCIT(International-tax)/CCIT(Exemptions)/DsGIT(Inv.) would submit a report containing details of at least 25 quality assessment orders from their respective charge by 31st January, 2017.
THE INDIAN INSTITUTES OF MANAGEMENT BILL, 2017 is A BILL to declare certain Institutes of management to be institutions of national importance with a view to empower these instituions to attain standards of global excellence in management, management research and allied areas of knowledge and to provide for certain other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
A new concept of revisionary power of Chief Commissioner or Commissioner has been proposed in the GST Law as compared to the provisions prevalent in present indirect taxation.
Direct tax collections up to January 2017 show a consistent growth trend. The collection net of refunds stands at Rs. 5.82 lakh crore which is 10.79% more than the net collections for the corresponding period last year
GST is a single tax on the supply of goods and services, right from the manufacturer to the consumer. Credits of input taxes paid at each stage will be available in the subsequent stage of value addition, which makes GST essentially a tax only on value addition at each stage.
Direct tax proposal – highlights:- Personal Taxation, Corporate Taxation, Penal Provisions, Capital Gain Taxation, Cash Proposal to reduce Cash Transactions and promote Digital Economy, Tax Deduction At Source (TDS), Business Taxation
The tax proposals, both direct and indirect, are aimed at the following major reform areas: 1. Measures for Promoting Affordable Housing and Real Estate Sector 2. Measures for Stimulating Growth 3. Promoting Digital Economy 4.Transparency in Electoral Funding 5. Ease of Doing Business
ITAT have consistently held that the internet charges have to be excluded both from the export turnover as well as from the total turnover while computing deduction u/s 10A of the Act.
