1] We have heard Mr. Pinto appearing on behalf of Revenue in support of this appeal. 2] In paragraphs 4.1 and 4.2 of this memo of appeal, the Revenue says that the facts are as under:- “4.1 The Assessing Officer, from the records noted that the Respondent Company had made payment of a sum of […]
Managing Director of a popular hotel of Visakhapatnam was arrested and remanded to judicial custody today for the failure to remit to the government an amount of Rs. 3 crores of service tax which was collected during the years 2011-16.
Right after the GST rates for goods, another meeting held on May 19, 2017 at Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, approved the GST rates for services. The rates for services were finalised the four- slab structure i.e. 5%, 12%, 18%, 28%. A larger number of fast- food joints, which are […]
EVMs can be opened and only visually inspected during Challenge-II as this is allowed during First Level Check (FLC). However, EVMs cannot be opened during Challenge- I as EVMs are always kept sealed after the Poll till counting in actual poll scenario.
GST Council in its 14th meeting on 18th & 19th of May 2017 held in Srinagar, suggested the list of goods & services on which tax should be levied under Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM). In all 12 services has been suggested by the Council to be notified by the government as services on which Reverse Charge Mechanism shall apply. Not only services but RCM is applicable on supply of goods also. In this article we will cover all the provisions related to RCM under GST. For the first time, we have drafted the article in form of question and answers. We have tried to cover all the aspects of RCM in these questions, so now let us start with our question answer session.
The circulation of Virtual Currencies which are also known as Digital/ Crypto Currencies has been a cause of concern. This has been expressed in various fora from time to time. Reserve Bank of India had also cautioned the user’s, holders and traders of Virtual currencies (VCs), including Bitcoins, about the potential financial, operational, legal, customer protection and security related risks that they are exposing themselves to vide it’s press releases dated 24th December, 2013 and 1st February, 2017.
ASSOCHAM has approached the RBI with a plea that the provisioning criteria for the non-performing assets (NPAs) in the case of proposed Wholesale Long- Term Finance (WLTF) banks should be based on stress tests of each of the funded projects, unlike the present standard provisioning norms due to a different nature of the long term, big ticket industrial or infrastructure projects to be covered by WLTF lenders.
The fitment of rates of services were discussed on 19th May 2017 during the 14th GST Council meeting held at Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. The Council has broadly approved the GST rates for services at Nil, 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%. The information will be subject to further vetting after which the list may undergo some changes. The decisions of the GST Council are being communicated for general information and will be given effect to through gazette notifications which shall have force of law.
The GST Council has broadly approved the GST rates for services at Nil, 5%, 12%, 18% and 28% for services including telecom, insurance, hotels and restaurants. The information has been uploaded immediately after the GST Council’s decision and it will be subject to further vetting during which the list may undergo some changes. It is stated that the decisions of the GST Council are being communicated for general information and will be given effect through gazette notifications which shall have force of law.
The anti-profiteering provisions are there in GST Acts to help the government to ensure that the common masses enjoy the benefits of the reduction in rates by way of reduced prices.
