Goods and Services Tax : Discover the GST place of supply for custodial services provided by Indian banks to Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs), clarified ...
Custom Duty : AEO is a Trade Facilitation Scheme for ease of doing business in light of international development. Holder of this Certificate is...
Service Tax : The point (s) of dispute pertains to levy of ‘service tax’ in respect of a transaction of sale and purchase of Flat in a build...
Custom Duty : Rajiv Gupta The moot question is what the worth of the laws in this country is! Are they even worth the paper on which they are pr...
Excise Duty : Central Board of Excise and Customs has issued circular No.1063/2/2018-CX dated 16.02.2018, wherein this compiles sixty three orde...
Goods and Services Tax : Shri S. Ramesh takes over as Chairman, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs Shri S. Ramesh, IRS(C&CE:1981) has taken ov...
Custom Duty : With the enactment of the Finance Act, 2018, CBEC is renamed as the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC). The change...
Custom Duty : The Special Judge, CBI cases, Chennai has sentenced Shri D.Ramani, then Appraiser, Air Customs Department, Chennai to undergo two ...
Goods and Services Tax : Article explains Process flow and steps involved for Updating Mobile Number & Email of Authorized Signatory on GST portal www.gst...
Custom Duty : Government has decided to impose 30% import duty on Chana (Chickpeas) and Masoor (Lentils), with immediate effect.Production of Ch...
Service Tax : CESTAT Bangalore held that that service tax on commission paid to foreign commission agents is payable under reverse charge only ...
Custom Duty : CESTAT Ahmedabad held that waste and scrap, even if exceeding SION norms, are exempt from customs duty provided they are cleared w...
Service Tax : Explore the CESTAT Delhi ruling on Weldon Tours & Travels Pvt. Ltd. vs Commissioner of Service Tax, revealing no service tax liabi...
Custom Duty : Once a export benefit under which shipping bill was filed has been availed, the conversion to any other scheme cannot be allowed a...
Custom Duty : CESTAT Mumbai rules in favor of Ganesh Benzoplast Ltd., stating no confiscation if prior permission taken for storage of non-bonde...
Goods and Services Tax : Manner of processing and sanction of IGST refunds, withheld in terms of clause (c) of sub-rule (4) of rule 96, transmitted to the ...
Excise Duty : Audit para no. 5.1 to 5.18 of chapter V of Audit report no. 01 of 2021 on Show Cause Notices and adjudication process in CBIC has ...
Goods and Services Tax : Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for implementation of the provision of suspension of registrations under sub-rule (2A) of rule ...
Goods and Services Tax : Greetings to all of you on the first GST Day celebrations! Today is an important milestone, when the momentous journey from the GS...
Goods and Services Tax : As we near the end of the Financial Year 2017-18, I would once again like to reiterate our need to focus on the recovery of arrear...
CA Sujeet Kumar With the advent of Digital India, as and when our PM talks about to make a digital India, the pace of technology has been grown up and everywhere Govt. has emphasized on each and every thing in India should be done with technology or should be kept with the help of technology. […]
Mega Exemption under Service Tax and Point of Taxation Rules, 2011 – Relevance in GST Regime We are happy to inform that the Fourth Workshop under the series is being organised on the theme “Mega Exemption under Service Tax and Point of Taxation Rules, 2011 – Its relevance in GST Regime on Friday, 17 July, 2015 […]
Services provided by the Builders/ Developers is not taxable prior 01st July 2010. It is taxable from 1st July 2010 onwards as per CBEC circular No. 108/02/2009-ST. Service tax is applicable on under construction property at the time of bookings/agreements made before the construction completes. Is the Flats/Apartments / Villas is given to land owners by a real estate company then service tax is also applicable on such unit.
In India, it is a common practice at customs that at the time of valuation of imported goods into India for levy of customs duty 1% mark up is made in the assessable value on account of handling, loading and unloading charges of the goods without going into detail what are in fact the actual expenses in this regard.
Amendment made by Finance Bill, 2015 by way of insertion of explanation to Sec 65B(44) , it is clear that the Govt. intends to collect the service tax on foreman commission . However, it is well settled position of the law that the any explanation bringing the new activity into tax net would not be having a retrospective effect unless the explanation being inserted retrospectively, which is not so in this case. Thus, the tax chargeable on chit fund service will be prospective i.e from the date of enactment of Finance Act, 2015.
Clarification Issued in the Matter of Service Tax; Only Air-Conditioned or Air-Heated Restaurants to Pay Service Tax; Restaurants, Eating-Joints or Messes Which Do Not Have the Facility of Air-Conditioning Or Central Air-Heating in Any Part of the Establishment are Exempt from Service Tax. At present, Service Tax is chargeable on services provided by restaurants, eating-joints […]
He said, the second significant change is in respect of penalty provisions vide Sections 73, 76 and 78. These provisions have been rationalised and harmonized to encourage voluntary payments. In case of voluntary payments along with interest, the quantum of penalties have been rationalized by reducing the percentage of penalty depending upon the stage of litigation i.e. prior to issuance of show cause notice, after issuance of show cause notice but before adjudication or after adjudication.
This article is drafted with focus to clear our understanding in terms of works contract carried out by the various contractors for government agencies, government and its various departments. With effect from 01/06/2007 works contract was introduced under Section 65 (105) (zzzza) of Finance Act, 1994. Definition of works contract as defined in the section is as per below:
Central Board of Excise and Customs has issued circular no. 1023/11/2016-CX dated 08/04/2016 to simplify the procedure of dealing with audit objections raised in indirect taxes by the office of CAG. The circular rescinds all the past Circulars and instructions and prescribes a new simplified and consolidated procedure.
Rule 3(7)(b) of the CCR, 2004 has been amended vide Notification No.12/2015-Central Excise (N.T.), dated 30.04.2015 so as to allow utilisation of credit of Education Cess and Secondary & Higher Education Cess for payment of basic excise duty.
