Service Tax : The online information and database access or retrieval services were exempted under Reverse charge as per Place of provision rule...
Goods and Services Tax : Dayal R Kundani The Maharashtra Budget for F.Y. 2016-17 was pronounced on 19th March, 2016. In the Speech the Finance Minister has...
Goods and Services Tax : Dayal R Kundani Notification: No. 80-FIN-CT1-TAX-0020-2015 Dtd 1st Jan, 2016 Goods taxable at the rate of 13.5% shall now be taxab...
Service Tax : The Finance Bill, 2015, has received the assent of the Honorable President and has been notified. 1st June, 2015 is being notified...
Income Tax : It is clarified that the service tax component comprised in the amount payable to a resident is indicated separately, tax shall be...
The online information and database access or retrieval services were exempted under Reverse charge as per Place of provision rules i.e the services provided from outside India and received in India were non-taxable (Exempt) under service tax.
Dayal R Kundani The Maharashtra Budget for F.Y. 2016-17 was pronounced on 19th March, 2016. In the Speech the Finance Minister has made the following proposals while presenting the Budget. Contents of Key proposals Value Added Tax – RATE CHANGE Increase of rate of tax from existing 5% to 5.5% Reduction in Tax on LED […]
Dayal R Kundani Notification: No. 80-FIN-CT1-TAX-0020-2015 Dtd 1st Jan, 2016 Goods taxable at the rate of 13.5% shall now be taxable at the rate 14.5 % for list of goods subject to Value Added Tax on Turnover of Sales or Purchases (General rate – Schedule B Part III)
The Finance Bill, 2015, has received the assent of the Honorable President and has been notified. 1st June, 2015 is being notified as the date on which the following provisions will come into effect. 1. The rate of Service Tax is being increased from 12% to 14% (including cesses). (Notification No.14/2015-Service Tax, dated 19th May, 2015 refers)
It is clarified that the service tax component comprised in the amount payable to a resident is indicated separately, tax shall be deducted at source under Chapter XVJI-B of the Act on the amount paid/payable without including such service tax component.
The Supreme Court has cited two instances where a manufacturer may sell goods at lower prices and yet the declared value can be accepted- (i) company switching over business and (ii) where goods could not be sold within reasonable time]
However, extension in time for Installation of Capital Goods upto a maximum period of 18 months from the date of completion of import may be considered by the concerned RA.
Amendment of Section 19- Whenever CST sale is made under Section 8(1) of the CST Act, 1956, the proviso to Section 19(2)(v) as amended seeks to restrict the [ITC] input tax credit by providing that credit shall be allowed in excess of 3%.
Provision of the above rules was simple and did not restrict transfer of entire Cenvat Credit to a single unit. This made it easier for Regional office / Head office registered under ISD to transfer the credit under a single Invoice to a particular unit. The said rules have now been amended, putting strictures on the manner of Transfer of Cenvat Credit by an Input service Distributor which are clarified below.
The Union Budget 2012-13 had proposed taxation of services based on a ‘Negative list’. With the enactment of the Finance Act, 2012 (the Act) on 28 May 2012, the concept of ‘negative list’ is made applicable and made effective for implementation from 01-07-2012. The Department of Revenue has issued Service tax notifications on 1 June 2012, 5 June 2012 and 6 June 2012 providing effective dates of implementing the ‘Negative List’ and also for phasing-out the existing regime of taxing services.
