Income Tax : Understand TDS on immovable property transactions. Section 194-IA mandates TDS deduction at 1% for sale consideration exceeding Rs...
Corporate Law : 1. Movable Property – Movable property means property; the location of which can be changed, including things growing on, affix...
Goods and Services Tax : Analysis of Supreme Court Decision in Mother Superior Adoration Convent relating to interpretation of Exemption provisions Introdu...
Corporate Law : Transfer of Property Act is a general law related to transfer of property. It generally deals with immovable property only. Object...
Corporate Law : The word ‘property’ has been derived from a Latin word ‘properietate‘ which means a thing that is owned. T...
Service Tax : The Supreme Court has stayed an order of the Delhi High Court, which stopped the Centre from recovering service tax on renting of ...
Service Tax : The government may lose over Rs 500 crore in service tax this year, as its decision to impose tax on eight new services and amend ...
Finance : A staggering 96.3 million square feet of residential space — or about 80,000 homes — is lying unsold in the Mumbai Metropolita...
Service Tax : In this Budget a retrospective amendment has been introduced in respect of the service of renting out of property for commercial p...
Service Tax : The Delhi High Court in the Home Solution Retail India case had held that renting of immovable property is not a taxable service. ...
Service Tax : CESTAT Kolkata rules that service tax is not applicable to rent received for immovable property services prior to June 2007. Detai...
Goods and Services Tax : whether the petition filed for disposal of notice for demanding property tax without waiting for disposal of same case by Municipa...
Income Tax : whether section 50C can be invoked in respect of the right to receive compensation on compulsory acquisition of land & the TDR rig...
Corporate Law : Laying of underground cable by the mobile service provider is exigible to property tax being a levy for use of land for laying of ...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court today ruled in the case of Suraj Lamp & Industries Pvt Ltd Vs State Of Haryana that sale transactions carried ...
Corporate Law : Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) order on the new rates of the property tax 1. New property tax rates and conditions will be a...
Corporate Law : From the 1st January 2022, the Mumbai Municipal Corporation shall not levy any tax component of property tax specified in sub-sect...
Corporate Law : Date of payment of property tax for Financial Year 2021-22 on lump sum payment 0f Property Tax with 15% rebate along with 3% (thre...
Fema / RBI : Attention of Authorised Dealer Category-I banks is invited to clause (c) of Regulation 2 of Notification No. FEMA 21/2000-RB dated...
Service Tax : Kind attention is invited to the recent judgement of the Honourable High Court of Delhi in the matter of Home Solutions Retail Ind...
The word ‘property’ has been derived from a Latin word ‘properietate‘ which means a thing that is owned. The term property has been defined in numerous legislative acts according to their uses and requirements, and thus there is no uniform definition of property. In a general sense, property means any tangible or intangible thing of […]
Section 17(5)(d) of the CGST Act, imposes restriction on availing input tax credit in respect of the goods and services or both received by a taxable person for construction of an immovable property (other than plant or machinery) on his own account including when such goods or services or both are used in the course or furtherance of business.
‘Benami’ transactions were treated as valid transactions by various courts, prior to promulgation of Ordinance in 1988. We know that word ‘Benami’ is a Persian compound word, made up of ‘be‘ which means without and ‘name‘ which means name that is ‘Benami’ means ‘Without name’. ‘Benami Transaction’ means a transaction which is affected by a […]
Laying of underground cable by the mobile service provider is exigible to property tax being a levy for use of land for laying of cable and not on cable itself.
The Transfer of Property Act, 1982 came into force on the 1st July, 1882. In the first instance it extends to whole India, except some states at the time of independent of India. Section 5 defines transfer of property means an act by which a living person conveys property, in present or in future, to one or more other living persons, or to himself and one or more other living persons; and “to transfer property” is to perform such act.
Service tax payable on long term lease of Immovable property under Renting of Immovable Property – not in sync with Service tax Act, Accounting Standard, Bombay Stamp Act & Income Tax Act
The Supreme Court today ruled in the case of Suraj Lamp & Industries Pvt Ltd Vs State Of Haryana that sale transactions carried in the name of general power of attorney will have no legal sanctity and immovable property can be sold or transferred only through registered deeds. “Transactions of the nature of `GPA sales or `SA/GPA/WILL transfers’ do not convey title and do not amount to transfer nor can they be recognised or valid mode of transfer of immovable property.
The Supreme Court has stayed an order of the Delhi High Court, which stopped the Centre from recovering service tax on renting of immovable property for commercial use, including shops and malls, from some firms. A Supreme Court bench comprising Just
: It cannot be held that renting of property did not involve any service as service could only be in relation to property and not by renting of property. Renting of property for commercial purposes is certainly a service and has value for the service receiver. Even if it is held that transaction of transfer of right in immovable property did not involve value addition, the provision cannot be held to be void in absence of encroachment on List II.(Para 22) It is well settled that competent legislature can always clarify or validate a law retrospectively. It cannot be held to be harsh or arbitrary. Object of validating law is to rectify the defect in phraseology or lacuna and to effectuate and to carry out the object for which earlier law was enacted. (Para 23) we do not find any ground to set aside giving of retrospective effect to the amendment from
Section 56 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 provides for taxability of income which is not chargeable to income-tax under any of the heads specified in section 14, items A to E thereof. It provides for such income to be chargeable under the residuary head
