Notification No. 01/2016-Service Tax Seeks to amend notification No. 41/2012- ST, dated the 29th June, 2012 so as to allow refund of service tax on services used beyond the factory or any other place or premises of production or manufacture of the said goods for the export of the said goods and to increase the refund amount commensurate to the increased service tax rate.
Of late, the issue regarding the taxability of the remuneration and living allowance, etc. payable to a foreign technician on deputation in India under a Technical Collaboration or Assistance Agreement, has become quite controversial. At the root of this controversy, are the provisions of S. 9(1)(ii) of the Income-Tax Act, 1961 (the Act). Section 9 of the Act deals with “Income deemed to accrue or arise in India”.
Notification No. 3/2016-Central Excise (N.T.) Seeks to amend Notification No. 45/2001 – CE (NT) dated 26th June, 2001, as amended, to allow export of material/equipment under bond, without payment of Central Excise duty, for Kholongchhu Hydro-Electric Project (KHEP) in Bhutan
Notification No. 02/2016-Central Excise (N.T.) Seeks to amend CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, so as to i. specify that the Cenvat credit of any duty specified in sub-rule (1) shall not be utilized for payment of the Swachh Bharat Cess. ii. allow credit of service tax paid on sale of dutiable goods on commission basis.
There has been prevailing in the Income-Tax Department a very erroneous impression that under the provisions of the amended section 147 of the Income-Tax Act, 1961 (the Act), with effect from 1st April, 1989, the Assessing Officer (AO) has got unbridled powers to assess or reassess income which has escaped assessment. This is so, particularly, in respect of cases where no assessment has been made under section 143(3) of the Act
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) had issued a Circular No.12 of 2014, dt.18.7.2014, by way of clarification regarding allowability of deduction under section 10A / 10AA, on transfer of technical man-power in the case of software industry [366 ITR (St) 1 : 106 DTR (St) 28]. Vide paragraph (4) of the aforesaid Circular No.12 / 2014, it has been clarified that mere transfer or redeployment of technical man-power from an existing unit to a new SEZ unit
The provisions of Section 10A and Section 10B of the IT Act, 1961, provide incentive deduction in respect of profits and gains derived by an undertaking from the export of articles or things or computer software for a period of ten consecutive assessment years, beginning with the assessment year relevant to the previous year in which the undertaking begins to manufacture and produce such articles or things or computer software.
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Circular No. 1015/03/2016-CX References have been received in the Board from intended beneficiaries that there have been instances where refund applications filed beyond one year from purchase of vehicle, have been rejected as they were hit by limitation under Section 11B of the Central Excise Act, 1944. Reason for such delay has been claimed in some cases as delay in procuring certificate from the line Ministry as prescribed in the notification, confirming the said goods are capable of being used by the physically handicapped persons.
The new entries at Sl. No. 68A and 68B shall be inserted in Chapter 12 of schedule 2 of ITC (HS) Classification of Export & Import Items as follows
