What do the words ROTI & MAKAN mean to a common man is very well known. These two basic needs of a common man are today very uncommon, thanks to the very high rate of food inflation and extra super inflation in the prices of need based House. What was left to the common man was perhaps, KAPDA i.e. Fabric. But the eagle eye of the central government has eventually fallen on this last lame duck pray so as to smoothen the beginning of the end of the common man. The reason: An expected VAT on FABRIC @ 5% .
The finance Bill 2011 has enacted Point of Taxation Rules, 2011 which cover the provisions of payment of service tax on accrual basis insted of the hitherto adopted cash basis system. The implication of this changeover has been examplified in the attached Excel File which contains practical examples of all the rules from 3 to 8 of the Point of Taxation Rules, 2011.
CA LALIT MUNOYAT 1) Any government of the day requires enormous funds for the development, maintenance and growth of the economy of the country and the main source of collecting these funds is levy of taxes. The taxation policy of the government is framed, molded and implemented is such a way that it yields optimum […]
Service tax was introduced by Finance Act 1994 and since then it has been mired with so much controversy/litigation that the Apex Court, in the case of MARUTI SUZUKI LTD. 2009 (240) E.L.T. 641 (S.C.), observed that on account of repeated amendment
egally corruption is defined as use of public power for private advantage in ways which transgresses some formal rule or law. It takes various forms like Bribe for work according to rule, Bribe to work against the rule, Trading in influence, Patronage, Nepotism, Cronyism, Electoral fraud, Embezzlement, Kickback, An unholy political alliance, Involvement in organized crime.
In 1922, the noted freedom fighter Mr. C. Rajgopalachari wrote in his prison diary that
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Taxes are a major source of revenue for any country to fund the government expenditure and welfare of the society. In fact, they have been called the building block of civilization . In due course of time taxes started being levied on income, wealth ,sale of goods , provision of services etc. mainly to pay for increasingly more expensive defense efforts and for a modern welfare state. The emphasis is shifting progressively to voluntary compliance of tax laws.
Service tax on Banking and other financial services was imposed w.e.f.16-07-2001. After going through many changes, expansion in scope, clubbing of some services, modification to the definition of service providers etc. the present coverage of this service , with abatement, exemption, clarification etc.
The revised discussion paper on Direct Tax Code (DTC) proposes to introduce General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR ) to curb tax avoidance by disregarding any arrangement called ( Impermissible Avoidance Arrangement (IAA) ) entered or carried on in a manner
