GST Council approves the Draft of SGST and UTGST Bills-Clearing the decks for introduction of a major indirect tax reform in the Parliament, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, in its 12th meeting held on March 16, 2017, has approved the Draft Bills for implementing GST in States and Union Territories (UTs).
Since enrolment application went live,of many issues,one particular issue that has been reported in significant numbers was pertaining to PAN validation of taxpayers,required to be done after the application is submitted with either e-signature or DSC.GSTN has investigated many such issues and have taken certain steps to help tax payers migrate successfully.
From 1st April onward any transaction (including transactions for capital assets) above Rs. 3,00,000/- shall be strictly done only through banking channels.
It is well settled law that PAYMENT UNDER MISTAKE OF LAW — MISTAKE DISCOVERED ON NOTICING HIGH COURT DECISION — REFUND IS ALLOWED
There are certain foreign currency borrowings which have been taken in order to construct/ create some of the assets of the entity. Company is currently availing option given under para 46/46A of AS-11 and amortizing exchange difference over the period of loan.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has clarified that under the revised India-Korea Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA), applications for bilateral Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) involving international transactions with Associated Enterprises in Korea for the APA period beginning Fiscal Year 2017-18 can be filed along with request for rollback provision in prescribed form.
On review of the position of collection out of arrear and current demand as on 28.02.2017, it is noted that the performance of the Department as a whole and of almost all Pr. CCIT Regions individually is much below the targets given in the Central Action Plan 2016-17.
Number of e-filed Income Tax Returns in Financial Year 2016-17 (till 28.02.2017) was 4.21 Cr: The total amount of refund issued in the current fiscal (including refund arising out of rectification, appeal effect etc.) is Rs. 1,48,459 crore (till 28.02.2017)
GOI signatory of Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement for automatic exchange of Country-by-Country Reporting (CbC MCAA) pertaining to tax cooperation to enable automatic sharing of Country-by-Country information
Food inflation in India comparatively lower in the last six months as compared to the global food inflation based on the Food Price Index of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Food inflation as measured by the Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) in India was comparatively lower in the last six months as compared to the […]