The binding nature of the Circulars issued by Board is the issue that has been a matter of litigation since inception. There have been a number of decisions on this matter, that too, of Supreme Courts which have added fuel to the fire of litigation. There has been a constant fight between assessees and revenue department regarding the applicability and precedential value of the circulars issued by the Board.
Secretarial Audit a Governance measure that will have a positive effect on corporate entity. It is Compliance Audit system that used to carrying out auditing of compliances along with all Rules and Regulation made there under. It is a process to check compliances made by the Company under various Law, Rules, Regulation, and Procedure.
Supreme Court held In the case of ACIT vs. Rajesh Jhaveri Stock Brokers Pvt. Ltd. that Section 147 authorises and permits the Assessing Officer to assess or reassess income chargeable to tax if he has reason to believe that income for any assessment year has escaped assessment.
Quorum here means the minimum number of directors to be present at the board meeting in order to hold the board meeting. The provisions related to the minimum no. of directors i.e. quorum is provided u/s 174 of the companies Act 2013.
F.No. 275/65/2013-CX.8A I am directed to say that as per para 4.8 of the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on ‘Litigation in Appellate Forums’ issued in October, 2013, all the cases pertaining to indirect taxes before the High Court, wherein Uol, MoF, Secretary (Revenue), Chairperson CBEC or any of these figure as respondents, are defended by the Commissioner concerned on being duly authorised by the Legal Cell of CBEC.
The Assessee was engaged in the manufacturing of readymade garments and export to foreign countries. The Assessee had filed the Income Tax Return, declaring an income of Rs. 11,82,236/- which was processed u/s 143(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961
Subsequently representations have been received from exporters and trade & industry that such procedure should also be made applicable to exports made beyond 05.2015.
It is brought to the notice of Trade and Industry that the Interest Equalisation Scheme for Pre and Post Shipment Rupee Export Credit has been announced by the Government of India and notified vide RBI Circular No. DBR/Dir/BC. No. 62/04 02.001/2015-16 dated December 4 2015. The scheme is applicable w.e.f. 1st April, 2015. Details of the scheme are available on the website of RBI www.rbi.org.in.
Yesterday, few of the private tax web portals published the copy of the draft GST law. Though the authenticity of the same is yet to be vetted by the Government officials, meanwhile, in the following paras the author has tried to decipher the proposed GST law.
If anything has been associated from the starting with Implementation of Goods and Services Tax in India, it has been Revenue Neutral Rate in GST and its Impact. Till today also, if we have to name the biggest hurdle in the implementation of GST in India, it’s the consensus over the Revenue Neutral Rate.
