Custom Duty : The Union Budget 2025 introduces changes in Customs duties, excise, and tax rates, focusing on tariff rationalization, support for...
Goods and Services Tax : Directorate of Legal Affairs, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs is entrusted with defending all indirect taxes matters (...
Income Tax : Virtual digital assets (VDA) refers to any digital representation of value that can be digitally traded, transferred, or used for ...
Company Law : The formation and regulation of Producer Company is governed under the provisions of Sections 581A to 581ZL of Companies Act, 1956...
Income Tax : CBDT has vide notification No. 21/2017 released ITR forms for Assessment Year 2017-18 / Financial Year 2016-17. The number of ITR ...
Excise Duty : A special court imposed five years’ rigorous imprisonment and heavy fines after finding assets far beyond known income. The ruli...
Excise Duty : However, the whole process of DPC is getting delayed due to deficiency of ACR folders of officers. In this regard, attention is dr...
Service Tax : Finance Minister has clarified that Rice is not an agricultural produce, Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) has clarified to it...
Service Tax : Existing registrants: Those assessees, who had registered with the department after 01.07.2012 under the 'Other than in the Negati...
Service Tax : Require Document for Audit 1. Annexure I Questionnaire. 2. Annexure II List of addtional documents. 3. Annexure III FDSS. 4. Annex...
Excise Duty : An order from the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) assigns appeals filed on or after July 1, 2017, under Central...
Excise Duty : CBIC assigns Central Excise Officers to handle appeals filed on or after July 1, 2017, related to pre-GST Central Excise and Servi...
Income Tax : Office Order No. 125/2024: Immediate transfers and postings of Principal Commissioners and Commissioners in Customs and Indirect T...
Custom Duty : Read Notification No. 02/2023 from CESTAT, New Delhi, introducing virtual hearings. Learn about the procedure, technical requireme...
Service Tax : Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Shell India Markets Pvt. Ltd. vide Order No. 08/202...
F. No. 137/39/2007-CX-4 Dated : February 26, 2007 Summons are issued in a routine manner, under the signature of superintendent or the senior intelligence officers. (SIOs). The harsh and legal language of the summons not only causes unnecessary metal stress & embarrassment and instills fear in the minds of the receiver but may also become a source of harassment or even unethical practices.
A question has arisen regarding the applicability of service tax levy on roaming service provided to an international in-bound roamer, i.e., subscriber of a foreign telecom network, when in India, by an Indian telecom service provider. The telecom operators are of the view that in-bound roamer is not a subscriber as no telephone connection is provided to him and such roamer does not undergo the processes of registering as subscriber like entering into contract with the visiting network, furnishing of identity, etc
A number of sovereign/public authorities (i.e. an agency constituted/set up by government) perform certain functions/ duties, which are statutory in nature. These functions are performed in terms of specific responsibility assigned to them under the law in force.
Exempts the taxable service provided by an insurer, carrying on general insurance business, to a policy holder for the insurance of sheep, from the whole of service tax leviable thereon under section 66 of the said Act Date: 11th December, 2006. Notification No. 31/2006-Service Tax G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section […]
Appoints Special Adjudicators Date: 11th November, 2006 Notification No. 30 /2006-Service Tax G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 83A of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), read with rule 3 of the Service Tax Rules, 1994, the Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Service Tax, Mumbai, […]
The e-payment of service tax has been made mandatory w.e.f . 1.10.2006, for all assesses who has paid Rs 50 lakh or more in the preceding financial year or in the current financial year
It has been brought to the notice of the Board that certain doubts have arisen in respect to activities undertaken by authorized motor vehicle dealers and service stations
Amendment in Service Tax Rules, 1994 Date: 2nd November, 2006 Notification No. 29/2006 – Service Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Service Tax Rules, 1994, namely :– 1. (1) […]
Educational institutes like IITs and IIMs charge a fee from prospective employers like corporate houses / MNCs, who come to these institutes for recruiting candidates through campus interviews. A doubt has arisen as to whether these educational institutes fall in the category of ‘manpower recruitment or supply agency’ and accordingly, whether service tax is leviable on this fee.
Service tax is leviable with effect from 1st May, 2006 on services provided by an aircraft operator to passengers embarking in India for international journey by any class, other than economy class, under section 65(105)(zzzo) read with section 66 of the Finance Act 1994. Board of Airline Representatives in India (BAR) have sought clarifications on the levy of service tax on the above mentioned service.
