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Trade Circular No. 19T of 2015 A dealer seeking registration under the Maharashtra Value added Tax Act, 2002 submits an online application for registration along with the required documents. The Registration Officer to whom such application gets allocated generates the TIN if the application is found to be correct and is supported with the appropriate documents.
Under the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002, every dealer is required to pay tax within the prescribed time. If payment of such tax is delayed, then interest under Section 30 of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 is attracted. The dealer is liable to pay interest as per the rate prescribed in Rule 88(1) of Maharashtra Value Added Tax Rules, 2005.
The last date for submission of audit report u/s 61 of the MVAT Act 2002, for the period 201415 is 15th January 2016. After uploading their audit reports for the period 2014-15, the dealers shall submit the following documents
One and a quarter per cent of the amount of such tax, for the month or for part thereof for the first month of delay and one and a half percent of the amount of such tax, for each month or for part thereof for delay beyond one month up to three months.
The State Government has issued notifications on 30th September 2015, which have already been made available on the Department’s web site. By virtue of the notification No. VAT.1515/C.R.128A/Taxation 1, dated 30th September 2015 the schedule rates of tax on certain commodities have been increased with effect from the 1st October 2015.
As per the provisions of section 86(3) of the MVAT Act 2002 a dealer, liable to pay tax under the Act, is required to issue to the purchaser either a tax invoice or a bill or a cash memo. Such tax invoice, bill or cash memo should be serially numbered, signed and dated by him or his servant, manager or agent.
So far as works contracts are concerned, it is always a matter involving a lot of complications and controversies. It’s always been a matter of headache not only for businessmen but also for practitioners. Let’s try to understand and summarize matters relating to works contract so far as they relate to provisions of Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002.
It is well settled that Goods that are subject matter of tax under Entry 54 of the State List can be Tangible goods or even Intangible goods like Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights, Software (Canned /Off-the-shelf software), Technical Knowhow, etc. VAT is payable on their sale or even if there is a transfer of right to use goods falling in Article 366(29A)(d) of the Constitution which deems such transactions as Sales.
The new system of Registration envisages grant of registration based upon online verification of application and documents uploaded by the applicant. This exercise is aimed at reducing the hardship of the applicants in visiting the Sales Tax Office for registration and make the process simpler and transparent.
Krishna, the festival of Raksha Bandhan is coming soon. On this occasion Maharashtra Sales Tax Department has issued a Trade Circular for businessman for collecting taxes. Arjuna, Raksha Bandhan means expressing love, strengthening relations between brothers and sisters. Elder should save the younger. But Sales Tax department has done opposite of this. The department instead of saving the dealer who follows the VAT laws brought Bandhan for the year 2012-13.
