The Union Government in third week of December, 2014 (19 December, 2014) introduced Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill, 2014 in Parliament which when passed shall pave the way for introduction of proposed Goods and Service Tax (GST) in India. This is an improvised version of lapsed 115th Amendment Bill of 2011.
The Cenvat Credit in respect of inputs may also taken on receipt of the inputs in the premises of the job worker, where in case of goods are sent directly to the job worker on the direction of the manufacturer or the provider of output service.b) Time limit for taking credit on inputs and input services from the present 6 months to one year from the date of invoice.
Dr. Sanjiv Agarwal ‘Resident firm’ can be Applicant (w.e.f. 1.3.2015) Vide Notification No. 9/2015-ST dated 1.3.2015, the facility of advance ruling has been extended to all resident firms w.e.f. 1.3.2015 by specifying the ‘resident firms’ under section 96A (b) (iii) of the Finance Act, 1994. For this purpose, ‘resident’ and ‘firm’ have also been defined […]
The Finance Bill, 2015 has been enacted as Finance Act, 2015 (Act No. 20 of 2015) on 14th May, 2015 after the assent of President of India. The provisions of Finance Act, 2015 shall therefore, become applicable w.e.f. 14.05.2015 save as otherwise provided in the Act. Such provisions shall be notified to be in force only from the notified date for which a notification shall be issued soon.
(a) Any invoice, bill or challan issued under Rule 4A can be issued electronically. (b) Consignment note under Rule 4B can be issued electronically. (c) Such electronically issued invoices, consignment note etc shall have to be authenticated by means of a digital signature.
The provisions of Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 were amended whereby a manufacturer or a service provider shall not take Cenvat credit of inputs, input services after a period of six months from the date of issue of invoice, bill or challan as the case may be. It may be noted that Cenvat credit with respect to invoices / challans / bills which were dated prior to 01.09.2014 shall also be subject to such time restriction.
(a) Withdrawal of certain exemptions under Notification No. 25/2012-ST. (i) Construction services provided to Government etc (Entry No. 12)- Clauses (a), (c) and (f) shall stand omitted. Construction, repair etc of the following services provided to the Government, a local authority, or a governmental authority are now taxable:
Dr. Sanjiv Agarwal We are at the beginning of financial year 2015-16 now and it is time to realize and accept that exemption regime of Service Tax has changed with effect from 1st April, 2015 backed by Notification No. 6/2015-ST dated 1.3.2015, amending the mega exemption Notification No. 25/2012-ST dated 20.06.2012. Most of these amendments […]
We should meet our tax obligations every year as responsible citizens. However, the law allows certain “tax-deductible” savings and we owe it to ourselves to benefit from these options, which could translate into future savings. Every citizen has a fundamental duty to pay taxes honestly and a fundamental right to avail of all the tax incentives that the government provides. Therefore, through prudent tax planning, not only can income-tax liability be reduced but a better future can also be ensured through compulsory savings in government and other schemes. Let us take a look at how one can achieve successful tax planning to enjoy optimum benefits.
The aggregators who were till now not specifically covered under the Service Tax net on strict interpretation of law and could not catch the attention of revenue authorities came under the radar of one and all in Indian regulatory world once the app based cab services received the attention after Uber fiasco.
