Service Tax - A. THE LOCUS STANDI OF PLACE OF PROVISION The fiscal laws are intra territorial legislation, take for any taxation law, be it income tax or value added taxes, they sought to tax the “subject” only within the landmass of India. Contrarily Civil and Criminal legislations such as FEMA, extends to exterior jurisdictions as well, majorly t...
Read MoreService Tax - Food is made and pre packed at some other place and packed food items are shelved on tuck shops. Tuck shops provide packed food available to the customers, employees, guests or visiting public where they are opened. Premises are not the property of tuck shop. Tuck shops are merely retail outlets where air conditioners are not installed....
Read MoreService Tax - Under manpower services – Provident fund and bonus paid shall be included in taxable service and service tax shall be charged Service Tax Payable on PF & Bonus Under manpower services Section 67 of the Finance Act, 1994- Valuation of Services In case of “Laxmi Construction v Commissioner in CESTAT Allahabad” 2016 STR 561...
Read MoreService Tax - The term aggregator implies that there should be a web-based software application and a communication device to connect potential customers with the service providers to provide services under the brand name/trade name of the person owning the software application....
Read MoreService Tax - Meaning:- The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a comprehensive value added tax (VAT) on the supply of goods or services. France was the first country to introduce this value added tax system in 1954 devised by a public servant. In India, due to non consensus between central and state government, the proposal is to […]...
Read MoreService Tax - From now on, when you get a gift in kind, valued at more than Rs. 50,000, from your parents or other relatives, make sure you have a sworn affidavit declaring the donor your kin.The Central Board of Direct Taxes has ruled that any such gift will be taxable for the donee unless it is from relatives or given during occasions such as marriag...
Read MoreAhmednagar Merchants Co-operative Bank Ltd. Vs CCE (CESTAT Mumbai) - Service tax credit cannot be taken when service tax has not been shown to have been paid by service provider; once it is found that Cenvat credit was irregularly availed by the assessee and by implication to that extent the service tax on the output service was short paid, it has to be recovered und...
Read MorePRESS RELEASE No.402/92/2006-MC - (30/09/2009) - The Income Tax Act 1961 (the Act) has been amended with effect from 1st October 2009 to provide that any gift-in-kind, being an immovable property or any other property, the value of which exceeds Rs.50,000 (rupees fifty thousand), will become taxable in the hands of the donee, being an individual o...
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