Uninterrupted and seamless chain of input tax credit is one of the key features of Goods and Services Tax. ITC is a mechanism to avoid cascading of taxes. Cascading of taxes, in simple language, is ‘tax on tax’.
On the common portal each registered taxpayer will have one electronic register called the Electronic liability register and two electronic ledgers namely Electronic Cash Ledger and Electronic Credit Ledger. These register and ledgers will reflect the amount of tax payable, the amount available to settle the tax liability online, and input credit balance.
A supplier of goods or services or both is mandatorily required to issue a tax invoice. However, during the course of trade or commerce, after the invoice has been issued there could be situations like
Queries have been received seeking clarification regarding the tax ability and rate of GST on services by a college hostel mess. The clarification is as given below:
Priyank Mittal Vs. ITO (ITAT Agra) A perusal of the reasons recorded by the AO shows that the allegation as per the reasons to believe escapement of income is bogus purchase/sale of shares, while the impugned addition has been made with respect to gift, which shows that the A.O. had no specific information. Hence, as […]
Teleworld Mobiles Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Commissioner Of Trade & Taxes (Delhi High Court) Counsel for the respondents have submitted that illegality of seizure or survey or investigation would not affect admissibility and relevancy of the evidence collected. The said evidence as per the respondent is admissible and decisions in M. Malkani versus State of Maharashtra, […]
Once the income of the assessee was estimated after rejection of books of account, then, the AO could not make disallowance on the same books of account for the purpose of disallowance by invoking provisions of section 40(a)(ia) or general disallowance under section 37(1). Hence, the disallowance made by the AO was deleted.
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the following procedure to be followed for verification of character and antecedents for appointment to posts of the Chairman, Chairperson, President, Vice-Chairman, Vice- Chairperson, Vice President, Presiding Officer, Accountant Member, Administrative Member, Judicial Member, Expert Member, Law Member, Revenue Member, Technical Member or Members in Tribunals/Regulatory bodies under purview of the ACC:
As per the decision of GST Council, a nation-wide E-way Bill system is to be introduced with effect from 01.02.2018 for all inter-State movement and with effect from 01.06.2018 for all intra-State movement. It is, therefore, important that officers of Central Tax administration are properly trained in handling the new system.
The Consumer Protection Bill, 2018 provides for the establishment of an executive agency to be known as the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) to promote, protect and enforce the rights of consumers; make interventions when necessary to prevent consumer detriment arising from unfair trade practices and to initiate class action including enforcing recall, refund and return of products, etc.
