TELECOM giant Vodafone has told the Delhi high court that the discount offered by it to the prepaid distributors is not commission and hence the company is not liable to deduct tax at source on the sale of talk time by the company. It has challenged revenue department’s demand of about Rs 5 crore alleging non-deduction of tax at source for April 2009-Feb 2010
The file attached below contains some of the queries raised by the members in relation to the audits of banks and bank branches for the year ended 31.March 2008. The queries were responded by an expert panel comprising senior members from the profession. The responses given by them represent the personal vies of the concerned expert(s).
Compilation of Suggested Answers is a subject-wise compilation of answers to questions set in the Institute’s examinations over a number of years. The compilation in the subject of “Advanced Accounting” covers a period of three years – May, 2007 to November, 2009 and contains compilation of suggested answers of six examinations.
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the statutory body regulating chartered accountants in India, has now demanded amendment of some section of the law, which guides them. The whole idea is to seek more legal power to initiate stringent disciplinary measures against erring auditors/CAs on a fast track basis, G Ramaswamy, the newly elected […]
Central Board of Excise and Customs has introduced “Automation of Central Excise and Service Tax” (ACES) to improve tax-payer services. ACES is a centralized web based application which enables the assesses to electronically interface with the department. It aims to reduce paperwork, manual interface, transaction costs and increase accountability, efficiency and transparency.
As per existing provisions of Section 40(a)(ia) of the Act, certain payments made to residents were not allowable as deduction where tax was not deducted or after deduction, was not paid before end of the year. In case where the tax was deducted in the last month of the year, then no disallowance u/s. 40(a)(ia) would be made, so long as the tax was deducted during the year and paid before the due date of filing the return of income.
The income of Non-resident from fees for technical services or from royalty is chargeable to tax as per section – 9(1)(vi) and (vii). In case the non-resident has permanent establishment in India the income shall be computed in accordance to the provisions of the Section – 44DA.
A. Reasons for mistakes in calculation of Income:- The accurate and complete filling up of the relevant column or detail in the Income Tax Return (ITR) form is most crucial for correct calculation of income by the Income Tax Department. As a general principle during processing, in case of any inconsistency between the values as entered in the Schedules and the cross-referenced values in other Schedules or Totals / Summary in PART B-TI,
The Punjab VAT Rules have been amended to provide for that the input tax credit on purchase of goods from manufacturer or importer will be available to a dealer only up to the fourth stage of its purchase. The dealers will also have to mention on the bills that on which stage he is selling the goods. VAT form 23 and 24 has also been amended to this effect.
The VAT forms i.e VAT 15 form has been updated in view of the change in the rate in the PVAT Act on schedule B goods from 4% to 5% and additional surcharge levied @ 10%. The next quarterly VAT Return under the PVAT Act 2005 is due to be filed in the next month of April.
