Services Provided to Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Authorised Operations Exempted From Service Tax The Central Government has decided to exempt the services on which service tax is leviable under section 66B of the said Act, received by a unit located in a Special Economic Zone (hereinafter referred to as SEZ Unit) or Developer of SEZ […]
high court of kerala declares the levy of service tax on ac bar restaurants and on hotels providing short term accommodation as unconstitutional and beyond the legislative competence of the parliament
What is Dividend Distribution Tax? Section 10(34) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 declares that in addition to the income tax paid by a domestic company against the total income for any assessment year, any amount declared, distributed or paid by such company in form of dividends, is subject to additional tax known as Dividend Distribution Tax. DDT is also applicable to debt mutual funds and is the tax that debt funds pay on the dividend distributed to retail investors.
Whereas, in the matter of levy of anti-dumping duty on Poly Vinyl Chloride Paste Resin also called as PVC Emulsion Resin (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under sub-heading 3904 22 10 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff
Whereas in the matter of import of Acetone (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff item 2914 11 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said Customs Tariff Act) ,
CA Anuj Mehta WHETHER SERVICE TAX IS APPLICABLE ON PRINTED BOOKS BY PRINTING PRESS? First we need to understand what is service? In the new regime, all services, other than services specified in the Negative List, provided or agreed to be provided in the ‘taxable territory’ by a person to another would be taxed. […]
In judging whether the controlled component or components are to be considered the principal element, governments should weigh the factors of quantity, value, and technological know-how involved and other special circumstances which might establish the controlled component or components as the principal element of the item being procured.
An exporter (with annual export turnover of Rs 5 crores for each of the last three years) may export cut & polished diamonds (each of 0.10 carat or above) to any of the above agencies/laboratories with re-import facility at zero duty within 3 months from the date of export.
Where a return of income could not be filed by the assessee due to unavoidable circumstances, and assessee proved to have a bona fide belief , coupled with the voluntary payment of tax liability, the Chief Commissioner was not justified in declining the benefit of a waiver of interest to assessee under section 234B.
the dealers whose turnover exceeded Rs.10 Crore during 2012-13 shall have to file audit report in Form-AR-1 upto 15-11-2013. Therefore, all the officers of VAT Audit Branch, KCS Branch, Spl. Zone Branch and other Wards are advised to carry out the audit of the business affairs of the dealers having GTO more than Rs.10 Crore for the year 2012-13 after 15-11-2013. However, audit for period prior to 2012-13 can continue as per the notice issued.
