INDIRECT TAXES – SERVICE TAX: The amendments proposed by the Finance Minister with respect to Service tax are discussed herein below. 1. Roll out of Goods and Services Tax (‘GST’): Like the last year, in his Speech this year, the Finance Minister has given reaffirmed commitment to ensure the passage of the Constitutional amendments to […]
The key highlights of the this Budget are that the focus is towards broadening the tax base, simplicity, rationalizing tax provisions so as to reduce litigation and, bring certainty and clarity to the taxpayers as regards the tax regime, all of which we have discussed with the respective proposed amendments herein below.
Insertion of Explanation ‘BA’ after paragraph B: At present, there is abatement of 60% on the gross value of renting of motor-cab services, provided no Cenvat credit has been taken. It is being made clear by way of inserting an explanation that cost of fuel should be included in the consideration charged for providing renting of motor-cab services for availing the abatement.
The existing provisions of section 73A of the Act provide that any loss, computed in respect of any specified business referred to in section 35AD shall not be set off except against profits and gains, if any, of any other specified business. Further, section 80 of the Act inter-alia provides that a loss which has not been determined in pursance of return filed in accordance with the provisions
Under the scheme of deduction of tax at source as provided in the Act, every person responsible for payment of any specified sum to any person is required to deduct tax at source at the prescribed rate and deposit it with the Central Government within specified time. However, no deduction is required to be made if the payments do not exceed prescribed threshold limit.
Existing provisions of sub-section (1) of section 139 provide that every person referred to therein shall file a return of income on or before the due date. The sixth proviso to the said section provides that every person, being an individual or Hindu undivided family or an association of person or a body of individual
Taxguru has come up with Analysis of Indirect Tax Provisions of Union Budget 2016, Presented by Finance Minister Shri. Arun Jaitley on 29.02.2016 in Association with International Business Advisors (IBA). In our Analysis we have covered the following Topics :- 1. Amendment in Cenvat Credit Provision 2. Key Amendment in Service Tax Provisions 3. Key […]
Finance Minister, in his budget speech, has proposed many incentives to encourage entrepreneurship in India. Some of the tax measures which will be beneficial for new start-ups are as follows- Optional lower tax rate of 25% for newly setup manufacturing companies. Hundred percent deduction of profits for three years (Proposed new Section 80-IAC of the Income-tax Act, 1961):
As per the existing provisions of sub-section (1) of section 211, the advance tax payment schedule for a company is fifteen per cent, forty-five per cent, seventy-five per cent and hundred per cent of tax payable on the current income to be paid by 15th June, 15th September, 15th December and 15th March respectively.
Earlier, the single registration could be granted only if the two premises were separated by way of public road or canal or railway line. This condition has been done away with now. However, earlier, there was no condition which stated that the manufacturing processes should be interlinked. Thus, even if both the premises undertook entirely different production processes, the single registration could be granted. Now, to get single registration, the production processes should be interlinked.
