Examination of the eligibility of entities for exemption from TDS on the principle of unconditional exemption and no requirement to file return revealed that Circulars No. 4/2002 and 7/2015 are required to be updated to make the following changes:
Where AO had only considered the discrepancy regarding gross receipts but did not carry out any inquiry in regard to the nexus between business receipts and cash deposits which was the specific direction of the Tribunal, Commissioner was justified in making revision order since the order was prejudicial to the interest of revenue.
GST contains a Composition Scheme as an option for a registered taxable person having specified turnover limit to pay tax at a lower rate with minimal compliance burden. Let us discuss the features of GST Composition scheme in upcoming paras.
The Union Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley: Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an efficient tax system which not only checks tax evasion but also helps evolving India to become very strong society
CSCs will help merchants’ registration, filing returns and support them in fulfilling various requirements under GST. They will mobilize, conduct training and create advocacy of GST implementation across the country.
It has been decided to extend the exemption from the requirements of drawal of samples for the purpose of grant of drawback to Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) holding Tier-I certificate, except in case of any specific information or intelligence.
SEBI has been taking steps for streamlining and tightening the conditions for issuance and reporting of ODIs by FPIs registered with SEBI. A list of the measures taken by SEBI in this regard during recent past is given as follows:-
Dr. Hasmukh Adhia, Revenue Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Government of India is very active on twitter and was replying queries of stakeholders on GST from last few days but seeing the volume of queries he has decided to open a separate twitter account to reply queries related to GST.
Central Governmentnotifies Ariyakudi Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, Kottivakkam, Chennai,to be place of historic importance and a place of public worship of renown throughout the state of Tamil Nadu for the purposes section 80G.
There has been constant reopening of assessments by Assessing Authorities on mere change of opinion while law is well settled on the point that an assessment cannot reopened by recourse to section 147/ 148 of the Income tax Act, 1961 on mere change of opinion of the Assessing Officer(AO).
