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Service Tax - CBDT has vide notification No. 21/2017 released ITR forms for Assessment Year 2017-18 / Financial Year 2016-17. The number of ITR Forms have been reduced from the existing nine to seven forms. The existing ITR Forms ITR-2, ITR-2A and ITR-3 have been rationalized and a single ITR-2 has been notified in place of these three forms. Consequen...
Read MoreService Tax - Application for allotment of Permanent Account Number(PAN) will be filed in SPICe (INC-32) form using Digital Signature of the applicant as specified by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. After generation of Corporate Identity Number (CIN). MCA will forward data in form 49A to prescribed Income Tax Authority through digital signature. ...
Read MoreService Tax - It is pertinent to note that very recently , the Honourable High Court of Delhi in the case of Travelite (India) vs. UOI & Ors, while quashing Rule 5A(2) of the Service Tax Rules and the CBEC Instructions prescribing the manner of an audit and the records that can be called for by the authorities, held that ...
Read MoreService Tax - Vide Notification No. 23/2014- ST dated- 05.12.2014, CBEC has amended rule 5A(2) and the pronouncement of Allahabad High Court has been followed principally & CAs/CMAs have been made empowered to conduct service tax audits....
Read MoreService Tax - 1. Provisions of sub-rules (7) and (8) of the Rule 4 of the Service Tax Rules, 1994, provides for surrender of Registration certificate in the case of an assessee who ceases to provide the taxable for which he is registered. The Superintendent of Central Excise after ensuring that the assessee has paid all the Service […]...
Read MoreService Tax - However, the whole process of DPC is getting delayed due to deficiency of ACR folders of officers. In this regard, attention is drawn to DOP&T's OM No,,21011/02/2009-Estt. dated 16.02.2099 which emphasizes on timely completion and maintenance of ACRs within the prescribed time period. The OM also elaborates procedure for appending the No ...
Read MoreService Tax - Finance Minister has clarified that Rice is not an agricultural produce, Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) has clarified to its offices that now Service Tax is payable. The CWC is so careful that it has clarified that even in cases of construction of warehouses for storage of Agricultural produce where it is not known as to […]...
Read MoreService Tax - Existing registrants: Those assessees, who had registered with the department after 01.07.2012 under the 'Other than in the Negative List' (OTNL) category should amend the taxable service details now and opt for relevant description/s from the list of 120 services. After approval by the departmental officer, a new Registration Certificate...
Read MoreService Tax - Require Document for Audit 1. Annexure I Questionnaire. 2. Annexure II List of addtional documents. 3. Annexure III FDSS. 4. Annexure IV Reconciliation. 5. Annexure V Cenvat Account Rule 9...
Read MoreService Tax - Upto 30.06.2012, the charging Section for the purpose of Service tax is Section 66 of the Finance Act, 1994 according to which service tax is levied at the rate of 12% on all taxable services. With effect from 01.07.0212, Section 66 will no longer be in force and a new charging section 66B will take its place. Section 68 stipulates that ...
Read MoreCircular No. 212/2/2019-Service Tax - (21/05/2019) - The service that is provided by toll operators is that of access to a road or bridge. toll charges being merely a consideration for that service. On MoRTH/ NHAI's instructions, for the period 8-11-2016 to 1-12-2016 this service of access to a road/bridge was continued to be provided without collecti...
Read MoreD. 0. F. No. IV (20/3/2015-Systems Pt.1 - (29/03/2019) - There is a considerable gap between the turnover on account of services as per the ITR/TDS data and the value of services declared in the corresponding Service Tax returns (above threshold of Rs. 1o lakhs). For FY 2015-16 alone, the mismatch is to the tune of of approx. Rs. 12 Lakh Crores. ...
Read MoreNotification No. 1/2019-Service Tax [G.S.R. 179(E)] - (06/03/2019) - Central Government hereby directs that service tax on the services provided by training providers (project implementation agencies) under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY) under the Ministry of Rural Development by way of offering skill or vocational training courses certi...
Read MoreCircular No. 211/1/2019-Service Tax - (15/01/2019) - Kind reference is invited to Circular No 83/02/2019-GST dated 01.01.2019 clarifying that that the services provided by IFC and ADB are exempt from GST in terms of provisions of IFC Act, 1958 and ADB Act. The exemption will be available only to the services provided by ADB and IFC and not to any enti...
Read MoreNotification No. 1/2018-Service Tax [G.S.R. 1156 (E)] - (30/11/2018) - Exempting payment of Service Tax on services by way of granting of right of way by local authorities for period commencing from the 1st of July,2012 and ending with 30th of June,2017 vide Notification No. 1/2018-Service Tax Dated; 30th November, 2018...
Read MoreCircular No. 212/2/2019-Service Tax - (21/05/2019) -
D. 0. F. No. IV (20/3/2015-Systems Pt.1 - (29/03/2019) -
Notification No. 1/2019-Service Tax [G.S.R. 179(E)] - (06/03/2019) -
Circular No. 211/1/2019-Service Tax - (15/01/2019) -
Notification No. 1/2018-Service Tax [G.S.R. 1156 (E)] - (30/11/2018) -
F.NO.390/Misc/116/2017-JC - (01/10/2018) -
F.No.390/Misc./116/2017-JC - (11/07/2018) -
F. No. 01/05/Circular/CESTAT/2015-CR - (05/07/2018) -
Circular 210/2/2018-Service Tax - (30/05/2018) -
F No 390/Misc/116/2017-JC - (25/05/2018) -
