Service Tax : Despite doing away with the service-specific descriptions, there will be some descriptions where some differential treatment will ...
Income Tax : The Parliament has passed the the Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2009 which is to replace the Competition (Amendment) Ordinance, 20...
Income Tax : The government is likely to seek the Cabinet’s approval on amending the Competition Act 2002 to facilitate the winding up of the...
Income Tax : After a lull, the contentious provisions regarding mergers and acquisitions (M&A’s) of the amended Competition Act is back on th...
Income Tax : The Bombay High Court held that reassessment proceedings became time-barred because no reassessment order was passed within the li...
Service Tax : Profit arising from purchase and sale of cargo space by a freight forwarder on principal-to-principal basis was trading income and...
Service Tax : CESTAT Chandigarh held that the Air Travel Agents are not required to pay Service Tax on the Commission received by them from CDS/...
Company Law : The tribunal held that mere suspicion or possibility of fraud without supporting evidence cannot justify action under Section 66 o...
Company Law : Supreme Court held that section 66 of the Companies Act, 2013 doesn’t require mandatory obtaining or circulating of formal valua...
Service Tax : Notification No. 43/2009-Service Tax Whereas the Central Government is satisfied that a practice was generally prevalent regarding...
Service Tax : Notification No. 33/2009 - Service Tax Central Government hereby exempts the taxable service provided to any person in relation to...
Income Tax : That the said Association will submit to the prescribed authority by 30th June, each year, a copy of their audited annual accounts...
CESTAT Ahmedabad held that merely because by an agreement a right is confirmed on the party to the sale of goods or service undertaken was not ipso-facto bringing the agreement within the ambit of the franchisee.
CESTAT Ahmedabad held that Cenvat Credit is admissible on any material used for construction of building or fabrication of any equipment which in turn used for providing output taxable service. Cenvat on material used in the manufacture of barges which are used for providing output service is admissible.
CESTAT Mumbai held that demand of service tax on reimbursement of expenditure by the ship owner goes beyond the mandate of Section 67 the Finance Act, 1994. Accordingly, demand of service tax confirmed u/r 5 doesn’t survive as rule 5 itself has been held to be ultra vires of section 67.
CESTAT Delhi held that definition of tour operator has been amended from time to time since it was brought into the service tax net. Accordingly, on account of confusion with regard to scope of tour operator service, demand of only normal time period sustained and demand of extended time period set aside.
Kerala High Court held that ‘electricity’ is not goods as per definition of goods u/s 2(xx) of the Kerala Value Added Tax Act, 2003 (KVAT) accordingly not exingible to tax under KVAT.
Commissioner of Central Tax Vs MeritTrac Services Private Limited (CESTAT Bangalore) CESTAT Bangalore held that activity of carrying out the exams for university cannot be construed as rendering of ‘Management or Business Service’ to the universities without the assessee’s involvement in the execution of the conduct of the examination. Facts- The respondent are engaged in […]
The appellants are cable operator and providing cable services to the subscribers on the basis of signals received from the MSO. The subscriber has not asked for any brand for providing the said services.
CESTAT Chennai held that Royal Sundaram General Insurance Company paying Commission to unapproved dealers in the guise of receipt of ‘data processing and policy servicing and related activities’ service. Accordingly, since such service is not received by the company they are ineligible to avail CENVAT Credit of the same.
Review and analysis of the CESTAT Delhi’s ruling in Steel Authority of India Ltd. Vs Principal Commissioner regarding tax on contractual penalties.
NCLT Mumbai held that the Resolution Plan submitted by Univastu India Ltd. which was approved unanimously by the members of the Committee of Creditors (CoC) and which meets the requirements of law deserved to be approved.
