There are some taxpayers who occasionally undertake transactions involving the supply of goods and/or services in the normal course of their business as a principal, agent or in any other capacity. They do such transactions at a place where they do not have any fixed place of business. There are two categories of such taxpayers:...

The Goods & Service Tax (GST) Bill proposes to bring e-commerce entities within the GST net to collect tax at source for all suppliers as well as file a monthly statement of transactions with every supplier. A brief note on the compliance on e-commerce operators is as under:...

Under the new GST Model Law the incidence of taxation is supply of Goods and Services. It becomes important to determine the point of taxation i.e. the time of supply in order to levy the GST upon the assessee....

GST is a destination based consumption tax levied at multiple stages of production and distribution of goods and services, with taxes on inputs credited against taxes on output. GST is going to be big game changer and will be one of the most significant tax reforms in the fiscal history of India to consolidate present multiple layers of I...

After issuing Joint Committee Reports on registration, refund, tax payment and filing of return last month, the government has issued draft model law on GST. There would be separate Acts for CGST, SGST and IGST. The model Act would guide for drafting GST Act for each of the state....

The Maharashtra State Tax on Professions, Trades, Calling and Employment Act, 1975 (Profession Tax Act) is implemented with effect from 1st April, 1975. Under this act, every self employed person engaged in any profession, trade, callings and employment in the state of Maharashtra is required to obtain Enrollment certificate registration ...

All the instructions are only for the Dealers who are not eligible to file form 704 Audit Report as per provisions laid down u/s 61 of MVAT Act, 2002. (Hence following instructions are not meant for the Dealers who are Eligible to file form 704 Audit Report.) As per provisions u/r 17(4) of MVAT Rules, […]...

The Empowered committee of State Finance Ministers has today released the much awaited model GST law June, 2016 for public debate. The new law has two Acts:-1. Goods and Services Tax Act’ 2016 2. Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act’ 2016...

In this Article we discussed step wise Registration procedure for Professional Tax Registration Certificate (PTRC) in Maharashtra. PTRC certificate is to be obtain by every person who is an employer (other than Government Officer) and liable to deduct & deposit Professional Tax on behalf of an employee. An Employer has to apply for PT...

In this Article we discussed step wise Registration procedure for Professional Tax Enrollment Certificate (PTEC) in Maharashtra. This certificate is to be obtain by every person who is liable to pay tax under this act (other than salary or wages earners in respect of whom tax is paid by employer). A Person has to apply for PTEC [&hellip...