I am directed to refer to Board’s Circular No. 581/18/2001-CX dated 29th June, 2001, as amended by circular No. 832/09/2006-Cx dated 04.09.2006. This circular interalia specifies conditions, procedures, class of exporters and places under sub-rule (2) of rule 20 of Central Excise Rules, 2002 for warehousing of excisable goods for the purpose of export.
CIRCULAR NO. 3/2007-Income Tax Vide Income-tax (4th Amendment) Rules, 2007 [S.O. No. 762(E) dated 14th May, 2007], the Central Board of Direct Taxes amended the Income-tax Rules, 1962 substituting rule 12 by a new rule 12 and notifying new return forms for assessment year 2007-08. Sub-rule (3) of the new rule 12, inter-alia, provides that a firm required to furnish the return of income/ fringe benefits in Form ITR-5 and to whom provisions of section 44AB are applicable, or a company required to furnish the return of
In the circular, the words “where the aggregate value of such securities, including premium, if any, exceeds Rs. 50 lacs,” were inadvertently omitted in the opening para of the amended clause 2.1.2 of the Guidelines.
Circular No. 2 of 2007-Income Tax The provisions of section 203 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 lay down that every person responsible for deduction of tax at source shall furnish a certificate of deduction of tax at source to the deductee specifying therein the amount of the tax deducted and the rate at which the tax has been deducted and other particulars prescribed under rule 31 of the Income-tax Rules
Service tax is leviable on ‘asset management and all other forms of fund management’ under the category of ‘banking and other financial service’. In this context a question has arisen as to whether the service tax would be chargeable on the ‘entry and exit load’ amount charged by a mutual fund to the investor.
These guidelines are issued in exercise of powers conferred under Section 11(1) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 read with the provisions of Regulation 77 of SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996.
It was decided to undertake review of circulars/clarifications/ instructions issued by the Central Board of Excise & Customs/Director General (Service Tax) from time to time since the introduction of Service Tax in 1994. Circulars/clarifications/instructions have been issued from time to time to explain the scope of statutory provisions, for removal of doubts, to prescribe special procedures and on matters of interpretations.
These instructions may be brought to the notice of the trade by issuing suitable Trade/Public Notices. Suitable Standing orders/instructions may be issued for the guidance of the assessing officers. Difficulties faced, if any in implementation of the Circular may please be brought to the notice of the Board at an early date.
National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT) and National Academy of Customs, Excise & Narcotics (NACEN) shall develo0p and organize training programmes to train officers of the two Departments on Transfer Pricing as recommended in foregoing para (c).
Wide publicity may please be given to these instructions by way of issuance of Public/Trade Notice. Difficulties, if any, in implementation of these instructions, may be brought to the notice of the Directorate General of Export Promotion.
