Even though Parliament’s Monsoon Session could not turn into success, the Indian Government did not step-back and has been significantly working towards the success of Goods and Services Tax (GST) to be able to meet the April, 2016 deadline. The Government has pressed the pedal on the much needed administrative ground work for rolling o...

Everyone has to follows the laws of the land and unfollowing of the same attracts penalties, prosecution etc. Law is above all and everyone has to respect the respective / concerning / governing laws....

The Article 265 of The Constitution of India is as follows- Article 265. Taxes not to be imposed save by authority of law – No tax shell be levied or collected except by authority of law. Article 265 requires that- -there must be a law, -the law must authorize the tax, and -the tax must be levied and collected according to law....

There was continuous emphasis on bringing Goods & Services Tax (GST) that is already running in more than 140 countries. This is an indirect tax and seeks to end the multiple effects of taxes and incorporates indirect taxes like entertainment tax, CST, excise, service tax, VAT, luxury tax, octroi etc. ...

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...

The Entry No. 8 of Schedule- II B of The Uttarakhand Value Added Tax Act, 2005 is as under-All utensils and enamelled utensils (including pressure cookers and pans), buckets, jugs & mugs made of aluminum, iron & steel, plastic or other materials except precious metals....

Krishna, the festival of Raksha Bandhan is coming soon. On this occasion Maharashtra Sales Tax Department has issued a Trade Circular for businessman for collecting taxes. Arjuna, Raksha Bandhan means expressing love, strengthening relations between brothers and sisters. Elder should save the younger. But Sales Tax department has done opp...

CA Vinod Kaushik Introduction: While presenting regular budget of Delhi for the year 2015-16 the Govt. has projected to get Rs. 34661 crores from taxes in which Rs. 24000 crores has been proposed to be collected from Value added taxes only. In order to achieve the above target the Govt. machinery especially the VAT department […]...

Earlier I was not keen in writing any negative thoughts of my mind about the possibility of introduction of GST from 01-04-2016 the biggest indirect taxes reforms in the country since independence. While expressing my views I may be little biased and favor ruling govt. on many occasions particularly our Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley....

The Monsoon session of the Parliament, which saw protests between the Government and the Opposition, has been a complete washout. However, on the second day of the session, i.e. on July 22, 2015, Select Panel of the Rajya Sabha managed to submit its Report on the GST Bill amid Opposition furore over the Lalit Modi row....