1. Amendment of Rule 3: (i) To address the various queries and difficulties of the works contract dealers, including builders, the rule has been suitably amended to clarify how taxable turnover shall be calculated and what all deductions could be made from turnover.
Normally a works contractor can opt for the composition scheme till April 30 of a financial year but in 2013-14, he can again do so for third and fourth quarter by filing Form WC-01 till October 31, 2013. The Composition dealer shall be eligible to opt for only one of the scheme i.e. Scheme A or Scheme B for all categories of works contracts to be executed by him in that financial year.
1. Amnesty Scheme: The Government allowed to bring an amnesty scheme (under section 107) for all tax dues, including for sales tax cases, for period upto 31.3.13. This will allow dealers to pay tax voluntarily and get relief from interest and penalty and criminal prosecution.
The composition scheme, notified vide No. 3(13)/Fin.(rev-1)/2012-13/dsvi/180 dated 28.2.2013 (effective from 1.4.2013), issued u/s 16(12) of the DVAT Act for works contract dealers has been modified vide present notification.
SEBI has issued a notification today, inter alia, permitting contracts for pre-emption including right of first refusal, tag-along or drag-along rights contained in the shareholders agreements or articles of association of companies.
NOTIFICATION NO.103/2013-CUSTOMS (N.T.), DATED THE 3rd October, 2013 -S.O. (E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962),
MCA Appeals to Avoid Last Minute Filing of Return: To avoid last minute rush and system congestion in MCA21 towards end of October and November 2013, I request all of you to expedite filing of balance sheet and annual return without waiting for the last days of the months
The assessee-trust was formed in pursuance of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) guidelines/regulations for investor protection, with the sole aim of creating a Fund which could provide compensation to the investors in case of loss on account of default by any member of a participating, recognized Stock Exchange.
Representations have been received from Trade bodies that field formations are not promptly sanctioning the rebate claims due to them. A suggestion has been made that the time limit prescribed in Section 11BB of the Central Excise Act, 1944 may be reduced from 3 months to 30 days.
Service Tax Return (ST-3) for the period April -September’ 13 is now available in ACES for e-filing by the assesses in both offline and online version. The last date of filing the ST-3 return for the said period is 25th October, 2013.
