Every year Central Board of Direct Taxes issues circular on Income Tax deduction from salaries under section 192 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. For the Financial year 2016-17, CBDT issued circular relating to provisions of salary & TDS on salary for current year via circular no. 01/2017 dt. 02/01/2017. This article tries to focus on amendments in FY 2016-17 by comparing with the provisions of FY 2015-16.
The Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 has been enacted to make a provision for levy and collection of tax on intra-state supply of goods or services or both by the Central Government and the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Assessment and Audit play an important part in any tax administration. Goods and Services tax law is primarily based on self-assessment. The tax payer would avail the off set of input credit of taxes against his final liability to settle balance taxes which would be paid in cash.
The provisions relating to Point of Taxation (POT) are very essential element of any law as it fixes the point when the liability to pay tax arises.
A Registered person under the proposed GST regime has to file many returns prescribed or otherwise required to be furnished by or under the act & rules made thereunder.
At the outset the Bar Council of India would like to make it clear that the independence and autonomy of the Advocates cannot be compromised at any cost. Advocates are the backbone of any civil society. Advocates are the class which ensures actual implementation of the constitutional, fundamental and legal rights when they are violated.
In order to engage with the stakeholders and invite comments from the public at large, recently, the Central Government has issued 3 more Draft Goods and Services Tax (“GST”) Rules viz. Draft GST Rules on Accounts & Records, Appeals & Revision and Advance Ruling, on April 19, 2017, making a total of 14 Draft Rules as on date.
