On 13 August 2020, between much pomp and fanfare, Prime Minister Modi announced the new Transparent Taxation platform i.e. the new way forward for the Central Board of Direct Taxes. The main idea behind the Transparent Taxation platform is ‘faceless’ assessments and faceless appeals. Further, the Prime Minister promised that the tax administration would attempt […]
The main question before the Gujarat High Court was whether the actions of the Central Government of issuing the Impugned Notifications and imposing service tax liability on the local importer/third party (who is neither the service provider nor the service receiver) in CIF Contracts amounted to ‘excessive delegation’ and would amount to misuse of its power?
