The Digital India programme reiterates Government’s commitment to make India a knowledge and innovation based society. Accordingly, the Government also realizes that, in this internet age it will have to work through gadgets and technology to serve its population online, in the course ensuring time efficiency, speed and transparency.
Change in Rate of Service Tax Rate The Service Tax rate is being increased from 12% plus Education Cesses to 14%. Effective increase in Service Tax rate will be from existing rate of 12.36% (inclusive of cesses) to 14%. w.e.f: The new Service Tax rate shall come into effect from a date to be notified […]
Income tax department should waive the fees for late filing TSD return u/s 234E for Q1, Q2 and Q3 if TDS return file within due date of Q4 TDS return because in the writ petition decided by Bombay High court, department has taken the stand that due to not filing of TDS return they are not able to give tax credit to deductee within time limit and because of this deficiency they have to bear extra cost which is now compensated by levying late filing fees u/s 234E.
1. Change in Service Tax rate: ♣ The Service Tax rate is being increased from 12% plus Education Cesses to 14%. The ‘Education Cess’ and ‘Secondary and Higher Education Cess’ shall be subsumed in the revised rate of Service Tax. Thus, effective increase in Service Tax rate will be from existing rate of 12.36% (inclusive […]
AMENDMENTS IN THE CENTRAL EXCISE ACT, 1944: 1) Sub section (3) of Section 3A, which empowers the Central Government to charge excise duty on the basis of capacity of production in respect of notified goods, is being amended so as to insert an Explanation to provide that factor relevant to production includes factors relevant to […]
Amendments carried out through the Finance Bill, 2015 come into effect on the date of its enactment unless otherwise specified. AMENDMENTS IN THE CUSTOMS ACT, 1962: 1) Section 28 is being amended so as to: (i) Insert a proviso in sub-section (2) thereof to provide that in cases not involving fraud or collusion or wilful […]
MEASURES TO CURB BLACK MONEY Mode of taking or accepting certain loans, deposits and specified sums and mode of repayment of loans or deposits and specified advances The existing provisions contained in section 269SS of the Income-tax Act provide that no person shall take from any person any loan or deposit otherwise than by an account payee cheque or account payee bank draft or online transfer through a bank account, if the amount of such loan or deposit is twenty thousand rupees or more.
Explanatory Memoranda to notification Nos. 6 to 11/2015-Customs, dated 01.03.2015 Sr. No. Notification No. Description 1. 6/2015-Customs Seeks to increase the Additional Duty of Customs (commonly known as Road Cess) levied on motor spirit (petrol). 2. 7/2015- Customs Seeks to increase the Additional Duty of Customs (commonly known as Road Cess) levied on High Speed […]
F. No. 334/5/2015-TRU D.O.F. No. 334/5/2015-TRU dated February 28th, 2015 The Finance Minister has, while presenting the Union Budget 2015-16, introduced the Finance Bill in the Lok Sabha on the 28th of February, 2015. Clauses 105 to 116 of the Bill cover the amendments made to Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994. Chapter VI […]
The service tax rate is being increased from 12% plus Education Cesses to 14%. The ‘Education Cess’ and ‘Secondary and Higher Education Cess’ shall be subsumed in the new service tax rate. The revised rate shall come into effect from a date to be notified.
