Since advertising agency only acting as an intermediary between assessee radio broadcasting station and the advertiser, raised bills to the advertiser on net amount charged by the assessee, charging separate commission from the advertiser, deduction from the gross amount was in the nature of discount only and not commission, therefore, liability to deduct tax under section 194H did not get attracted.
Declaration of valid GSTIN in Customs documents (BE/SB) would be mandatory w.e.f. 0000 hrs of 01-07-2017, the likely implementation date of GST, to avail IGST credit on Imports or GST refund on exports.
Provisional Ids and Access Token of Phase 5 dealers, are now made available by GSTN. Dealer can obtain their Provisional Ids from department’s portal www.mahavat.gov.in, using their login credentials.
SEBI (Issue and Listing of Debt Securities) Regulations, 2008 (“SEBI ILDS Regulations”) , govern public issue of debt securities and listing of debt securities issued through public issue or on private placement basis, on a recognized stock exchange.
The Supreme Court, in Board of Control for Cricket in India v. Cricket Association of Bihar & Ors., (2016) 8 SCC 535, mandated the Law Commission of India to study the possibility of legalizing betting in India, inter-alia, observed thus
if relevant details of address or PAN Identity are furnished to the Department along with the copies of shareholder register, share application form, share transfer register etc, it would constitute acceptable proof or acceptable explanation by assessee.
Procedure for Acceptance of Statement of Financial Transactions from Sub-Registrar Office and Post Offices (SFT) as per section 285BA of Income-tax Act, 1961 read with Rule 114E of Income-tax Rules, 1962
This is the right time to discuss the framework of GST as its likely to be a reality with effect from 01 July 2017. GST law is dual tax mechanism where the State and Centre both will be charge the tax.
A suggestion was made that Green fuels like Natural Gas, CNG, Bio-Diesel and Ethanol Blended Petrol should be zero rated to promote environment friendly fuels.
It has been brought to the notice of CBDT that in cases of minors whose both the parents have deceased, TDS deductors/Banks are clubbing the interest income accrued to the minor in the hand of grandparents and issuing IDS certificates to the grandparents, which is not in accordance with the law as the Income-tax Act envisages clubbing of minor’s income with that of the parents only and not any other relative.
