There are two kinds of DTAA. Comprehensive Agreements & Limited Agreements. Comprehensive Agreements scope is to addressing all source of income whereas Limited Agreements scope to cover only. (a) Income from Operation of Aircrafts & Ships (b) Estates (c) Inheritance & (d) Gifts. Currently there are 90 Comprehensive Agreements & 13 Limited Agreements India.
The 42nd GST Council meeting wasn’t though successful to reach an amicable point of agreement for the compensation decisions between the Union & Member States and has consequently deferred the matter which will be hopefully get resolved in the 43rd GST Council meeting on October 12, 2020. Nevertheless, the Council made some key decisions with far-reaching impacts on businesses in […]
In fact, most of us would not know, but India has already tested the effectiveness of BTT from 01st July, 2005 till 31st March, 2009 in a very limited manner though, through the implementation of Banking Cash Transaction Tax during that period.
The newly appointed Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of Reserve Bank of India with Dr. Ashima Goyal, Professor Jayanth R. Varma, and Dr. Shashanka Bhide, as external members met on 7th, 8th, and 9th October 2020 in its first meeting and the 25th under the monetary policy framework that was instituted in June 2016. “The MPC […]
As you must be aware, the last chance to avail pending GST ITC for the FY 2019-20 is while filing GSTR-3B for the Sep’20 return period in October 2020. This means that you will need to match the invoices between GSTR-2A and your purchase book for the complete financial year 2019-20.
In order to pave the way to levy and collection of goods and services tax (hereinafter referred to as the GST), the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016 was enacted. Vide this amendment Act, Article 246A, Article 269A, and Article 279A were newly added in the Constitution of India (hereinafter referred to as […]
Under GST act , main thrust is on self compliance. Therefore , self assessment has given great importance in the scheme of the act. It is specifically provided in section 59 that every registered person should self assess his tax liability as per provision of act and after payment of such tax, and furnish valid return for each tax period , as specified in section 39 of the act.
The Hon’ble AAAR, Maharashtra in Re: Vijay Baburao Shirke [Order No. MAH/AAAR/RS-SK/23/2020-21 dated June 4, 2020] set aside AAR order to hold that receipt of prize money from horse-race clubs (in the event horse wins the race) would not be subject to GST. Facts: M/s. Vijay Baburao Shirke (“Respondent”) is a proprietorship firm and owns […]
The Hon’ble AAAR, Maharashtra in Re: Rotary Club of Mumbai Nariman Point [Order No. MAH/AAAR/SS-RJ/20/2019-20 dated December 11, 2019] held that where membership subscription and admission fees received from the members of the club and was utilized solely towards meetings and administrative expenditure and not for providing any specific facility or benefits to its members […]
Section 67 of the CGST Act 2017 stipulates the provisions relating to Inspection, Search & Seizure. In this article, an attempt has been made to explain the provisions & Rules in a simplified manner.
