Service Tax : In this Article we have prepared a List of Services which are exempt from Service Tax as on date from Service Tax after considerin...
Income Tax : Simplification of Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) mechanism for Employees Provident Fund Scheme (EPFS) Under the Employees Provident...
Service Tax : Shivani Mangla Services covered under Reverse Charge Mechanism from 01.06.2015 (with % and type of person) S.No. Description of se...
Service Tax : Amendments shall have the following effect w.e.f. 14.05.2015– (1) The remedy of appeal to Tribunal u/s 86 is not available in e...
Excise Duty : AMENDMENTS IN CENTRAL EXCISE ACT, 1944-1. Factors of Production for Tobacco Related Products – Explanation 3 to Section 3A- This...
Income Tax : Finance bill, 2015 has received the presidential assent on 14th May 2015 and has now become Finance Act, 2015 (NO. 20 OF 2015) . A...
Income Tax : After being passed by the lower house of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, May 7, 2015 has passed the Finance Bill, 2015. T...
Finance : India is a country of farmers. As a nation, our roots lie in our villages and farms, which have been providing sustenance to our p...
Finance : Prime Minister 31 March 2015 My Dear Young friends, With 65% of our population under the age of 35, India is the youngest nation i...
Finance : A Shrama Yogi like you fulfills many of our nation1s needs. You build India through your sweat and toil. You support the economy w...
Service Tax : Circular No. 184/3/2015-ST Dated the 3rd June, 2015 It is further clarified that exemption from service tax still continues to ser...
Income Tax : The Finance Act, 2015 (20 of 2015) has Inserted a new section 192A regarding the payment of accumulated provident fund balance due...
Excise Duty : Notification No. 15/2015-Central Excise (N.T.) Dated: May 19, 2015- Amends notification no. 12/2014 CE(NT) - Refund of Unutilized ...
Excise Duty : Notification No. 14/2015-Central Excise (N.T.)), Dated: May 19, 2015 Amends Rule 6 of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 - Rate of amo...
Service Tax : The Finance Bill, 2015, has received the assent of the Honorable President and has been notified. In the Budget, 2015, certain ame...
Explanatory Memoranda to notification Nos. 6 to 11/2015-Customs, dated 01.03.2015 Sr. No. Notification No. Description 1. 6/2015-Customs Seeks to increase the Additional Duty of Customs (commonly known as Road Cess) levied on motor spirit (petrol). 2. 7/2015- Customs Seeks to increase the Additional Duty of Customs (commonly known as Road Cess) levied on High Speed […]
F. No. 334/5/2015-TRU D.O.F. No. 334/5/2015-TRU dated February 28th, 2015 The Finance Minister has, while presenting the Union Budget 2015-16, introduced the Finance Bill in the Lok Sabha on the 28th of February, 2015. Clauses 105 to 116 of the Bill cover the amendments made to Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994. Chapter VI […]
The service tax rate is being increased from 12% plus Education Cesses to 14%. The ‘Education Cess’ and ‘Secondary and Higher Education Cess’ shall be subsumed in the new service tax rate. The revised rate shall come into effect from a date to be notified.
Excise duty structure on certain goods is being restructured as follows: 1) Wafers for use in the manufacture of integrated circuit (IC) modules for smart cards from 12% to 6%. 2) Inputs for use in the manufacture of LED drivers and MCPCB for LED lights, fixtures and LED lamps from 12% to 6%. 3) Mobiles […]
Reduction in duty on certain inputs to address the problem of duty inversion: 1) ‘Metal parts’ for use in the manufacture of electrical insulators. 2) Ethylene-Propylene-non-conjugated-Diene Rubber (EPDM), Water blocking tape and Mica glass tape for use in the manufacture of insulated wires and cables. 3) Magnetron upto 1 KW for use in the manufacture […]
The Finance Bill, 2015 proposes to make amendments in direct tax provisions by proposing amendments to the Income-tax Act, 1961, Wealth-tax Act, 1957, Finance Act, 1994 and Finance (No.2) Act, 2004. A gist of the main amendments is given below:- Direct Taxes 2. Rates of tax 2.1 It is proposed that there will be no […]
Key Features of Budget 2015-2016 Presented in Lok Sabha by Finance Minister 2015-16 INTRODUCTION Credibility of Indian economy has been re-established in the last nine months. Indian economy about to take-off on a fast growth trajectory. Most growth forecasts have upgraded Indian economic growth while downgrading global economic growth. Economically empowered States are equal partners […]
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has Presented his First Full Union Budget for 2015-16 in Lok Sabha today. We have presented below the Finance Bill 2015 and Corrigenda to Finance Bill, 2015 Download Finance Bill, 2015 Download Corrigenda – Finance Bill, 2015
It is proposed that there will be no change in the rate of personal income-tax and the rate of tax for companies in respect of income earned in the financial year 2015-16, assessable in the assessment year 2016-17. It is further proposed to levy a surcharge @12% on individuals, HUFs, AOPs, BOIs, artificial juridical persons, firms, cooperative societies and local authorities having income exceeding ` 1 crore. Surcharge in the case of domestic companies having income exceeding ` 1 crore and upto ` 10 crore is proposed to be levied @ 7% and surcharge @ 12% is proposed to be levied on domestic companies having income exceeding ` 10 crore.
he Finance Minister has introduced the Finance Bill, 2015 in Lok Sabha today, i.e., 28th February, 2015. Changes in Customs and Central Excise law and rates of duty have been proposed through the Finance Bill, 2015 (clauses 80 to 89, 163, 164 for Customs and clauses 90 to 104, 163, 164, 184 and 188 for Central Excise). In order to prescribe effective rates of duty and to carry out changes in the Rules made under the respective Acts, the following notifications are being issued:
