Goods and Services Tax : Karnataka HC grants Cultgear Pvt Ltd refund, pending GST tribunal formation, with a bank guarantee. Liberty to appeal extended til...
Goods and Services Tax : Explore the Madras High Court judgment in Amarjyothi Carrying Corporation v. Assistant Commissioner (ST) on entitlement to persona...
Goods and Services Tax : Discover how the Odisha AAR allows ITC on exempt services where the supplier has charged GST. Understand conditions and implicatio...
Goods and Services Tax : In M/s. THDC India Ltd, Uttarakhand AAR ruled that government authority services like design engineering and water tank constructi...
Goods and Services Tax : In Piramal Enterprises Ltd v. State of Maharashtra, Bombay HC ruled against revenue's selective interpretation of business transfe...
Goods and Services Tax : Explore Supreme Court's scrutiny of whether supplying cranes for services like loading, unloading, lifting, and shifting qualifies...
Goods and Services Tax : Explore the case of Pradeep Kanthed v. Union of India where the Supreme Court issues notice to the Finance Ministry regarding the ...
Goods and Services Tax : Commissioner of Central Goods And Service Tax & Ors Vs Safari Retreats Private Limited & Ors (Supreme Court of India) The ...
Goods and Services Tax : The 45th meeting of Goods and Services Tax Council (“GST Council”) is scheduled to be held on September 17, 2021. The Ministry...
Custom Duty, Income Tax : The Karnataka High Court in M/s Pellagic Food Ingredients Private Ltd. v. Union of India [Writ Petition No. 14737/2021[T-CUS] issu...
Goods and Services Tax : Karnataka HC remands R.S Marketing's case, granting a fresh hearing on ITC discrepancies between GSTR-3B and GSTR-2A due to non-co...
Service Tax : Zest Buildtek Promotors Vs Deputy Commissioner of GST & Central Excise (Madras High Court)Issuance of attachment order under provi...
Goods and Services Tax : Allahabad HC rules that failing to record reasons in INS-01 before initiating a search under Section 67 of CGST Act invalidates th...
Goods and Services Tax : Madras High Court rules that appeals cannot be dismissed for procedural lapses, emphasizing timely filing. Key case: Indian Potash...
Goods and Services Tax : Explore the Kerala High Court ruling on luxury tax applicability to services at Ayurveda Centre, Beauty Parlor, and Convention Cen...
Excise Duty : Notification No. 32/2015-Central Excise Dated- 4th June, 2015 Ethanol produced from molasses generated from cane crushed in the ...
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...
Custom Duty : the floods in the State of Jammu and Kashmir (the State) from whole of the duty as specified under the First Schedule and whole of...
Excise Duty : Grants exemption from Basic Excise Duty to goods donated or purchased out of cash donations for the relief and rehabilitation of p...
Custom Duty : New posts have been created in the rank of Commissioners of Customs in DRI and DGCEI for adjudication of cases as investigated by ...
The Hon’ble Finance Minister Shri. Arun Jaitley announced a host of changes in the Indirect tax structure in the Union Budget 2016-17 on February 29, 2016, that are expected to impact the Trade and Industry. Under Service tax, on one hand, the effective rate of Service tax would go up to 15% w.e.f June 1, 2016
Changes in Customs and Central Excise law and rates of duty have been proposed through the Finance Bill, 2016 (Clauses 113 to 138 for Customs and Clauses 139 to 144 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:
An enabling provision is being made to empower the Central Government to impose a Krishi Kalyan Cess on any or all the taxable services at a rate of 0.5% on the value of any or all taxable services. The proceeds from this Cess would be utilized for the purposes of financing and promoting initiatives to improve agriculture or for any other purpose relating thereto.
CA Bimal Jain Ahead of the Union Budget 2016, the Hon’ble Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley tabled today Economic Survey Report 2016 in the Parliament, outlining the broad direction of the Union Budget 2016 and the economic performance of the Country. A flagship annual document of the Ministry of Finance, Economic Survey reviews the developments […]
Presently, in terms of Section 66D(a)(iv) of the Finance Act, 1994 read with Rule 2(1)(d) of the Service Tax Rules, 1994, only ‘support services’ provided by Government or a Local authority to a Business Entity are liable to Service tax under Reverse Charge except (1) renting of immovable property
We are happy to inform that the Last Workshop in the above series is being organised on the following Themes: Audit, Investigation, Imprisonment and Power to Arrest provisions by multiple wings of Service Tax and Excise Department Customs – Drawback, Refund, and Imposition of various Customs duties and Implication of Import/ Export of Goods or […]
Central Government (CG) has issued various Notifications under the Service tax and the Central Excise for extending the benefit of refund/rebate to the Swachh Bharat Cess (SB Cess) component and the input services used beyond factory for export. Further, the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 (the Credit Rules) has been amended to allow Cenvat credit on commission agent’s services and to make explicit that Cenvat credit shall not be used for payment of SB Cess.
The Hon’ble CESTAT, Ahmedabad relying upon the judgments of Chandrapur Magnet Wires (P.) Ltd. Vs. CCE [1996 taxmann.com 736 (SC)] and Leotronics Scales (P.) Ltd. Vs. CCE [Final Order No. 50894 of 2015, dated 23-1-2015], held that when the Appellant has reversed the Cenvat credit amount inadvertently availed earlier along with the interest from the date of availment upto the date of reversal of credit, benefit of abatement cannot be denied.
Hon’ble CESTAT, New Delhi relying upon the plethora of judgments and by observing various provisions in this regard, held that in the instant case, buyer has borne risk of damage to goods during transit and freight charges were an integral part of price of goods sold by the Respondent to its buyers.
CESTAT, Allahabad relying upon plethora of judicial pronouncements held that in the instant case, BSNL has already paid Service tax on the SIM cards and recharge coupons sold to the Appellant and therefore, again demanding Service tax from the Appellant would amount to double taxation, which is not permissible in law.
