Advocate Anandaday Misshra Finally, its official that today the chief economic advisor, Mr Arvind Subramanian, has submitted his report on the goods and services tax (GST) to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley of India . The most amazing thing in this report is recommendation of 15-15.5% GST Revenue Neutral Rate (RNR) which is much below than the […]
Advocate Anandaday Misshra It is being claimed by various sources that a report on GST Revenue Neutral Rate (RNR) can be finalised by this week. The committee constituted by Ministry of Finance (MOF) may report a RNR rate around 18 % . It is pertinent to note that the said committee is being headed by Chief […]
Advocate Anandaday Misshra Recently, Prime Minister of India, Mr Modi, during his trip to Singapore aired that GST is about to roll out in 2016 in India. This was a big statement, amidst various speculations and political changes in the country. The timing of the meeting between existing PM and previous PM Mr Manmohan Singh alongwith […]
The Supreme Court Bar Association favoured NJAC for appointment and transfer of judges. It advocated that it can probe cases of misconduct by judges, including those from the highest judiciary.
Supreme Court of India while interpreting Rule 18 of Central Excise Rules, 2002, which is for rebate of excise duty, has held in the case of Spentex Industries Ltd. Vs. Commissioner of Central Excise that Rebate of Duty is Admissible Both on Inputs i.e raw materials and Final Goods.
The Revenue secretary , Mr Das has clarified that three draft legislations are being prepared by different committees comprising i) senior officers of the CBEC, ii) department of revenue and finance as well as iii)taxation department officials of state governments
Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice H.L. Dattu, Justice A.K. Mishra and Justice Amitava Roy has stayed the Bombay High Court’s order, dated 15.12.2014 in the case of P.C. Joshi Vs. Union of India of dismissing the petition challenging levy of service tax on lawyers.
Advocate Anandaday Misshra Looking to the ongoing protests and non co-operation movements in the Parliament , the Implementation of Goods & Service Tax (GST) regime in India from 1st April 2016 is in doldrums . Since the factum is that once the GST Bill is passed from Rajya Sabha, it will again take good time to be […]
Advocate Anandaday Misshra What is GST ? The Supreme Court of Canada in a case of Reference re Goods and Services Tax had explained as to what is Goods & Service Tax . The important excerpts are reproduced herein below for better understanding of GST since the Indian GST is a version of Canada GST with a pinch […]
Advocate Anandaday Misshra The era of Goods & Service Tax (GST) has started with three notifications on 17th July 2015. The idea is to check the breaking of chain for the purpose of GST. It is pertinent to note that more or less, similar and/or same proviso has been inserted in 3 notifications i.e. 34/2015-C.E, 35/2015-C.E […]