Income Tax Department had set up 24 dedicated Benami Prohibition Units (BPUs) under its Investigation Directorates all over India in May, 2017 to ensure swift action in respect of Benami properties.
GST being implemented in our country is a dual GST i.e. to say every supply attracting the levy will be leviable to both Central tax and State tax. So does this mean that if a taxpayer is aggrieved by any such transaction, he will have to approach both the authorities for exercising his right of appeal? The answer is a plain NO.
Question- office cafeteria is charging 18% GST stating they come under outdoor catering but what if the food is cooked within the cafeteria. Need clarification? Reply- If the activity is outdoor catering gst rate is 18%, else 5%. Classification depends on the nature of business. @askGST_GoI office cafeteria is charging 18% GST stating they come […]
Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) is a system, initially introduced by the Income Tax Department. It is one of the modes/methods to collect tax, under which, certain percentage of amount is deducted by a recipient at the time of making payment to the supplier.
Any reduction in rate of tax on any supply of goods or services or the benefit of input tax credit should have been passed on to the recipient by way of commensurate reduction in prices. However it has been the experience of many countries that when GST was introduced there has been a marked increase in inflation and the prices of the commodities.
Education is not defined in the CGST Act but as per Apex Court decision in Loka Shikshana Trust v/s CIT, education is process of training and developing knowledge, skill and character of students by normal schooling.
The provisions relating to taxation of activities of charitable institutions and religious trusts have been borrowed and carried over from the erstwhile service tax provisions. All services provided by such entities are not exempt.
The ITAT, Lucknow bench in M/s Maheshwari Flour Mills vs. JCIT, has held that expenses related to the fundamentals of the assessee’s business cannot be disallowed merely n ground that they were not vouched.
The levy of Service Tax on Road Transportation Service has always been a contentious issue. The Finance Act, 1997 had levied Service Tax on Goods Transport Operators w.e.f. 16-11-1997 which was subsequently withdrawn after nation-wide strike.
Once the assessment in the hands of AOP has been made then the assessment of the same income in the individual capacity tantamount to double assessment of the same income, which is impermissible in the eyes of law.
