Section 7(2)- Any dealer liable to pay tax under the sales tax law of the appropriate state, or where there is no such law in force in the appropriate state or any part thereof, any dealer having a place of business in that state or part, as the case may be, may, notwithstanding that he is not liable to pay tax under this act, apply for r...

In order to discuss Tax Collection in Uttarakhand, it will be imperative to go through the Preamble of The Uttarakhand VAT Act, 2005, The Uttarakhand (U.P. Taxation and Land Revenue Laws Act, 1975) Adaption and Modification Order, 2002, The Uttarakhand Tax on Entry of Goods into Local Areas Act, 2008, Interpretation of statutes, The Const...

After careful examination of the provisions of DVAT Act, 2004 and definitions of terms like spectacles and sunglasses, it is clear that ‘spectacles’ and ‘sunglasses’ are different from each other. Further, the entry no. 115 of schedule III of the DVAT Act, 2004 specifically covers only spectacles. ...

The Schedules A,B,C,D appended to Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 are amended with effect from 01-04-2013. Further, certain notifications are also amended. These amendments are briefly discussed below Amendments to Schedule A 1.  Braille Watches w-e-f 01.04.2013 are now covered by Schedule Entry A-2 by way of notification....

Every dealer who effects inter-state sale is required to register with State sales tax authorities who are empowered to grant registration under CST Act. Application should be in form ‘A’. Security has to be furnished. Certificate of registration will be in form ‘B’....

Punjab VAT Tribunal in The 21st Century Builders and Engineers vs State of Punjab VSTI 2013 17 C-388 has held that input tax credit cannot be disallowed merely on the technical ground that VAT has not been charged separately in VAT invoice, when tax charged on such VAT invoice is duly deposited by the seller....

The Finance Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram in his Budget speech in 2006 gave a very clear picture about the future of the Goods and service tax. Let us see how confident our law makers were in 2006 which is evident from the budget speech of the Finance Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram:-...

Traders in cities from Maharashtra are rightfully agitating over proposed introduction of LBT because of their concerns about multiplicity of indirect taxes and related compliances....

 Adv. Neerav Mainkar After years of dragging its feet on the abolition of Octroi at its Check Nakas in several cities, the State Government has finally abolished Octroi in the cities of Nagpur, Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, Thane & Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporations, replacing it with Local Body Tax (LBT)....

Maharashtra is the only proud state in the country where we have octroi. The issue of abolishing octroi has been a long pending demand of taxpayers, industries, traders and transporters from every corner of the state. The Kelkar Committee (2002) reiterated that with introduction of VAT there should be unification of indirect taxes into a ...