Corporate Law : Legal profession is said to have emerged in the middle of the 12th century and it became more prominent during the 13th century as...
Income Tax : Legal fees is deemed to accrue or arise in India, whether or not non-resident has place of business in india or has rendered servi...
Excise Duty : If any officer is interested in preparing E-book on any topic relating to Customs, Central Excise or Service Tax, he may forward t...
Service Tax : Prior to Finance Bill 2016, Legal Services were covered under reverse charge mechanism as per Notification No 30/2012-ST dated 20...
Service Tax : Since March, 2016 there has been number of amendments has been made in respect to service tax on legal services and the same has b...
CA, CS, CMA : In a very interesting move which may not be a good news for practicing CA, CS, CMA etc. who are engaged in practice in the area of...
Custom Duty : The Customs and Central Excise Department requires Advocates for representation before the Hon’ble High Court of Bombay, Mumbai ...
Company Law : Government is working on a Bill that envisages an Ombudsman to look into the complaints against lawyers and a Legal Services Board...
Finance : Government of India has evolved a Scheme named Rajiv Gandhi Adhivakta Prashikshan Yojna (Rajiv Gandhi Advocate’s Training Scheme...
Service Tax : Ministry of Finance has today issued the above Notification amending Point of taxation Rules, 2011. Rules 7 has been substituted ...
Corporate Law : No mandatory directions, much less directions, can be issued to the State Legislature to include the legal services rendered by th...
Service Tax : Delhi High Court has directed by its order to Union of India that till the next date the operation of the execution of para 1(a) ...
Service Tax : The petitioner is a designated Senior Advocate practising in this Court and challenges notifications bearing nos. 9/2016 and 18/20...
Service Tax : It was claimed by the Petitioner P. C. Joshi who is an advocate by profession that section 65(105) (zzzzm) of the Finance Act, 199...
Corporate Law : The legal profession is a noble profession. It is not a business or a trade. A person practising law has to practise in the spirit...
Service Tax : Seeks to amend notification No. 30/2012-Service Tax dated 20th June, 2012, so as to prescribe extent of payment of service tax by ...
Service Tax : In relation to service provided or agreed to be provided by a senior advocate by way of representational services before any court...
Service Tax : CBEC exempted services provided by a senior advocate by way of legal services to- (i) any person other than a business entity; or ...
Service Tax : Delhi High Court stay order in W.P. 2892/2016 filed by Mr. Kavin Gulati and W.P. 2891/2016 filed by M/s Delhi High Court Bar Assoc...
services provided by Chartered Accountants, Cost Accountants and Company Secretaries as well as by engineering and management consultants are presently charged to Service Tax. Although there is a school of thought that legal consultants do not provide any service to their client, I hold my distinguished predecessor in high esteem and disagree! As such, I propose to extend Service Tax on advice, consultancy or technical assistance provided in the field of law. This tax would not be applicable in case the service provider or the service receiver is an individual.
The Bar Council of India (BCI) recently sent a clarification to all lawyer associations in Pune that the service tax introduced for lawyers in this year’s budget is applicable only to legal firms and not to independent practicing lawyers. There was confusion among lawyers regarding the introduction of service tax and the Pune Bar Association […]
THE focus of this write up is restricted to `Legal Consultancy Service’ which is one of the new services brought into the service tax net in Budget 2009 and the scope of this new levy. This levy is introduced by way of insertion of clause (zzzzm) in sub section 105 of section 65 of the […]
