Income Tax : Budget 2016: In furtherance of the goal of the Government of providing 'housing for all', it is proposed to incentivise first-home...
Income Tax : In this Budget, from 1 June 2016, The transactions are sale of a motor vehicle of value exceeding Rs.10 lakh, and receipt of mone...
Income Tax : The existing provision of section 206C of the Act, inter alia, provides that the seller shall collect tax at source at specified r...
Income Tax : In order to reduce compliance burden, it is proposed to amend the said section 206AA so as to provide that the provisions of this ...
Income Tax : In order to ensure that the intended purpose of exemption availed by trust or institution is achieved, a specific provision in the...
Corporate Law : Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Online Delivery of Educational Course and Continuing Professional Education by Insolvenc...
Income Tax : The Government has assured complete confidentiality to those declaring their income under the Income Declaration Scheme 2016. Add...
Income Tax : For those having undisclosed income, the government has provided a special chance to declare it by September 30, 2016. He said by ...
Income Tax : This is to inform you that as per the Notification No. 37/2016: F.No. 370142/12/2016-TPL dated 27 May 2016 read with Finance Act, ...
Income Tax : The Finance Bill was presented in the Lok Sabha on February 29, 2016. On May 5, 2016, the Lok Sabha passed the Finance Bill, 2016 ...
Corporate Law : NCLAT Chennai held that suspension of initiation of CIRP (Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process) as per provisions of section 10...
Service Tax : Honble Gujarat High Court has vide its order dated 30th March, 2016 in the case of Percy Cawas Kavina vs. UOI in Special Civil Ap...
Custom Duty, Excise Duty, Service Tax : As you are aware, in order to reduce litigation, Government has come out with an Indirect Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2016 in t...
Income Tax : Processes of uploading manual/paper Form 1 received by PCIT/CIT, generation of Form 2 for efiled/paper Form 1, viewing of Form 3 s...
Excise Duty : Time limit for taking central excise registration of an establishment by a jeweller is being extended up to 31.07.2016. However, a...
Income Tax : Question 1: Whether tax collection at source under section 206C(1D) at the rate of 1% will apply in cases where the sale consider...
Income Tax : It is reiterated again that all out efforts are to be made to ensure that the targeted taxpayers are well-informed about the Schem...
Maharashtra Government has presented its Budget for 2016-17 on 18th March 2016. We are presenting proposed Changes in Computerization in Sales Tax Department, Amendments to the Value Added Tax Act, Entry Tax, Profession Tax, Sugarcane Purchase Tax, Motor Vehicle Tax, Lottery Tax, Composition Scheme,Changes to set off rules and Amnesty Scheme.
There is no requirement of declaring pre-budget stocks. Directions have also been issued barring any visits to the jeweller’s premises. Jeweller’s private records or his records for State VAT or for Bureau of Indian Standards (in the case of hallmarked jewellery) would be accepted for all Central Excise purposes.
Part I: Profession Tax 1. In case of late registration for Profession Tax penalty will be restricted to 3 years instead of earlier 8 years. 2. Exemption to armed personnel of CRPF & BSF. 3. No late filing fee for Government aided educational institutions. Part II: Amnesty Scheme under VAT for disputed dues: 1. For […]
Though there is no major change in basic tax rates in direct and indirect taxes, the Budget 2016-17 talks of following three cesses- Clean Environment Cess (renamed from clean energy cess), Infrastructure Cess and Krishi Kalyan Cess.
Feb 2016 witnessed a few important changes for salaried class assessee enjoying their provident fund bounties. While vide Government Notification dated 10-02-2016 withdrawal of employer contributions till 58 years of age was prohibited, Finance Bill 2016 created mayhem over taxability on withdrawal of entire provident fund accumulations.
Double edged Sword for Tax Evaders – The Income Declaration Scheme, 2016 Shri Arun Jaitley, Hon’ble Finance Minister of the Government of India, introduced The Income Declaration Scheme, 2016 vide Finance Bill, 2016 After the budget presentation, in an interview to Doordarshan, the Finance Minister said that to bring the Black money back into the […]
The Finance Bill 2016 proposed by the Parliament has introduced a new Chapter XII EB to impose tax on the accreted income of charitable institutions that would convert into or merge with non-charitable entities. The Bill also provides under Clause 60 of its Memorandum to the Provisions an explanation to the sections introduced via the above Chapter.
Amongst the flurry of changes brought in by the Union Budget 2016 seeking to reform the Country’s taxation system and thereby improve ease of doing business, changes made in respect of extension of period within, which the Department can issue a Show Cause Notice in non-fraud cases, seems detrimental towards ease of doing business.
It is a levy emerging from source based taxation at the rate of 6%. Government has chosen this route because, under the current regime, it cannot reach to google / yahoo etc.Especially from view point of a SME, it is in the nature of levy on availing / importing some digital services like digital advertisement.
In case services of transportation of goods are availed from a domestic entity,service tax needs to be charged by the Indian shipping company, whereas such services being availed from any foreign entity would attract tax liability under the Reverse Charge Mechanism (‘RCM’). This amendment would come in effect from June 1, 2016 and its consequential effects are outlined below.
